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Fall River's Lizzie Borden Legend Heads to Tennessee Stage

Fall River's Lizzie Borden legend is heading to a Tennessee stage this week. A theater in Spring City, Tennessee is staging a production centered on Lizzie Borden, the Fall River woman acquitted in the 1892 ax murders of her father and stepmother that made the city's name synonymous wit…

Fall River's most infamous chapter is finding a new audience nearly 900 miles from home, with a play centered on Lizzie Borden set to be staged in Spring City, Tennessee, according to the Crossville Chronicle.

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"'Lizzie Borden of Fall River' to be performed in Spring City," the Crossville Chronicle reports. The paper's preview ties the production to the 1892 ax murders that made the Borden name synonymous with Fall River, though the portion of the report available did not include a cast list or performance dates (read it at https://www.crossville-chronicle.com/community/lizzie-borden-of-fall-river-to-be-performed-in-spring-city/article_af463306-1272-4c10-9fe1-dcb701b77674.html).

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.

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