2010 is performance year for Bavarian town's Passion play

Post Gazette: "Talk about an expensive medical bill.
In 1633, the Bavarian town of Oberammergau fell ill with the plague, and residents are still paying the costs of being healed.
In the midst of the Thirty Years' War, the Black Death swept across Europe. And as the plague moved into Bavaria, the residents of Oberammergau made a pact with God: Spare us, and we'll put on the Passion play once a decade.
The first performance was in 1634, and this year marks the 41st plague-free production."