Steelworkers’ stories come to life onstage in ‘Sweat’
Clip: 2/10/2016 | 6m 26s
“Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous look at the decline of the Rust Belt.
“Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous and harrowing look at the decline of the Rust Belt in modern America. Inspired by stories from Reading, Pennsylvania -- once home to one of the richest corporations in the world and now one of the poorest cities in the nation -- “Sweat” examines the lives of steel workers left behind by changing times. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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Steelworkers’ stories come to life onstage in ‘Sweat’
Clip: 2/10/2016 | 6m 26s
“Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous and harrowing look at the decline of the Rust Belt in modern America. Inspired by stories from Reading, Pennsylvania -- once home to one of the richest corporations in the world and now one of the poorest cities in the nation -- “Sweat” examines the lives of steel workers left behind by changing times. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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