- Blitzstein was found severely beaten on the island of Martinique (he had travelled there while in a writer's slump while writing a play on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial). After being taken to a hospital, he managed to identify his attackers as Portuguese sailors (by their uniforms), but Blitzstien died of his injuries in his sleep that night.
- He was a child prodigy in music who, later in life, became an avowed leftist, and wrote several pieces of "agit-prop" musical plays, including "The Cradle Will Rock" and "No For An Answer".
- The first performance of his play "No For An Answer" featured a then-unknown actress and singer named Carol Channing, who would later go onto fame as a stage and screen star.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content