“Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler is a searing dramatization of a long-ago hero’s bleak fate which grimly relates to the present.” By Darryl Reilly, Feb 5
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Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler
Opened Jan 30, 2026 · Closed Feb 22, 2026 · Ran for 1 month
3 Rave
1 Positive
3 Mixed
1 Negative
Critics' Take
Critics find this historical drama about lawyer Hans Litten's 1931 courtroom confrontation with Hitler timely and important, though most cite sluggish staging and uneven execution that doesn't quite match the power of its subject matter.
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8 reviews3 Rave
1 Positive
3 Mixed
1 Negative
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“The debut of Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler is an intellectually compelling, historically informative, and emotionally impactful must-see production, which also serves as an urgent warning that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it.” By Deb Miller, Feb 5
“His story is a compelling source for this play by Douglas Lackey, because Litten stands out as someone who was deeply human in a time forever earmarked in history as a time when the world sat back and lost their humanity in the face of great cruelty and mass murder.” By Mason Pilevsky, Feb 5
“The factual subject matter of this play rises above everything in its prescience of what is happening right now in this country.” By David Walters, Feb 5
“There is so much that is compelling about this story, and about Hans Litten himself, that one wishes ‘Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler’ were a less obvious and clunky play.” By Jonathan Mandell, Feb 5
