"[Thalheimer] pares tragedy down to its timeless essence."
—VILLAGE VOICE

US Premiere

LULU

• BY FRANK WEDEKIND
• THALIA THEATER
• DIRECTED BY MICHAEL THALHEIMER

NOV 27, 29, 30 & DEC 1 AT 7:30PM
BAM HARVEY THEATER
RUNNING TIME: 110MIN
PERFORMED IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH TITLES
SOLD OUT!

Childlike and knowing. Virginal and lustful. Gentle and dangerous. Lulu is all things to all men—an object of desire, as vulnerable as she is alluring. Created by the German Expressionist playwright Frank Wedekind (whose work is the source of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening), Lulu has found volatile new life in the Thalia Theater production directed by Michael Thalheimer (Next Wave audiences will recall his dazzling Emilia Galotti from 2005).

Portrayed with remarkable abandon by the German actress Fritzi Haberlandt, this is a Lulu trapped by her own ambivalence. Propelled by her appetites and both empowered and horrified by her lethal effect on men, she is a heroine for the ages—unwilling to be a victim, yet helpless to stop the carnage in her wake.

Set design by Olaf Altmann
Costume design by Barbara Drosihn
Music by Bert Wrede
Video design by Alexander du Prel
Lighting design by Stefan Bolliger

Photo by Hans Joerg Michel