Thursday, July 24, 2014

Theater: Hi, Hitler



Description found online:

Hi Hitler, the title of this one-woman play is misleading. It’s not really about Hitler, the Holocaust or any of that. Instead, it’s an autobiographical work of a young German woman who is born into a “circus” and tries to run away to suburban respectability. She doesn’t really succeed, and winds up starting a circus of her own. And it’s hilarious.

Lucie Pohl (pronounced Lutzee Pole) was born in Hamburg, Germany, into a family of German artists and intellectuals. Her father, Klaus Pohl, is a German playwright, actor and director. Her mother, Sanda Weigla, is Romanian with Jewish roots and is the niece of Berthold Brecht as well as a professional singer. She has aunts, uncles and cousins who are also artists of one sort or another.

(continued at http://nytheatreguide.com/2013/10/theatre-review-hi-hitler-at-stage-left-studio/)