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Bad Seed: Hilarious Camp Remake of Chilling Horror Story

Lounge Theatre, On the corner of Santa Monica and El Centro (6201 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038)
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An eight-year-old murderess is born without pity! Who will her next victim be?! Weird, wild, wonderful and wicked, this pulp-fiction gem first opened on Broadway in 1954, only to be banned by the Legion of Decency. Now see this goofily twisted production in all its cross-dressed, side-splitting, viciously-delicious glory.

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The last date listed for Bad Seed was Saturday October 13, 2007 / 8:00pm.

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Lounge Theatre
On the corner of Santa Monica and El Centro,
6201 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
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323-469-9988
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61 Goldstar Member Reviews

Meatball
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This is certainly a different show.

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2nd half definitely more cohesive and apparently more interesting as the story unfolds.
Tissue tossing for the improv parts.
Great acting!

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The actors speak a little too loudly. Maybe this show used to be on a bigger venue?
The first few acts don't seem to be as attention grabbing in terms of the plot. The "Actions" comes a little late.
Written on Oct 08 2007

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This played out like a bad Saturday NIght Live skit. There were often improvisational routines that the performers clearly didn't know when to put the brakes on. The vulgarity and sexual innuendos were almost uniformly unfunny. While the actors clearly have talent, this probably ranks as the worst play I have ever seen (shared by the person I went with)
Written on Sep 17 2007

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Very funny. Mo Collins can only be seen to be believed.
Written on Aug 13 2007

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HYSTERICAL!! LOVED IT--Would go back again if the run wasn't over!
Written on Oct 16 2007

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More Information About Bad Seed

Quotes & Highlights

  • “Hilarious camp revival.” --LA Times, Critic’s Choice
  • “The entire cast finds moments of uproarious humor.” --LA Weekly
  • “Campy and supremely silly.” --Frontiers
  • “Within five minutes of the play’s opening I was giggling, by the show’s end, my sides hurt.” --The Gay and Lesbian Times
  • “Turns Maxwell Anderson’s downbeat play into comic madness.” --The Hollywood Independent

Description

Buzzworks Theater Company announces the return of their riotous 1997 remake of Bad Seed, by Maxwell Anderson, a chilling horror story of an eight-year-old murderess who was born without pity. First opening on Broadway in 1954 and banned by the Legion of Decency because of homosexual references and questionable Freudian theories, Bad Seed asks the shocking question, “Could murder be an inherited trait?”