The Diary of Anne Frank

Yesterday we saw "The Diary of Anne Frank" at Westport's Playhouse. It's a hard to watch play, obviously. It was well set and well played. I think no one in the audience remained unmoved and the closing scene brought tears to many. But a somewhat unexpectedly lighter moment came at the very end, when actors came out for a bow. After all actors playing the main characters in the play got their share of applause, the three actors who played Nazis showed up and people in the audience just didn't know how to react... A wave of nervous laughter and some light boos rolled through the audience and then some scattered applause here and there.