“We held on because the piece is so important to us,” Sussman, 74, shared. “We thought that it was a story that needed to be told and wanted to tell it.”
The musical is based on the true story of a massively popular German singing group, the Comedian Harmonists, from the 20s and 30s. The sextet – which was comprised of three Jews and one member who was married to a Jewish woman – was split apart by the rise of Nazism. “As these years have gone by there’s always been something about anti-Semitism as we put this show on, the “Copacabana” singer shared. “But this year it’s very loud.”Sussman added that during the show’s downtown run, there were lines about anti-Semitism that elicited audible responses.
“I was actually worried that people thought I was writing to the headlines,” he explained. “Those lines had been there for years so it’s resonating more than ever.” Despite this, Manilow stresses that it’s “is a funny show, filled with music and a lot of laughs so it’s not a serious, serious play. This is a real musical.”
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