{"id":1361,"date":"2007-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2007-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T04:00:00","slug":"emu-theater-to-stage-musical-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2007\/emu-theater-to-stage-musical-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Theater to Stage Musical Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> It&#8217;s a musical, whimsical folk tale with a serious topic &#8211; what happens when one cultural group tries to change another one. <\/p>\n<p> That&#8217;s the theme of Theater at Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s spring mainstage production, &#8220;Ti-Jean and His Brothers,&#8221; by Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Thursday-Saturday, Mar. 22-24 and again Mar. 29-31. 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