A Theater Made a Public Pool as a ‘Hug.’ Now It’s a Culture War Flashpoint.

Matthias Lilienthal’s opening show as the director of Berlin’s famed but troubled Volksbühne theater did not go to plan early this month. There were critiques of its cost and a backlash to its politics, accompanied by cries of racism and threats of violence. And for a few days in the first week, the...

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