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February 9, 2009
THEATER REVIEW | 'MINSKY'S'
What’s the Cure for Those Depression Blues? Hoofing in Your Scanties
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
LOS ANGELES — If the battered but unbroken stimulus package Washington finally serves up does not turn the trick, perhaps the answer to the country’s economic woes could be something a lot simpler. Bring back burlesque!
In the nostalgia-steeped new musical “Minsky’s,” which had its world premiere here Sunday night at the Ahmanson Theater, dancing in your scanties while the world trembles is presented as noble service that might help keep a wounded country on its feet. Or better yet rolling in the aisles.
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THEATER REVIEW | 'MINSKY'S'
What’s the Cure for Those Depression Blues? Hoofing in Your Scanties
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
LOS ANGELES — If the battered but unbroken stimulus package Washington finally serves up does not turn the trick, perhaps the answer to the country’s economic woes could be something a lot simpler. Bring back burlesque!
In the nostalgia-steeped new musical “Minsky’s,” which had its world premiere here Sunday night at the Ahmanson Theater, dancing in your scanties while the world trembles is presented as noble service that might help keep a wounded country on its feet. Or better yet rolling in the aisles.
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