In the first four years of the Weimar Republic, Rose observes, there were 400 political murders; that is, a political murder almost every third or fourth day by the radical right and the radical left.

The Weimar Republic was born in the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War I. Germany’s emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, was forced off the throne on Nov. 9, 1918, and politicians from the SPD ...

Blank Theatre, a non-Equity company that has mostly produced musicals since its founding in 2017, takes a big swing with this heady political drama, directed by Danny Kapinos.