Joseph Silovsky Revisits Sacco and Vanzetti

NYTimes.com: Stanley, one of the stars of Joseph Silovsky’s “Send for the Million Men,” stood behind a lectern during a recent rehearsal. Stanley has wide blue eyes and excellent posture. Collegial and professional, he’d long since memorized his lines and his blocking, which he executes with his eight fingers, mismatched joints and tangle of wires.

Stanley, Mr. Silovsky’s signature creation, is a robot.