University Theatre's revival of "The Cradle Will Rock" is an intriguing artifact of the New Deal era

Jennifer A. Smith
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:12:25 -0000

On the face of it, the Liberty Committee in Marc Blitzstein's musical "The Cradle Will Rock" sounds pretty innocuous. Who's against liberty, right? But with a twisting of words similar to today's hard-right groups like Americans for Prosperity and the Club for Growth, you might want to think twice about what the Liberty Committee stands for. University Theatre's production revival of this 1937 musical runs through Dec. 8 at Vilas Hall's Mitchell Theatre.