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"Dietrich",
starring Cindy Marinangel
Dazzles Off Broadway to packed house!
"Marlene Dietrich was never against Germany,
it was the
Nazis she hated". |
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*French screen
created by Iris Apfel |
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Photos by:
Sylvia Hoke |
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“Dietrich,” is a
compelling and acclaimed one-woman play about iconic German
actress Marlene Dietrich. Played by Cindy Marinangel,
written by renowned play write Willard Manus and brilliantly
accompanied by pianist Russell Daisey, “Dietrich” just had a
successful, limited Off-Broadway engagement. www.dietrichplay.com |
Cindy Marinangel
embodied the essence of Marlene Dietrich
in this original
play. The story of Dietrich is about a woman full of
passion, glamour, art, and war and a friend of the Jews. She
was one of the most alluring legends of Hollywood’s
golden age. |
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"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. |
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Throughout the 70
minute play, you can’t take your eyes off of Cindy
Marinangel. You can feel her unique appeal, see the inner
life of Dietrich- a woman full of grit and ambition, who
defied convention, seduced the world, and forged her own
path. With Marinangel’s own sultry beauty, smoky voice and
androgyny, she reveals a series of Dietrich’s stormy love
affairs that pushed the boundaries of social convention of
the time. Marinangel and Dietrich are women full of sizzle
and decadence reminiscent of Weimar Berlin. |
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In the late 1930’s
Marlene Dietrich first became an international sensation
with her film The Blue Angel. She not only
watched in horror from the safety of America as Hitler
destroyed her homeland but she sold more war bonds than
anyone and donated an entire film salary to assist Jews with
passage, jobs and housing in America. Three actors and
several members of the crew who worked with her on The
Blue Angel were interred in Dachau, where they perished. |
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As one of
Hollywood’s top leading ladies (and notoriously bisexual),
she starred with such legends as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, and
Cary Grant. Defiant in her stance against the Nazis, Marlene
chose instead to become an American citizen, join the army
and tour with the USO, performing for Allied troops on the
front lines for three years. |
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Sensitive to the
times, during a 1960 visit to Israel she asked the
audience’s permission before singing in German, (a forbidden
language) according to The Central Zionist Archives. |
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Dietrich’s many
activities in wartime were recognized nationally and
internationally. In 1945, she was given the title of
daughter of the Seventy-first Infantry Regiment of the army.
In 1947, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the United
States government, which is the highest honor that can be
bestowed on an American. France gave Dietrich the Legion
d’Honneur for her wartime activities in the country, and
Belgium awarded her the Knight Order of Leopold. This play
is very special and should be seen by all. |
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Cindy Marinangel is
a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and is 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. With
her international cast and crew she wrote, produced and
starred in the award winning short film “Eternal Waltz”
which recently screened in festivals in Culver City,
Amsterdam and Las Vegas. |
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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?”
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Russell Daisey is an
internationally acclaimed pianist, singer and songwriter.
He’s performed at The First Hiroshima International Peace
Summit (onstage with the Dalai Lama); the Palais des Congres
in Paris; before President Bill Clinton and former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton; and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Ellie Wiesel, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Betty Williams. |
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Editor's note -
The producers are seeking angel investors to take the play
to the next level of a run in New York. Bookings across the
country and Europe are also welcome. Reviews, show
information and booking inquiries can be found on the
Dietrich website: https://www.dietrichplay.com/ |
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