Beyond Broadway's "The Miracle Worker"
By Schuyler Velasco, Broadway Magazine
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson's Tony-award winning play based on the early years of Helen Keller (1880-1968), began its first Broadway revival run, just in time for the show's fiftieth anniversary. The Broadway production stars Abigail Breslin of Little Miss Sunshine fame as Helen Keller and Allison Pill in the title role as Annie Sullivan. In honor of The Miracle Worker's opening, we offer you this refresher course on Keller's life, and maybe a tidbit or two you didn't know about the American icon. Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880 on a plantation [...]
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