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| Director Mitch Levine and Cindy Marinangel. |
CINDY MARINANGEL is DIETRICH
for three nights.
A Guest Production in The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse.
April 2, 9, 16, 2024 @ 7:30pm.A one-woman show, which music honors the Golden Age of the Hollywood Film star, Marlene Dietrich.
Produced by Sea Angel Productions, LLC with Mitch Levine Directing.
Images from opening night April 2, by Karen Ostlund Santa Monica CA- (WestHollywoodToday.blog, April 3, 2024) – Cindy Marinangel is DIETRICH in a compelling 75 minutes one-woman show about iconic film star and German actress Marlene Dietrich, scheduled to show 3 dates in April as a guest production in The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse.
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| Sofia Milos and Cindy Marinangel. |
The play DIETRICH, written by Willard Manus, starring Cindy Marinangel, directed by Mitch Levine and produced by Sea Angel Productions, is based on a true story. Set in May 1960, the play takes place when the international icon returned to the Berlin stage for the first time since fleeing the Hitler regime in the 1930’s.
Inside her dressing room at the Tatania - Palast Theater, Dietrich weighs whether to go through with the live performance despite threats on her life by Nazi sympathizers. They accused Dietrich for having spent much of World War II entertaining American soldiers on the front lines. To them, she as a turncoat; a traitor.
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| Melissa Niece Smith and Kathy Kolla. |
"The idea came during Covid-19 to purchase the rights to DIETRICH, the 75-minute solo show with music that she produced and starred in", said Cindy Marinangel.
Cindy is known for singing and performing as Marlene Dietrich in Times Square International Peace Day. She also did an hour-long cabaret show as the legend, including her recent appearance at the Mid Atlantic Air Show's World War II weekend.
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Marlene Dietrich is famous for starring in seven films with Jewish director Josef von Sternberg from 1930 to 1935.
She also donated her entire film salary from A FOREIGN AFFAIR to help Jews come to America and secure housing and jobs, and sold more WWII bonds than anyone else. Marlene was awarded the Israeli Medallion of Valor in 1965, becoming both the first German-born person and the first woman to receive such an honor.
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Dietrich, moved to Hollywood, California before the Nazis’ rise to power. She enraged the Hitler regime by becoming an American citizen in 1937.
That conflict stayed for years as the actress continued to show sensitivity to Jews, after the end of the war. During a 1960 visit to Israel, she asked the audience’s permission before singing in German, according to the Central Zionist Archives.
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Karen Ostlund reporting on DIETRICH.
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The play DIETRICH (formerly known as MARLENE) celebrated its World Premiere at the Brickhouse Theater in Los Angeles, debuted in New York at the Hudson Guild Theater as part of the New York Theater Festival’s annual Winterfest. It was selected for the New York-New Works Theater Festival at the Acorn Theater on Theater Row.
The play also made success at The Triad Theater, a celebrated Off-Broadway house.
TICKETS, SANTA MONICA PLAYHOUSE, THE OTHER SPACE, 1211 4TH, SANTA MONICA:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dietrich-tickets-855879056297?aff=oddtdtcreator
