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ImageThe Hangar Theatre announced the cast for its summer production of Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde Monday.   Carbonell award winning artistic director Peter Flynn directs the play, to run June 3-13 at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York.

 

Tony award nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show, Dinner at Eight, The Full Monty, and Jekyll & Hyde) leads the cast that also includes Joe Kinosian and Kevin Carolan. Skinner plays the legendary actress Mae West whose wit and audacity made her America's first sex symbol.

 

Flynn says, "Dirty Blonde is an irrepressible look at icons, idolizers and how our perception of ourselves is shaped by others. The company we've assembled brings a great balance of hilarity, sensitivity, and heart." Shear's Dirty Blonde received Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Play in 2000.

 

This is Flynn's inaugural season as the artistic director of the Hangar Theatre. He previously directed the Broadway concerts of Funny Girl with Whoopi Goldberg and Idina Menzel, and Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney, as well as creating three nationally-acclaimed musicals for TheatreworksUSA. Flynn will also direct the Hangar's political farce November, which runs July 8-18.

 

The design team for Dirty Blonde includes Kent Goetz (sets), Deborah Constantine (lights), Greg Robbins (costumes), and Eric Watkins (sound), all of whom are returning artists to the Hangar.

 

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