Theater
Times Like These: Loosely based on the real-life tragedy of an Aryan matinee idol and his Jewish actress-wife crushed under the juggernaut of the Third Reich, Padua Playwrights Productions’ beautifully balanced drama by John O’Keefe, who also directs, reverberates with terror, humanity and hope. Laurie O’Brien plays Meta Wolff, while Norbert Weisser is Oskar Weiss, the star-crossed lovers whose cozy marital microcosm implodes with Hitler’s ascension to power. Set in Berlin in 1939, the story follows Meta’s pitiable progression from queen of German cafe society to a cowering, terrified prisoner in her own home.
-- F. Kathleen Foley
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 21, 2003 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Friday February 21, 2003 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 51 words Type of Material: Correction
Play’s closing -- Padua Playwrights Productions’ presentation of John O’Keefe’s drama “Times Like These,” at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A., will run through March 30. A closing date of Feb. 23 was listed in a “Last Chance” item in Thursday’s Calendar Weekend.
Ends Sunday at the Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West L.A. (310) 477-2055.
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