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Full-Length Play, Comedy / 1w, 2m
By Claudia ShearConceived by Claudia Shear and James LapineOriginal song “Dirty Blonde” by Bob Stillman
With style, wit and creativity, this funny, bawdy Broadway hit tells the story of Mae West through the eyes of three of her fans.
“Hands down, the best new American play of the season.” – The New York Times
“[A] genial, funny, crowd-pleasing riff on the life of Mae West and the inspiration it provides for a pair of square pegs in contemporary New York... polished to a fine comic sheen, with each bit of innuendo and double entendre – both West’s classics and Shear’s equally bawdy additions – popping brightly across the old-fashioned footlights.” – Variety
“Take off your hats, boys, Mae West is back on Broadway... in a compact Rolls Royce of a vehicle... Dirty Blonde is a multilayered study of the nature of stardom, as experienced by one of its avatars and two adoring fans. Shaped with remarkable fluidity and inventiveness, Dirty Blonde presents one of the canniest portraits on record of that floating dialogue between icons and idolizers that remains so much a part of American culture... Ms. Shear finds the enduring substance in the smoke and mirrors of one actress’s stardom, allowing Mae West to shock and delight once again.” – The New York Times
“A delightful, funny and touching entertainment.” – The Independent
“Combines showbiz razzmatazz with real heart.” – The Daily Telegraph
James Lapine was born in 1949 in Mansfield, Ohio and lived there until his early teens, when his family moved to Stamford, Connecticut. He attended public schools before entering Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he majored in History. He went on ...