Dear Diary:
I am a volunteer with the Metropolitan Opera Guild. In January, I was with a Manhattan middle school group attending a dress rehearsal of “Tosca.” We were sitting in the Dress Circle.
During the intermission, I was explaining the history of the opera house. Gesturing toward the side boxes, one of the students asked, “Which is the box where Lincoln was shot?”
Name withheld
The New York Times
Metropolitan Diary
"A Confused Bit of Theater History"
Published: April 17, 2011
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