Greater Boston Video: New Musical 'Witness Uganda' Tells True Story

4,725 views · Published 18 February 2014 · 6:36 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: GBH News · 2014 · News & Politics

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Sacrificing the comforts of home to lend a hand in a developing country is considered a noble thing to do. But for many well-intentioned volunteers, the reality doesn't live up to the romantic notion that we all have the power to change the world. As WGBH arts editor Jared Bowen shows us, this is the journey explored in "Witness Uganda," the new, largely autobiographical musical at the American Repertory Theater, under the direction of Tony-winner Diane Paulus.

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