The cover the of Playbill for "The Education of Hyman Kaplan." The show opened on the night the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, and closed less than a month later. (Courtesy Joshua Zavin)

The Show Could Not Go On

The cover the of Playbill for "The Education of Hyman Kaplan." The show opened on the night the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, and closed less than a month later.

Credit: Courtesy Joshua Zavin