It is most unfortunate that the Globe’s coverage of this year’s Oberammergau Passion Play (“Enduring Passion,” Sunday Arts, Sept. 25) fails to mention the 400 years of pain and suffering this event ...
A small German town has been performing a Passion Play every decade since the 17th century. Oberammergau, with its 5,000 inhabitants, began performances after being hit by the bubonic plague in 1633, ...
Each decade, a small German town comes together to reenact the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. So it was devastating when COVID sidelined their production in 2020. But, at last, the show has ...
The preacher’s weekly challenge—What story shall I tell?—is perhaps less challenging in Holy Week than at any other time except Christmas. The Passion story provides characters, plot, dynamics, and ...