Tinseltown Without Pity

In act one, scene one of Jane Martin's play Somebody/Nobody, an actress enters in an evening dress covered in blood. The story is set, perhaps needless to say, in Hollywood. Martin has drawn a cast of industry types who are either working in B movies or would like to be...

By Robrt L. Pela

April 16, 2009

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In act one, scene one of Jane Martin's play Somebody/Nobody, an actress enters in an evening dress covered in blood. The story is set, perhaps needless to say, in Hollywood.

Martin has drawn a cast of industry types who are either working in B movies or would like to be. Toss in an agent, a bounty hunter, and a German-speaking vampire stalker, and you have a comedy rather unlike most that Arizona Theatre Company has offered before. It’s a piece that riffs on the entitlement and majesty afforded Hollywood stars, and the ways in which this crazy power can destroy a young actor’s life. Think Lindsay Lohan. Britney Spears. Any young Tinseltown thing with big fame and somewhat smaller talent.

Thu., April 2, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., April 3, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 4, 8 p.m.; Sun., April 5, 1 & 7 p.m.; Wed., April 8, 7:30 p.m.; Thu., April 9, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; Fri., April 10, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 11, 2 & 8 p.m.; Wed., April 15, 7:30 p.m.; Thu., April 16, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., April 17, 8 p.m.; Sat., April 18, 4 & 8 p.m.; Sun., April 19, 1 p.m., 2009

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