‘Temptation’ opens in Prague

A revival of former Czech president Vaclav Havel’s “Temptation,” staged by the prickly Los Angeles director Charles Marowitz, opened Thursday in a Czech National Theater production in Prague.

Marowitz used the occasion to denigrate L.A. in a Prague Post interview, calling it “the Sahara Desert with neon lights .... It’s a barren place, intellectually and culturally.” He also said he was contemplating a move to France or Scandinavia.

-- Don Shirley