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Exorcising Demons : AIDS Is Subtext in 'Bogeyman,' a Reza Abdoh
Shocker at LATC
August 30, 1991, SYLVIE DRAKE
A theatrical Wunderkind who had matured into one of the most adventurous presences in the modern theater.
-BURT A. FOLKART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
“Bogeyman is De Sade and Hieronymous Bosch meet the Frog Prince and American popular song in a massive effort to knock the wind out of a complacent society.”
Sylvie Drake, 1992 Los Angeles Times
“… single truly multicultural artist at work in America today.”
“To do justice to Abdoh’s theatrical visions is a daunting task.”
Guatam Dasgupta
Abdoh, who reveled in the wake of his dramatized outrages, replied to his critics by saying, "I'm not in the business of pandering to the audience."
-BURT A. FOLKART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
“… one of the most anticipated events of the ongoing L.A. Festival--is a daring polemic that goes out on the edge and stays there.”
JAN BRESLAUER | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Strong, uninhibited theater, unafraid to take on dangerous themes in baldly political ways. The pace is frantic, the pitch hysterical, manic, absurdist, nihilistic.
SYLVIE DRAKE | TIMES THEATER CRITIC
'Quotations From a Ruined City' Lashes Out at Brutality : Reza Abdoh's work-in-progress spews forth a barrage of powerful images.
September 13, 1993, JAN BRESLAUER
REZA ABDOH: Director Courted Outrage
May 12, 1995, BURT A. FOLKART