I received this from another Highland Parker and thought some of you might be interested: Join us at a most unusual theatrical event being held on Tuesday, April 11, at the First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Avenue in Shadyside: An Evening With Clarence Darrow, portrayed by Gary Anderson. For several years, Anderson has presented this one-man show at various venues and for various sponsoring organizations around the country, to uniformly positive reviews. The show starts at 7:30 PM, and admission costs $20 at the door, $15 ($10 for seniors and students) if purchased in advance. One of the United States’ fabled trial lawyers, Clarence Darrow was dubbed “The Lion of the Courtroom,” “Lawyer for the Damned,” and, by his fundamentalist critics, “The Great Infidel.” Best known perhaps for his role in the Scopes “monkey trial” and his withering cross examination of William Jennings Bryan in that prosecution brought under Tennessee’s anti-evolution statute, Darrow crusaded in the courtroom during the first third of the twentieth century against the death penalty, social injustice, racism, conspiracy laws, and civil liberties violations. He is considered by many to be the most famous and infamous lawyer in history. He was brilliant; he was a philanderer, a loving grandfather of three and an egotistical grandstander who may have been guilty of jury tampering. In this performance, Darrow recounts the greatest trials of his career, including the ongoing controversy of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, the Leopold and Loeb plea for mercy, the Los Angeles Times Terrorist and Bombing Trial of the McNamara Brothers and Darrow’s own jury-tampering trial, while providing personal insights into his character and philosophies through often humorous and moving anecdotes and trial excerpts. Anderson’s performance has been compared favorably to Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain, and he has appeared around the country under the auspices of the ACLU, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, NAACP, State Bar Associations, colleges and social activist organizations. The April 11 presentation promises to be edifying, entertaining and topical. For more info and reservations, check the Web at www.first-unitarian-pgh.org.