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.

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.

Exhibitions offer two takes on a rapidly transforming Germany. ‘Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933’ and ‘New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933’ Review ...