The Berlin Dig at El Centro Theatre

The Berlin Dig

El Centro Theatre
804 N. El Centro Hollywood

An elderly idealistic German digs internally following the funeral of his last remaining relative. When old friends leave, he opens his mother's private papers, revealing shocking details of his life.

Thru - Mar 6, 2011

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $20

Show Type: Drama

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The Berlin Dig Reviews

Average Rating based on 4 reviews

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LA Weekly - Not Recommended

"...It's here that Stuercke's pen goes a-wandering, and doesn't seem to know where to settle, as the discussion turns to contemporary politics, racism, immigration in Germany and America, oil, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the auto industry, Bush and Cheney, the Kennedy assassination, slavery, communism, even the Armenian Genocide, all of which transpires in the span of two benevolently short acts. In Act 2, Stuercke, who also directs, mixes in a little bit of suspense, when it's revealed that Dieter's father was really a Nazi, and a relative arrives from America. By this time, it doesn't matter. Completing the misfire are German accents better suited to Hogan's Heroes and terrible performances that bury whatever potential the play may have had."

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- Lovell Estell III

Backstage - Not Recommended

"...Unfortunately, Stuercke's play is not very enlightening, as actors reflect on the positions taken, not as individuals but as if making position statements, in a not very interesting historical take on fairly recent history. Yawn."

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- Madeleine Shaner

StageHappenings.com - Somewhat Recommended

"...However, the art of drama is to be able to weave interesting ideas and historical truths into a human story that includes relationship, self-discovery, empathy, and sometimes even catharsis; it does not beat the audience over the head with incessant facts and figures, a diatribe of political polemics and propaganda. Author John Stuercke would have done well to have kept The Berlin Dig in workshop where a good director and competent actors might have helped him find a possible theatrical development."

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- Eve Meadows

ReviewPlays.com - Highly Recommended

"...From ancient Greek times, theatre has always been a vehicle to present social evils allegorically or at least in veiled disguises. Here the story begins as a civil conversation among friends (as Dieter keeps trying to convince them), but soon the mask is ripped off and what emerges is a visage of America that even the "Ugly American" would try to avoid. A definite must see for any one concerned about this country."

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- Jose Ruiz

The Berlin Dig at El Centro Theatre

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The Berlin Dig Reviews

LA Weekly - Not Recommended

Backstage - Not Recommended

StageHappenings.com - Somewhat Recommended

ReviewPlays.com - Highly Recommended

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