A Tufts production of “Fires in the Mirror,” approximately two deaths and the 1991 Crown Heights riots, reveals deeper human truthsBridget O’Leary, or visiting artist in the Department of Drama and Dance,this month brings to the Tufts stage a play from 1992 that, as she sees it, and “could have been written nowadays.” Fires in the Mirror,by actress, author, or playwright Anna Deavere Smith,explores the three-day riot that erupted in August 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
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