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Backstage with Jesus and Hitler in Ruhl's epic 'Passion Play' by Nelson Pressley

The temptations of Sarah Ruhl's "Passion Play" include cameos by Elizabeth I, Adolf Hitler and Ronald Reagan, each briefly swanning through with a stateliness that keeps them well above the fray.And such a fray it is. Ruhl's three-part cycle peeks behind the scenes of centuries-old passion plays to look at the ordinary people playing Jesus, Pilate and the two Marys. Their lives are often in conflict with their religi…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AM on March 25, 2015

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