Janet Langhart Cohen's Anne & Emmett: A One-Act Play

Review\nAnne & Emmett should be seen in every classroom in America. -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg\nJanet Langhart Cohen has written a play that is emotional, educational and inspirational. I thought it was a beautifully acted. I’ve been following this play for a long time—great cast, fully directed. It was a real treat. -- Michael Douglas, Actor, Director\nAnne & Emmett is a powerful and haunting dramatization of the parallels in the lives of two historic young people. -- Quincy Jones\nI think it was very, very powerful, and such a message to us all today. We think that things like that are in the past, but it’s really the remembrance and trying to tell people that this is still going on. A very important play. -- Secretary of State Madeline Albright\nI think Janet did a great job in connecting the parallels that most people don't see. Explained the experience of Anne Frank and the experience of Emmett Till and how all people have had to come together as a result of these separate tragedies and build a better world like the way Anne did on that note, "spring to lightness, light the candles throughout the world." -- Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), Former United States Secretary of State\nWell there are two very powerful stories that illustrate the injustice and hatred that exists in the world. It's part of human nature and we all have to make an attempt to rise above that. -- Alma Powell, Chairman, America's Promise\nBelongs on Broadway! -- Patricia Neal, Actress\nIn a word—brilliant. -- Robert Brustein, Theatrical critic, playwright, producer, educator\nCreated and handsomely rendered with boundless love, heart and soul, Anne & Emmett was a production of grace and enlightenment. Its poignancy in the face of the theme of the crushing—out of the young lives of Anne Frank and Emmett Till held me in rapt attention, as it grew in urgency and emotional wallop. -- David Siegel, DC Metro Arts\nIt is amazing that that story, the way she put it together, is in her head. And thank God she put it on paper. And that they put on this play. I'm moved beyond tears. -- Joe Madison, Syndicated radio talk show host, The Black Eagle\nI thoroughly enjoyed this play. It was powerful, emotional, moving. I hope that a lot of people out there, not only in the United States, but all over the world see this play. And what's most amazing is that everything we saw and heard tonight has the added advantage of all being true. And that's so sad, but at the same time it's so important. -- Wolf Blitzer, CNN Anchor, The Situation Room\nWe need to see this on Broadway in New York. It's that important. -- Bruce Gordon, former president, NAACP\nWhen I saw Anne & Emmett, I knew it had much to teach us in the police profession. -- William F. Bratton, Former NYPD Police Commissioner\nAnne & Emmett is a history lesson about the importance of tolerance, compassion and justice, to be acted out on stage, acted on in life. -- Courtland Malloy, Washington Post\nI am so moved and so shaken and I was crying in there. I mean, the writing is powerful. The acting and directing are extraordinary and bring Janet Cohen's words to life brilliantly and powerfully. And I am really overcome. I think it is timeless. -- Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC television correspondent\nThe play is a brilliant, call to action. There's no age limit to see this – young people, old people – we can never forget what happened to Anne. We can never forget what happened to Emmett. If we do forget, we do it at our own peril, so I encourage people go see this play. -- Robert L. Johnson, Founder, BET\nIt's really special, moving and heartbreaking. -- Doug Morris, Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment\nIt was beautiful and inspiring and very creative and very imaginative and really smart to think that these two individuals at different times in their lives, almost the same age, who experienced such tragedy, would have a lesson for all of us. And I cried during most of it. It was really beautifully done. -- Suzanne Malveaux, CNN tel