The Government Inspector at Boston Court, and REDCAT's New Original Works Festival

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The dance was accompanied by Jelly Roll Morton's ballad about a woman who murders the lover of her "man" and is sent to hard labor in Baton Rouge for her trouble, realizing her man has found a new "bitch" while she's behind bars being seduced by another woman. It's an obscenity-laced saga of regret and self-realization, interpreted physically by Emmanuel, who had the lion's share of stage time, with spasmic grace. As her occasional partner, Saler was no less manic, extending his tongue down his face while glaring at the audience, like a viper.

The performance saga was as dark and horrific as The Government Inspector is bright and horrific — and no less beautiful, both about follies and crimes committed because of "things we don't know we don't know."

PHOTO BY ED KRIEGER

Shannon Holt and Adam Haas Hunter in The Government Inspector

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Boston Court

70 N. Mentor Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91106

Category: Music Venues

Region: Pasadena and vicinity

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REDCAT: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater

631 W. Second St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Region: Downtown

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THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR | Adapted by Oded Gross from the play by Nikolai Gogol | Presented by Furious Theatre Company and Theatre @ Boston Court, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena | Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.; through Aug. 26 | (626) 683-6883 | bostoncourt.com

NEW ORIGINAL WORKS FESTIVAL | Presented by REDCAT, 631 W. Second St., dwntwn. | Thurs.-Sat., 8:30 p.m.; through Aug. 11 | (213) 237-2800 | redcat.org