Suggested Arts Pairing: Asolo's '1776' with Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
See both "1776" and the movie "Lincoln" for a complementary look at how the debate over slavery both divided and united a nation twice.
When art and history collide, it's spectacular, and the timing is just right with Asolo Rep's production of "1776" and Stephen Spielberg's "Lincoln" playing in movie theaters now. (Almost perfect timing, in fact, given how Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday.) In "1776" we're left to explore the mind of John Adams and the words of Thomas Jefferson and in Abraham Lincoln we explore the 16th president's handling of a nation in crises. At the end of both, I'm left with the words of Frank Galati, who directs the Asolo Rep production of "1776." "Five score years ago, a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation," Galati said. "That's how the 'I Have A Dream Speech' begins, …
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