Dirty Blonde

author:Claudia Shear
director: Peter Flynn

Was it her audacity or her sassy wit that qualified Mae West as America’s first sex symbol? Dirty Blonde is a jubilant, warm-hearted comedy with music that explores this icon’s life story as related by two of her most adoring fans – and unlikely lovers – Jo and Charlie. In his review, New York Times theatre critic Ben Brantley called Dirty Blonde  “…hands down the best new American play of the season.” Regional Premiere

Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for Best Play 2000
Contains adult language and subject matter

Interview with Peter Flynn, director of Dirty Blonde