Bent - 2015 Play Revival Interview & Background - Trailer (Documentary)
- 9 years ago
“Powerful, thought-provoking theater, and it should not be missed.”
— Leah D. Frank, The New York Times
“A work of considerable dignity and passion.”
— Michael Billington, The Guardian
“Bent looks now like a tremendous post-war theatre classic.”
— Nicholas de Jongh, London Evening Standard
Martin Sherman’s profound love story takes audiences into the deepest, darkest moments of one man’s fight to survive gay persecution in 1930s Germany. In the first major U.S. revival since its Broadway premiere in 1979, Moisés Kaufman directs this startling and moving play that illustrates how love can transcend persecution, no matter the cost.
— Leah D. Frank, The New York Times
“A work of considerable dignity and passion.”
— Michael Billington, The Guardian
“Bent looks now like a tremendous post-war theatre classic.”
— Nicholas de Jongh, London Evening Standard
Martin Sherman’s profound love story takes audiences into the deepest, darkest moments of one man’s fight to survive gay persecution in 1930s Germany. In the first major U.S. revival since its Broadway premiere in 1979, Moisés Kaufman directs this startling and moving play that illustrates how love can transcend persecution, no matter the cost.