Entertainment & Arts
Frank Wedekind, the man who turned German and European theater upside down when he wrote his scandalous “Spring Awakening” in 1890, nearly missed being born in Oakland.
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Pop & Hiss
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Oct. 30, 2011
In 1900, with “Spring Awakening” and one of two spidery “Lulu” plays behind him, bourgeoisie-bashing proto-Expressionist Frank Wedekind added the Marquis of Keith to his gallery of climbers, users and abusers.
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* “Lulu”--Valerie Dillman and Alexander Enberg, above, are featured in the adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s 100-year-old indictment of repressed sexuality, playing at Pacific Resident Theatre. * “Laughter and Reflection”--Carol Burnett presents an evening of comedy based on the audience Q&As; she did on her network TV show, tonight only at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. * “The Illusion”--Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1636 classic, about a man who races death to reconcile with the son he long rejected, opens Friday at Actors’ Gang Theater.
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