Rachel, Rachel
Apparently British theatre-goers
can't get enough of flattened flag-burner Rachel Corrie.
More than a year after its intended world debut in Alaska, The Skies are Weeping will debut as part of a two-hour show organized by Deborah Fink, who will also sing the production's soprano role. Written by Philip Munger, an adjunct music lecturer at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, the performance will feature a choir of 16 singers and has attracted endorsements from patrons including outspoken MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, film actress Julie Christie and last month's winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, English playwright Harold Pinter. None of those patrons will be at the show's premiere, Fink said, though the audience will include British MK Clare Short and former MK Jenny Tonge, who ignited controversy last year with remarks about Palestinian suicide bombers that included the statement, "If I had to live in [the Palestinian territories] I might just consider becoming one myself."The usual suspects, in other words.
Speaking of Rachel, John Ruberry reports that the Cigar Store Indian is going to be
giving a talk at her college.
Reality Gaps
has coverage of a protest of the Corrie play, focusing on the other Rachels who've been killed by Palestinian suicide bombers, including original photographs.
