James Wilson takes a look at Breaking the Story at Second Stage:
To date, more than one hundred journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Gaza war. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international advocacy organization, reports that the current conflict has resulted in an unprecedented number of casualties among war correspondents, photojournalists, and camera operators, but these victims are part of a long and tragic legacy of fallen journalists. Alexis Scheer's Breaking the Story, now playing at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater, depicts the perils associated with reporting from the frontlines and addresses the collateral damage afflicting their loved ones. Fittingly, the play concludes with a final, moving tribute to journalists killed while reporting from war zones. |
