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Curtain Rising on Anne Frank, the Musical

Creator compares teen's life to tragic opera

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2008 10:25 AM CST

(Newser) – A first-of-its-kind musical adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank will take the stage in Madrid next month, the Guardian reports. The Spanish-language play gained the approval of the Anne Frank Foundation, which closely guards the rights to the story of the doomed Jewish teenager;... Read full story »

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