![]() ![]() The stage adaptation uses this framework to discuss contemporary issues of race and education in Boston, where too little has changed since this book was written.Īccording to Bensussen, Boston Public Schools are more segregated now than they were when the busing initiative began. Lukas’ book follows three families, the Divers in the South End, the Twymons in Roxbury and the McGoffs in Charlestown, as they navigate the court-ordered school busing system sending their children to new areas of the city. “We have worked over the years to get the contemporary temperature of race and history in Boston reflected in this examination of the book.” ![]() “I got very excited about creating this theater piece that didn’t simply portray the book but kind of reframed what it meant for a work to be iconic, for a nonfiction work to be considered definitive,” says Bensussen. Scene from The Huntington Theatre’s “Common Ground Revisited” PHOTOS: T CHARLES ERICKSON ![]()
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