Went to a musical, "Spring Awakening", with Kathy and Lauren. It is based on a play written in Germany in 1870 or thereabouts. It is about young people struggling to understand sexuality despite strict, religious parents. The struggle leads to a suicide, an incarceration in a juvenile facility, an illegal abortion and death of the young woman...but, it was pretty good and surprisingly timely. Lauren and I thought of the Palin family and their pregnant daughter. It also made me think about forbidding abortion would only make it invisible and more dangerous.
A thought provoking evening, with good music and singing, and a stage production at which I did not have to struggle to stay awake.
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