DIETRICH

“DIETRICH” CHOSEN AS FINALIST AT nynw theater festival

Catch the last performance THIS FRIDAY 9/21, at the New York New Works Theatre Festival Finals!

Solo play honors legendary performer, patriot and feminist Marlene Dietrich

Dietrich, a compelling solo play about iconic German actress Marlene Dietrich, returns to New York's Off-Broadway in an explosive, two-night performance at the Acorn Theater September 13th and 16th, as part of the storied New York New Works Theater Festival.

Dietrich returns to the New York New Works Theatre Festival for it's Finals show, THIS FRIDAY, Sept. 21st at 6:45pm at the world-famous Acorn Theater, located at 410 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036

Written by Willard Manus, directed by Michael V. Doane, 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, debuted in New York at the Hudson Guild Theatre as part of the New York Theatre Festival’s annual Winterfest, and recently had a brauva one-night performance at the celebrated Off-Broadway Triad Theater.

DIETRICH

one-NIGHT ONLY left

Starring Cindy Marinangel

Written by Willard Manus

Directed by Michael V. Doane

Accompanied by Russell Daisey

at the ACORN theater

410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

on SEPT 21

6:45pm

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BROUGHT TO life BY...

Marlene dietrich

Cindy 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.

pianist

Russell 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.

writer

Willard 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?”

director

Michael V. Doane

Michael V. Doane is a singer, writer, composer, producer and director. For 6 years Michael served as the artistic director for the Flatiron Theatre Company where he directed critically acclaimed revivals of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Whose Life is it Anyway, and many others. His original stage musical Soul Kitchen had its World Premiere at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. Michael has written several original screenplays and is currently developing his first cinematic effort, Mrs. Foster.

AND THE..

2018 New York New Works Theater Festival

Established in 2014 as "a fun give back project to expose the work of top, aspiring writers to legitimate Broadway producers...", NYNW has expanded and exploded year after year, showcasing the best and brightest creators in New York theater, and giving them a platform to highlight their talents to the world, as well as influential "Broadway producers, and Emmy & Tony award winners".

"Our intent was to create a legitimate theatre festival that incorporated the Broadway community into an environment that truly supported talented writers at little cost for the participants. Essentially, this is the first festival of its kind and we’re thrilled to be helping make the dreams of Broadway and T.V.’s next generation of writers become realities. " - Gene Fisch, Jr.

Dietrich, and it's entire team, is proud and honored to have been selected for the Festival's first round this year. Visit www.nynwtheatrefestival.com for the entire festival listing, and to learn more about how you can help support the Arts.

CINDY MARINANGEL IS MARLENE DIETRICH...

Video shot and edited by Amber Dawn Lee

**CRITICS LOVED DIETRICH AT THE TRIAD THEATRE**

"Ms.Marinangel channels Ms.Dietrich with aplomb... transporting and hypnotizing us into a frenzy."

TripAdvisor.com
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60763-d8456576-r592206204-Triad_Theatre-New_York_City_New_York.html

"It is a rare find to have a talent that can channel a superstar from the past and, like magic, transform the off-Broadway cabaret room, The Triad into the Tatania Palast Theater, Berlin, cerca 1960. Cindy Marinangel does just that in the guise of Marlene Dietrich as she sweeps us back in time from her perspective backstage in her dressing room in Berlin."

Michael Reubens, iWorldTravel
iworldtravel.com/2018/06/30/dietrich-a-play-with-music/

"...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
https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-review/review-of-dietrich

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." -- Hettie Lynne Hurtes (KPCC / NPR)

"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." -- Petra Schuermann (Germanworldonline.com) | https://germanworldonline.com/marlene-in-north-hollywood-noteworthy-one-woman-play-by-willard-manus/

"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/