Dirty Blonde
by Claudia Shear, James Lapine, Bob Stillman

"[A] genial, funny, crowd-pleasing riff on the life of Mae West and the inspiration it provides for a pair of square pegs in contemporary New York... polished to a fine comic sheen, with each bit of innuendo and double entendre – both West’s classics and Shear’s equally bawdy additions – popping brightly across the old-fashioned footlights."

— Variety

"Take off your hats, boys, Mae West is back on Broadway... in a compact Rolls Royce of a vehicle... Dirty Blonde is a multilayered study of the nature of stardom, as experienced by one of its avatars and two adoring fans. Shaped with remarkable fluidity and inventiveness, Dirty Blonde presents one of the canniest portraits on record of that floating dialogue between icons and idolizers that remains so much a part of American culture... Ms. Shear finds the enduring substance in the smoke and mirrors of one actress’s stardom, allowing Mae West to shock and delight once again."

— The New York Times

"A delightful, funny and touching entertainment."

— The Independent

"Combines showbiz razzmatazz with real heart."

— The Daily Telegraph