arthur miller's "a view from the bridge" is a london import, but the bridge is still in brooklyn. nicola walker, best known to american tv audiences for the british show "last tango in halifax," stars. >> it's a really unusual version. there is no set to speak of. there are no props. there is nothing to hide behind. so, what you gain by that is -- you get a clearer, i think, perspective on the play and on the words. >> god is inside me >> on the musical side, "the color purple" returns, this time starring jennifer hudson. the cast has moved from the recording studio to previews onstage. >> rising like the sun is the hope sets us free >> god, is this it? >> the rock opera "spring awakening" is reborn, but with deaf actors in nearly half the roles. signing, song, and dialogue are interwoven into the story of teenage angst and rebellion. >> touch me just like that now lower down where the sins cry >> camryn manheim, who learned to sign as a student at nyu, makes her broadway debut. >> it is fun, but it's not just that. it's joyful. it's a privilege to be a part of it. love him as she

brian: why do arthur miller writes "the crucible?" he saw parallels between mccarthyism and witchcraft. he writes about interestingly. he goes to salem to research. he discover salem, nobody would talk about it. in the 1950's, the subject was very much taboo. atrocities like many , several generations after all but in this case many generations after it did. no one is willing to engage in a conversation about it. he finds a strange at co. of his own upbringing, the old testament voices he had known as a child in much of the witchcraft testimony which i thought was fascinating. wright here he is in as brian: here he is a 1991 talking about it. what i think salem means or somed mean is that here people refuse to compromise with the gun -- government and tell lies to save lives. misled to appeals to a certain kind appear at the of believe. believe. of it happens all of the time. generate among certain people by telling them [indiscernible] brian: that was 24 years ago. our politicians still lying? stacy: i have been living in the 17th ce

apostasy mac thank you so much for that beautiful introduction and i just want to say that i love arthur miller, he was one of the first playwrights i ever read. so i'm thrilled to hear about the upcoming production. i'm delighted to be speaking here. the library -- we thank you for coming it also think c-span for coming here as well to cover this event. i'm just going to begin by reiterating what has already been said that i come from a blended family. my mother is first generation lithuanian catholic and my father passed away a little over ten years ago and with a russian jewish descent. i'm going to tell you about my book and because my book contains upwards of 70 images and i'm going to share a few photographs with you as i talk about my book. as i gather images and archival material that ended up in the total for them form in my book was a way of anchoring myself through a six-year journey that involved many trips to eastern europe to israel with many surprises. my hope is that he will come only from the gathering obviously wanting to know more about my book but also perhaps he will leave

i just want to say that i love arthur miller. one of the first playwrights i ever read, so thrilled to hear about the upcoming production. going to take a quick sip of water. i'm delighted to be speaking here at the west port public library, has a wonderful authors program. i want to thank all of you for coming, and also to think c-span for being here as well to cover this event. i'm just going to begin by reiterating what has already been said, i come from a blended family. my mother is first generation lithuanian catholic, and my father who passed away a little over ten years ago, was a russian jewish descent. i'm going to tell you a bit about my book, and because my book contains upwards of 70 images, i'm going to share a few photographs with you as i talk about my book. for me as a writer, the gathering of images and archival material that ended up in pectoral form in my book was a way of anchoring myself to a long six-year journey that involved many trips to eastern europe to israel, many surprises. my hope is that you'll co

brian: why do arthur miller right "the crucible?"tacy: he saw parallels between mccarthyism and witchcraft. and what happened in 1692. he writes about interestingly. he goes to salem to research. he discover salem -- nobody would talk about it. in the 1950's, the subject was very much taboo. an incident like many atrocities does not happen several generations after but in this case many generations after it did. no one is willing to engage in a conversation about it. he finds a strange echo of his own upbringing, the old testament voices he had known as a child in much of the witchcraft testimony which i thought was fascinating. brian: here he is a 1991 talking about it. >> what my play is about and what i think salem means or should mean is that here some people refused to compromise with the government and tell lies to save lives. we can be misled by appeals to a certain kind of purity of belief. and politicians have no qualms about telling lies. it happens all of the time. they can very quickly generate a following among certain p

partly because it comes to us largely through hawthorne and arthur miller who were writing fiction butause new england's enemies seem to have made off with the story. here we are about halfway between plymouth rock and paul revere and all seems to go entirely off the rails. several kinds of stories at once as i will make clear in a few minutes but all of that in nine short months, the tragedy to which we regular the return of few corners of american history have been so often explored and if you don't believe me, this is my local library shelves on seventeenth century america and these are my office shelves when i finish the book, those little volumes at the top of the screen, the classical library refugees from the cleopatra years and only recently did i look up and realize what cicero must think to be surrounded by puritans. the national campfire tale, one of the bear moments in our history when candles are knocked out and everyone seems to be groping around in the dark. of place where all good stories begin. in the dark we believe fervently in imagine most vividly, in the dark we co