Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust, a German WWII Political Drama
The MET Theatre (1089 N. Oxford Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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4 Goldstar Member Reviews
Rich8996
The acting was excellent. The accents were a little over done. The play requires more advertising to get a larger attendance. I enjoyed the theatre and glad I went.Written on Sep 21 2009
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Stella Hacker
Well acted play about a terrible time in our history. Before you see this play, spend a few minutes checking out the actual events surrounding Heydrich. Powerful subject matter and outstanding performances by the maid and Heydrich. The actor's portrayal of Hitler was chilling.Written on Sep 07 2009
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To be honest, I was not looking forward to seeing Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust.Written on Sep 28 2009
This play is about intrigue within the highest levels of the Third Reich as they were finalizing their plans for the "final solution," a subject that has been done many times before and frankly, was not the kind of 'feel good' material I was in the mood for.
BUT... the actors brought the play to life with such intensity and reality that I was very soon swept up into it and had a terrific theatrical experience. I recommend it highly.
The play is not perfect. Once the character of the young Jewish maid, Anna Muller enters, the play becomes didactic and slows down. Jessica Sherman tried heroically to bring life to Anna, but sadly, the character as written is too perfect, too righteous, too lacking in human frailty to be brought to life. She is a mere spokesperson for the values of humanity and sanity.
Special commendation should go to Don Paul who played Hitler so convincingly and found little human touches that brought one of history's greatest villains to life. He played a mercurial Hitler, a man whose mind jumped around like a child with ADD and, important historical detail, a man with a serious chocolate addiction. These details made Hitler that much more frightening and helped me understand why not enough new parents are naming their babies 'Adolph' these days
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Lorand Parenteau
The acting was superb, altough the opening scene was a bit too long with too many pauses and the German accents became a bit heavy. Don Paul did the best portrayal of Hitler I have ever seen. Jessica Sherman who played Anna was amazing.Oliver Finn really carried his weight and the entire play.Written on Sep 14 2009
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More Information About Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust
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Description
Written by Cornelius Schnauber.
Translated from the German by Anne Adams and John Howard.
Directed by L. Flint Esquerra.
In January of 1942, Heydrich and some top rulers of the Nazi regime met at the Wannsee Conference (in a suburb of Berlin) to determine the “Final Solution” for the Jews of Europe. This entailed the evacuation of Jews to concentration camps, where they were employed in forced labor or slaughtered outright.
Considered the chief architect of the Final Solution was Reinhard Heydrich, who held the titles of Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Director of the Reich Main Security Office, and President of Interpol (the international police organization). He created the Nazis’ spy networks and was third in line to succeed Hitler. Ambitious though he was, his personal enemies moved to thwart his political ambitions by continuing to spread long-circulated rumors of his partial Jewish ancestry. Although a 1932 investigation into his background ruled him as “untainted” Aryan, born into a Catholic family, still, his grandmother’s second husband, Heydrich’s grandfather, had the Jewish surname Süß, and was Jewish according to some encyclopedias of the time. Heydrich, therefore, started the rumor that his father was an Aryan foundling. Hitler was aware of these facts and used them to keep Heydrich in check.
The new play Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust depicts Heydrich attempting to gain advantage over his immediate superior, Heinrich Himmler, Reichsfuhrer-SS and Reich Minister of the Interior. Himmler oversaw the killing of 6,000,000 Jews, 350,000 Roma (Gypsies), 3,000,000 Poles, and uncounted homosexuals, disabled, prisoners of war, and members of the Confessing Church (a Protestant denomination opposed to the Nazification of the German Protestant Church).
Himmler is not unaware of Heydrich’s scheming, and is certainly not above machinations of his own. And Hitler is playing one against the other.
Meanwhile, Anna Muller, a beautiful Jewish servant girl, attempts to dissuade Heydrich from his hateful treatment of the Jews. Can her tenderness and beauty succeed in melting his heart?
Heydrich will conceivably succeed in moving higher in the Nazi hierarchy. But his enemies from within (Himmler) and from without (Czech operatives dispatched from England) will seek to thwart his ambitions.
L. Flint Esquerra is director of Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust. The artistic director of the MET Theatre, he is currently nominated for the NAACP Theatre Award for Outstanding Director, for the MET production of The Bones of Lesser Men.
The cast of Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust includes (in alphabetical order) Ed Baccari, Joseph Beck, Scott Dewey, Oliver Finn, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez, Don Paul, Ryan Robins and Jessica Sherman, with understudy Milana Vayntrub performing 9/27 and 10/9. (Cast information is correct as of publication, but subject to change without notice.)
Cornelius Schnauber is the playwright. A novelist, author, and internationally recognized scholar, he is director of the Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies at USC. Among the many honors Dr. Schnauber has received are included the Distinction of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria; The Federal Republic of Germany Friendship Award; the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; the first Lifetime Achievement Award (in 2003) of the American Association of Teachers of German; and a resolution of the Los Angeles City Council citing Dr. Schnauber for his contribution to the understanding of the cultural heritage of the City of Los Angeles and the longstanding history of friendship between Berlin and Los Angeles. The MET previously presented his plays, Irma and Emma and Wagner and Mendelssohn, Music and Women.
Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust is an examination of a fascinating if sorrowful chapter of the 20th Century, told from a knowledgeable perspective.
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