Culture Clash's Zorro in Hell

This week we went to one of the funniest plays we have ever seen. It was a farce, a satire, and (as a reviewer would say) a romp all rolled into one. It reminded me of Paul Sill's "Story Theater" from the late 60s and also a review with Betty White, the name of which I can not remember, that played in a small theater in Encino, CA in about 1958.

This play manages to poke fun at everything imaginable - from real estate developers to governor Schwrtzenegger. Along the way it references sources ranging from old B movies to Nietzsche and Carlos Castanega. The comedy alternates between pratfalls and satire. Time passed so quickly that it seemed we had been in the theater for 20 minutes instead of two hours.

If you can get to Berkeley this month, see it. If not, the same group (Culture Clash) will be presenting "Water and Power" at the Mark Taper Forum in late July, August, and early September in Los Angeles. Then they will do "Zorro on Hell" again at the La Jolla Playhouse. Go!