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The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry is a comedy/drama play set in Atlanta in December 1939. It centers on the Freitag-Levy family, part of Atlanta’s assimilated German-Jewish community, who are preparing for a prestigious event called Ballyhoo. Amidst the celebration, Sunny, a college-aged family member, becomes increasingly aware of anti-Semitism and the growing threat from Hitler’s regime.