Sometimes, a historical showdown begets memorable theater " think of the political struggles recalled in Shakespeare's history plays, or the courtroom clash that inspired "Inherit the Wind." Now a new work is joining the canon of dramatized historical conflict. "Visible Language," a world premiere musical in American Sign Language and English, evokes a famous 1890s blowup between Edward Miner Gallaudet and Alexander …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:32PM on October 23, 2014