DIRTY BLONDE
by Claudia Shear
Conceived by Claudia Shear and James Lapine
Directed by Ethan McSweeny
 EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND THROUGH OCTOBER 20!
 September 10 - October 13, 2002
 
The critics agree...
 
“...resourceful and imaginative...Dirty Blonde reminds us why, when West left the scene, the pictures did indeed get smaller.”
-Desmond Ryan, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“McSweeny’s splendidly fluid and colorful production present’s West’s life as a moving picture ensconced in darkness. In the end both the play and the icon it investigates are so enticing...Like West herself, this Dirty Blonde is an irresistible...delight.”
-J. Cooper Robb, Philadelphia Weekly

“These characters, this play, and this fine production are, as Jo says, “like Venice”: There’s nothing else like them.”
-George Hatza, The Reading Eagle
 

Photo of Ryan Dunn portraying
Mae West, in Dirty Blonde.
Photo by Jim Roese.

She doesn't sit like a lady or laugh like a little girl. In this delightful collage, we meet the great Mae West, and see how she shook up America's staid popular culture of the '30s. We hear some of the songs and quips that made her a legend such as "I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit." And we see the effect this icon has on two shy young souls in our own era. If you look behind the beguiling facade of this surprise Broadway smash you'll find a saga of show business triumph - and a sweet, touching little love story.

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