If you enjoyed Playing Anne Frank, you might enjoy this podcast from Play On Podcasts: The Winter's Tale. Play On Podcasts features epic audio adventures reimagining Shakespeare's timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voi

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BONUS: Composing Anne Frank

Mar 14th, 2023 18m 56s

An interview with Emmy Award-winning composer Sila Shaman about artistic inspiration, influences, jazz improvisation and how to score a podcast like a movie. Sila, originally from Turkey, composed the original score for "Playing Anne Frank."

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BONUS: The Trunk

Mar 7th, 2023 4m 35s

The daughter and granddaughter of one of the stars of "The Diary of Anne Frank" recall a keepsake from that show — and what it has meant to them over the years.

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BONUS: Mouschi (The Cat)

Mar 7th, 2023 5m 8s

The true story of the one feline member of the original Broadway cast of "The Diary of Anne Frank" — and what became of the animal after the show was done.

Episode 7: A Multitude of Annes

Feb 28th, 2023 17m 28s

Nearly 70 years after Anne Frank debuted on Broadway, it remains one of the best-known and most-performed plays. In the series finale of "Playing Anne Frank," we talk to four teen actors who talk about the impact the show has had on them. Featu

Episode 6: Don’t Call It a Musical

Feb 21st, 2023 22m 17s

After Anne Frank toured America, Otto Frank approved a musical version of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Fifty years after this version was first conceived, it still hasn’t made its Broadway debut. We talk with that show’s creators, composer Michae

Episode 5: Anne Goes to Hollywood

Feb 14th, 2023 26m 52s

Hear how "The Diary of Anne Frank" became an Oscar-winning movie and how that movie changed the lives of its stars, Millie Perkins and Diane Baker, and its assistant director George Stevens Jr., whose father, George Stevens Sr., directed the fi

Episode 4: Anne on the Road

Feb 7th, 2023 31m 56s

After "The Diary of Anne Frank" closed on Broadway, the show toured in over 100 U.S. cities, where many audience members encountered stories of Jews and the Holocaust for the first time. We talk to two of the actors from that tour — Pauline Hah

Episode 3: Moving On

Jan 31st, 2023 25m 6s

For many actors who appeared in "The Diary of Anne Frank," the show proved to be a pinnacle they would never again attain. We talk to six actors who left theater and film after Anne Frank and went on to lead very different lives. Some went on t

Episode 2: Their Own Secret Annex

Jan 24th, 2023 28m 51s

The original Broadway production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" told the story of two families hiding out from the Nazis. In the second episode of "Playing Anne Frank," hear three stories about how the show itself became a refuge from persecution

Episode 1: The Drama Behind the Drama

Jan 24th, 2023 25m 12s

In the first episode of "Playing Anne Frank," discover how "The Diary of Anne Frank" became one of the most iconic plays and movies of the 20th Century. Hear how the diary was written; how Otto Frank found a publisher for it; how it was adapted

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TRAILER: Playing Anne Frank

Jan 10th, 2023 3m 39s

Coming Jan. 24. Listen to the trailer for "Playing Anne Frank," a seven-episode series from the Forward about one of America's most iconic cultural works, "The Diary of Anne Frank," and how it shapes all those involved in it. From the original

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