“It is not a crazy or extreme fantasy,” Mr. Schenkkan said. Four quickly agreed to stage their own productions while sharing credit for the world premiere. The Fountain Theater in Los Angeles will mount the play next month, followed by the Curious Theater in Denver; the Forum Theater in Silver Spring, Md. Last year, Berkeley Repertory Theater staged a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s “It Can’t Happen Here,” citing parallels between the book’s plot and Mr. Trump’s candidacy. “It’s very early days for an entirely different constellation of theatrical endeavors than we have seen in the last few years.”

Source: New York Times February 05, 2017 22:56 UTC