Harvey Milk Francisco had no idea. It was just a really brief, provincial, localized current events story that the mayor and a city council member in San Francisco were killed. It didn't have much reverberation." Milk's life has been the subject of a musical theater production; an eponymous opera; a cantata; a children's picture book; a French-language historical novel for young-adult readers; and the biopic "Milk", released in 2008 after 15 years in the making. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant and starred Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, and won two Academy Awards for Best
Letter to Harvey Milk Harry) 16. A Letter To Harvey Milk (Barbara) 17. Harry's Narrative (Harry, Yussl, Nazi) 18. Finale (Entire Cast) Roles • Harry – a lonely, retired Kosher butcher. • Frannie – Harry's deceased wife. At the start of the show, she is “woken up” by Harry's scream as he wakes up from a nightmare. • Barbara – Harry's writing teacher and an aspiring writer. She is both Jewish and a lesbian, whose coming out caused her family to cut her off. • Harvey Milk – Based on the gay San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978. In the musical, he