It Can't Happen Here 1936

Opened: October 26, 1936

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London Theatre Week - See over 50 Award-Winning Musicals and Plays with Tickets from £15, £25 or £35
by Team BWW - Feb 20, 2024


London Theatre Week is the West End’s biggest promotion, giving you the chance to see over 50 amazing award-winning musicals and stunning plays with tickets from £15, £25 or £35

Broadway Buying Guide: December 4, 2023
by Team BWW - Dec 4, 2023


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, December 4, 2023.

18 Cities & Towns Collaborate to Re-create Federal Theater Project's IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2023


Discover how 18 cities and towns across the US are coming together to re-create the Federal Theater Project's 'It Can't Happen Here' initiative.

PHILADELPHIA BOUND? Fall Presents Over 120 Festivals, Block Parties, Shows, Charity Events and More
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 3, 2023


Are you bound for the Philadelphia area this fall.  There’s so much to see and do that our readers will like to know about. 

Broadway Buying Guide: January 9, 2023
by Team BWW - Jan 9, 2023


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, January 9, 2023.

Broadway Buying Guide: October 31, 2022
by Team BWW - Oct 31, 2022


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 31, 2022.

What's Coming to Broadway in Fall 2022?
by Team BWW - Sep 10, 2022


A new Broadway season has officially begun! Two Broadway shows (Into the Woods and The Kite Runner) have already kicked off the 2022/23 theatre season this summer and a whole lot more are on the way. As the weather starts to cool, get ready for 15 (and counting) new productions, which will take their first Broadway bows this autumn. What are the best shows on Broadway this fall...?

BWW Interview: Dan Fortune of NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS at Joe's Pub June 5th
by Stephen Mosher - Jun 5, 2022


When the NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS concert kicks off tonight, event producer Dan Fortune will be crazy busy... but this morning, Broadway World Cabaret has him for an in-depth interview.

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: May 29-30- with George Salazar, Sara Bareilles, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - May 29, 2021


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, May 29-30, 2021.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre and More Join Forces To Present IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 26, 2020


Initiated & hosted by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, a number of theatre companies will come together at 1:00 PM (ET) this Wednesday, October 28 to present an unprecedented virtual play reading - in Yiddish, English, Spanish, Italian, Turkish and Hebrew - of 'It Can't Happen Here', a dramatization of the 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Nine NYC-Based Theatre Companies Join Forces to Present IT CAN'T BE HERE
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2020


National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Israeli Artists Project, Kairos Italy Theater, New Heritage Theatre Group/Impact Repertory Theatre, New York Classical Theatre, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Repertorio Español, and Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment

Nine NYC-Based Theatre Companies Join Forces To Present IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2020


Initiated and hosted by National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, nine prestigious theatre companies will come together on Wednesday, October 28 to present an unprecedented virtual play reading.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Presents Folksbiene! LIVE: 'Welcome To Our Suke/Sukkah'
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2020


This October, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-presents Folksbiene! LIVE: 'Welcome to Our Suke/Sukkah', a four-day festival of family-friendly performances during Chol Hamoed.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre Announces Free Nationwide Radio Play Of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2020


Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer today announced a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' novel, It Can't Happen Here.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Announces September and October Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 27, 2020


National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-will present original, dynamic virtual programming as part of its ongoing Folksbiene! LIVE series in September and October.

BWW Exclusive: THE 101 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS OF ALL TIME - with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Kendrick Lamar & More
by Peter Nason - Jun 18, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest protest songs from 1939-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!

BWW Interview: At Home With Dorian Woodruff
by Stephen Mosher - May 11, 2020


The reigning king of cabaret elegance talks with Stephen Mosher about style, musicianship, education and jewelry.. a lot of jewelry.

JSP Records To Release Judy Garland: The Best Of Lost Tracks
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2020


JSP Records (London) has announced the release on June 26, 2020 of Judy Garland: The Best of Lost Tracks 2 1936-1967, a single-CD derived from the double-CD Lost Tracks 2 1936-1967, first issued in 2019.

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020


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BWW Review: A Pack Of Hipsters Become Hep Cats At Feinstein's/54 Below And Bring Back A Hint Of The Roaring 20's in THE SECRET NOT-SO-SECRET SHOW
by Bobby Patrick - Jan 13, 2020


2020 is upon us, we're back in the twenties! The cousins that get them shows buzzin', Brock Harris and Johnson Brock, bring you The Secret, Not-So-Secret Show. Mums the word but if you happen upon this ad please join us for a rousing night of jazz and drinks a?"speakeasy style. Rumor has it Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In the Heights) will be headlining with Telly Leung (Aladdin, a?oeGleea??) and there are whispers of other Broadway crooners and flappers attending our hotsy totsy evening. The roaring 20s are upon us, join for a night of crooning, swooning, and vintage costuming.

Humanity Theatre Project Explores the Fragility of Democracy with First Production
by Jeffrey Ellis - Sep 25, 2018


What would have happened if the United States had voted the wrong president into office in 1936 and the country had descended into fascism? That is the question explored as The Humanity Theatre Project launches its first season with a staged reading of It Can't Happen Here (Part 1) adapted by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen from the novel by Sinclair Lewis. The production will take place Thursday, November 1 through Saturday, November 3 at 7:00 pm at The Darkhorse Theatre, 4610 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville.

Skintight: A Conversation With Playwright Joshua Harmon
by Roundabout Theatre Company - Jun 27, 2018


On June 16, 2018, Joshua Harmon spoke about Skintight with education dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's lecture series.

Photo Flash: First Look at Foothill College of Theatre Arts' IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 3, 2017


A populist candidate, promising to return the country to greatness, becomes president of the United States, and then all hell breaks loose in It Can't Happen Here, a new play based on Sinclair Lewis' eerily prescient 1935 novel, adapted for the stage by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen. Foothill Theatre Arts presents It Can't Happen Here, directed by Bruce McLeod, for three weeks only, now through November 19, 2017 at the Lohman Theatre, on the Foothill College Campus (at the bottom of the hill), 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET
by BWW News Desk - Oct 13, 2017


ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

Photo Flash: First Look at IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE at ActorsNET
by BWW News Desk - Oct 9, 2017


ActorsNET is launching its 22nd season with Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen's exciting adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1935 cautionary tale, It Can't Happen Here, which Lewis adapted the following year with John C. Moffitt from his novel by the same name. The show will play at its home in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on weekends from October 13 through 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast of this searing drama in action below!

It Can't Happen Here FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of It Can't Happen Here have there been?
It Can't Happen Here has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1936.

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