Bent
Price:
$10-$33
10/29/09 – 11/22/09
Bent
A co-production with ion theatre company
October 29-November 22, 2009.
This co-production commemorates the 30th anniversary of the seminal play by Martin Sherman. Co-directed by Glenn Paris and Claudio Raygoza. Featuring Chris Buess, Eric Dowdy, Philip John, Stephen Lone, Charlie Reuter, Walter Ritter, William Parker Shore and Michael Zlotnik.
Yellow stars. Pink triangles. Dignity. Courage. Comfort. Survival. A riveting story of love in the midst of the Holocaust. This 1979 play about gays under persecution by the Nazis took the world stage by storm. Profoundly universal and provocatively theatrical. “An explosive, overpowering experience.” – WWD
Ion’s mission (www.iontheatre.com) is to ignite community change through the staging of bold, re-imagined classics, and part of Diversionary’s mission is share the complexity of our LGBT history.
Prior to Bent, there had been virtually no inclusion of gays in discussions about the Holocaust. It had a groundbreaking impact when it was first staged off-Broadway in 1978; an impact that continued when the play was performed in London the next year and then finally brought to Broadway. The uniqueness of the story line and the strength of its message about tolerance, love, and human dignity made the play successful. It was nominated for both a Pulitzer and a Tony in 1980.
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