Title: The last night of Ballyhoo
First published: 1997
Description: A bittersweet romantic comedy set in Atlanta in 1939, on the eve of World War II and the opening night of Gone with the Wind, Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo deals in a very personal way with being Jewish in the South, depicting the prejudices that existed between German-American Jews and "the other kind."
Subjects: Drama, Jewish families, Mothers and daughters, Antisemitism, American drama (dramatic works by one author)
Places: Atlanta (Ga.)