Spend a Two-Show Day at A Letter to Harvey Milk Musical | Playbill

Photo Features Spend a Two-Show Day at A Letter to Harvey Milk Musical Julia Knitel shows us what it’s like to do a double-duty day at the Acorn Theatre.

Follow cast member Julia Knitel, who plays Barbara in A Letter to Harvey Milk Off-Broadway, through a two-show day at Theatre Row’s Acorn Theatre. Set in San Francisco in the 1980s, the story follows two unlikely people brought together by a letter penned to Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected politician in California.

Flip through the photos of her two-show day below:

Spend a Two-Show Day at A Letter to Harvey Milk Musical

The new musical also stars Adam Heller (It Shoulda Been You, Elf, Caroline or Change) alongside Knitel (Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie). Heller plays a widower and retired kosher butcher who finds an unexpected alliance with Barbara (Knitel), a young lesbian teacher at the senior center. The musical, which began performances February 1, deals with issues of friendship, grief, and self-acceptance.
 
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