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Role Playing: Noir films gave Justine Turner model for shadowy dame in ‘Dreadful Night’

Mar 13, 2013 – 10:43 am
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Interview: Funny thing about film noir, says Justine C. Turner, who plays a sultry, sexy 1940s type in Don Nigro’s play “City of Dreadful Night” at The Den Theatre: It brought women out of the shadows, and made them multi-dimensional. “That’s the really great thing about my character. Anna is complicated. She’s both Madonna and whore, not just one or the other but good and bad at the same time,” says Turner, who tuned up for the defining noir style of “Dreadful Night” by watching Ida Lupino films from the 1940s.

Amid the shadows and fast talk, a murderer lurks in The Den’s stylish ‘Dreadful Night’

Feb 27, 2013 – 4:54 pm
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Review: ★★★★

‘The Quality of Life’ at Den Theatre: Four lives battered by death, struggling to find peace

Nov 21, 2012 – 6:26 pm
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Review: In the face of death, two couples with radically different world views are grappling with a shared reality and an age-old question: To be or not to be – alive or together. That’s the double push and pull of Jane Anderson’s witty, provocative and surprising play “The Quality of Life,” offered in a taut, fine-spun production at The Den Theatre. ★★★★