Cindy Marinangel is
diETRiCH
Legendary performer. Feminist. Patriot.
“DIETRICH” RETURNS TO THE TRIAD THEATER FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
Solo play honors legendary performer, patriot, and feminist Marlene Dietrich
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Dietrich, a compelling solo play about iconic German actress Marlene Dietrich, returns to New York's Off-Broadway in an explosive, two-night performance on January 6th and 7th, at the Triad Theater, located at 158 W. 72nd St., New York, NY 10023
Written by Willard Manus, directed by Gary Swanson, accompanied by Russell Daisey and starring Cindy Marinangel, Dietrich is a based on a true story. Set in May 1960, the play takes place when the actress returned to the Berlin stage for the first time since fleeing the Hitler regime in the 1930’s. Inside her dressing room at the Tatiana Palast Theater, Dietrich weighs whether to go through with the live performance despite threats on her life by Nazi sympathizers who resented her for having spent much of World War II entertaining American soldiers on the front lines. To them, Dietrich is a turncoat; a traitor who deserves to be shot and killed on stage. Dietrich (formerly known as Marlene) celebrated its world premiere at the Brickhouse Theatre in Los Angeles (produced by John Lant), debuted in New York at the Hudson Guild Theatre in the New York Theatre Festival’s annual Winterfest, and was recently chosen as a finalist at the storied New York New Works Theater Festival. |
BROUGHT TO life BY...
Marlene dietrichCindy Marinangel
Cindy Marinangel is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and a graduate of the Chicago Second City Conservatory. Marinangel was recently seen in “Beverly Hills Christmas,” a holiday film starring actor Dean Cain that airs seasonally on UPtv.
For more information, visit www.cindymarinangel.com. pianistRussell Daisey
Russell Daisey is an internationally acclaimed pianist, singer and songwriter. He's performed at The First Hiroshima International Peace Summit (onstage with HH the Dalai Lama); the Palais des Congres in Paris; and for President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, as well as Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Elie Wiesel, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams.
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writerWillard Manus
Willard Manus is a playwright, journalist and novelist. He is a member of the playwrights/director’s unit of The Actors Studio. His most recent plays are Joe and Marilyn: A Love Story, Frank and Ava (now a motion picture) and Who Killed Comrade Rabbit?”
directorGary Swanson
Gary Swanson is an actor, teacher, author and artist. He studied with Lee Strasberg and is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. He has worked with great directors such as Arthur Hiller, William Friedkin, and Phillip Noyce . He produced and starred in Whiskey School about the intervention of the late playwright, Leonard Melfi. As a teacher he was the first of three teachers to pilot the Actors Studio MFA Program at The New School Of Social Research. He founded the Montauk Group an intensive acting workshop and residency program, held in Montauk, New York every summer.
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CINDY MARINANGEL IS MARLENE DIETRICH...
Video shot and edited by Amber Dawn Lee
A FINALIST AT THE NEW YORK NEW WORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL!
“Ms. Marinangel is a powerful beauty in her own right, who skillfully draws us into Dietrich’s world with a smart sexiness as much her own as Dietrich’s. This looks like a show which should go somewhere, with a charismatic star you don’t want to miss.”
Jeffrey Lyle Segal, t2conline.com
CRITICS LOVED DIETRICH AT THE TRIAD THEATRE
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"...Cindy Marinangel gave a dazzling solo performance as the iconic Marlene Dietrich... a seamless blend of character and performer, making it all but impossible to tell where Dietrich ends and Marinangel begins. Elegant, assured, and bursting with passion, she's not just a diva -- she's a heroine." Erin Kahn, Stage Buddy
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a hit at the winterfest festival!
"Cindy Marinangel brings both an actor’s and an improviser’s sensibility to her portrayal...Dressed in a partially open silk robe with stockings and a garter belt, through Ms. Marinangel we feel Marlene’s sexuality and psychological foibles. The songs, such as the iconic, “Falling In Love Again,” — with skillful accompaniment by Russell Daisey — were so marvelous that even more would be a welcome addition." -- Casey Curtis, Front Row Center, thefrontrowcenter.com/2018/03/marlene/ |
"Marlene is a portrait of Marlene Dietrich that is compelling, informative, enlightening and altogether entertaining. Marlene is embodied by Cindy Marinangel, who is alone onstage for the entire 80 minutes of the work, yet we never tire of her." -- Beatrice Williams-Rude, Theater Pizzaz, theaterpizzazz.com/marlene/ |
WORLD PREMIERE WOWS LOS ANGELES
"Cindy Marinangel IS Marlene Dietrich in 'Marlene'... Marinangel captures the essence of the German actress/chanteuse...(it's) impossible to take your eyes off of this captivating character who moves about the stage with elegance and sexuality, expressing a range of emotions from fear to regret." |
"Cindy Marinangel amazes as legendary German-born actress Marlene Dietrich... Marinangel, the star of this new solo play... superbly captures the multi-faceted character of the Hollywood diva while never appearing just a flat imitation of Marlene. Instead she truly immerses herself completely into the character of Marlene Dietrich. Marinangel’s excellent performance made me catch myself many times thinking that I was watching the 'real' Marlene." |
"Cindy Marinangel completely embodies the spirit of Marlene Dietrich...Marinangel draws the audience into Dietrich’s world, filled with vulnerability and fear... Marinangel is Marlene Dietrich. She disappears into her character, taking the audience on a ride through the psyche of the famous actress." -- Nora Davis (T2conline.com) | http://t2conline.com/meet-the-actress-of-winterfest-cindy-marinangel-is-marlene/ |
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