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BEAUTY FREAK
by James Clements |
Beauty Freak centers on Leni Riefenstahl during the creation and promotion of her magnum opus “Olympia,” a film about the 1936 Berlin Olympics commissioned by the Third Reich. Act I is set during the preparations for the Olympics, and Act II during her U.S. publicity tour in 1938, during which the events of Kristallnacht unfolded. As the regime that supports her artistic vision escalates their campaign of terror and commits increasingly flagrant atrocities, Riefenstahl and her colleagues are forced to reckon with their own complicity and responsibilities as artists.
Beauty Freak is a provocative, potent and prescient new work, aiming to make audiences think critically about their own choices in our current moment, and the fragility of democracy across the world. |
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Scenic Design
Directed by Danilo Gambini Lighting Design: Yung-Hung Sung Costume Design: Stephanie Bahniuk Sound Design: Liam Bellman-Sharpe Produced by What Will the Neighbors Say? The Cell 2026 / The Cell Articles & Reviews: |