"Ode to the Wasp Woman," written and directed by Rider McDowell, is a play done in the style of film noir and true crime films of the 1950's. The show focuses on the events leading up to the death of four actors from the B-movies of the 1950's: Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Susan Cabot, George Reeves, and Barbara Payton. It is essentially four acts in style and dialogue that are uneven in terms of theatrical structure, but…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:52PM on November 16, 2023