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LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE’S NEW PRODUCTION IS A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF PAINTER TAMARA DE LEMPICKA by STEPHANIE THOMPSON
N 1917, RUSSIA was in upheaval; the world was about to be devastated by a deadly epidemic; and women were struggling to achieve independence and parity with men. It can feel like not much has changed. Rachel Chavkin, the Tony Award-winning director of the new musical Lempicka at La Jolla Playhouse, adds: “Plus, there are terribly eerie parallels of rising fascism, political polarization, homophobia and other forms of anti-queer violence … The production is all too timely. I wish it were less, but here we are.” /CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 In Lempicka: A New Musical, coming to the
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