Ford's Theatre celebrates the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln and explores the American experience through theatre and education. A working theatre, historical monument, world-class museum and learning center, Ford's Theatre is the premier destination in Washington, D.C., to explore and celebrate Lincoln's ideals and leadership principles: courage, integrity, tolerance, equality and creative expression.
Considering the Wiz in the original Broadway production was at least in part inspired by James Brown, reinterpreting the character with other flashy musical iconography is billiant. I'm seeing both Prince _and_ Jimi Hendrix here. Really well done!
If Mary Surratt were a man, she would be executed. So I don't get why the reluctance because she was a woman. She got the death sentence she deserved, as her male conspirators.
Did the original Scrooge die or retire? I remember going when I was little. I tried looking it up now and Scrooge looks different now in the 2016 and onwards shows.
he was 2 years late.... abe was the worst.. please read professor tom delafenzos book on abe. worst president ever. we have never been taught these things in school...
ALL of the conspirators were Catholic including the convert JWB. The Roman Catholic Church was involved all the way up to Pope Pius. Catholic priests helped John Surratt escape to Montreal. They then sent him to Liverpool and on to the Vatican where he was found working in the Pope's guard. Also, the conspirators sometimes met in Catholic churches.
Personally, I see Amanda as a woman who is afraid for the future. She has a selfish daughter who is letting a slight defect give her the excuse to sit on her tail and do nothing. She knows her son hates his job but being an old woman in the '30s when the play takes place there isn't a lot for her to do in order to support the family. She's afraid of what is going to happen to her daughter if her son takes off and she dies.
Weird! As I'm sitting here listening to this video and watching it I'm also flipping through channels and I just happen to come across the movie Lincoln with Daniel Day-Lewis.
Peter Taltavull, a member of the U.S. Marine Band, was the co-owner of the tavern connected to Ford’s Theatre called the Star Saloon. He testified that John Wilkes Booth entered his establishment on the night of April 14th and had a drink before he shot the President. Additionally, Taltavull stated that on either April 13th or 14th (he could not recall which), David Herold approached him at the bar at between six or seven o’clock and inquired if John Wilkes Booth had been in. Taltavull replied he had not seen him and Herold left.
I visited Ford Theater when I was 6 years old. Also went across the street to where President Lincoln eventually died. Never knew the historical significance of these places, until I was in high school. Would love to visit there again!
this has to be the best version of this ive seen, it was the first time i listened to the song and realize coalhouse understands that he is going to die and hes telling his friends that the story wont get told if they die with him, by putting up a fight
Thank you. Though I probably know a good bit more about Lincoln and Stanton than most of my fellow citizens, I learned new things in just the little more than two minutes of watching this.
I wonder what Mr. Emerson has to say about Mary Todd Lincoln's shopping sprees, especially at the A. T. Stewart Department Store in New York City. I read that Mrs. Lincoln owed upwards to $25,000 (USD in 1865 dollars) to A. T. Stewart.
