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What the Hit Broadway Musical SUFFS can Teach Us About the Fight for Abortion Rights
Episode 9
Thursday, 24 October, 2024
Watch the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwHV7aTjToU&t=923sSUFFS is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical set in the early 1900s that chronicles the suffragists’ fight to secure women’s right to vote. More than a century later, the production’s Broadway run is happening at a moment when abortion rights, and women’s rights more broadly, are under attack across the country. On this episode, we sit down with SUFFS’ writer, composer, and star Shaina Taub, and ensemble cast member Jenna Bainbridge to talk about creating politically-engaged art. We also discuss what lessons we can draw from the suffragists’ experience that will help us in our current moment. Finally, we talk about the connection between SUFFS and the push here in New York to safeguard the right to abortion by voting for Prop 1 this election. Please rate, review and subscribe to Rights This Way. It will help more people find this podcast. Learn more about and get tickets to SUFFS: https://suffsmusical.com/ Join the Prop 1 campaign: https://nyequalrights.org/ Our campaign page: https://www.nyclu.org/resources/campaigns-actions/campaigns/new-york-needs-equal-rights-amendment Our commentary piece on Prop 1: https://www.nyclu.org/commentary/why-new-yorkers-should-vote-yes-on-proposition-1 For more on everything we discuss in this episode, visit https://www.nyclu.org/For transcripts and additional information on the episodes, visit https://www.nyclu.org/ideas/podcastsFollow NYCLU on Twitter and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.