Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Closed 2h 30m NYC: Midtown W
83% 93 reviews
83%
(93 Ratings)
Positive
97%
Mixed
3%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great acting, Relevant, Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Intelligent

The historical Rodney King verdict is explored from multiple viewpoints in a series of monologues.

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Critic Reviews (4)

Lighting & Sound America
November 2nd, 2021

More than any play I have seen in a very long time, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 lays bare America as an interlocking network of authentic grievances, festering resentments, and cultural misunderstandings -- all packed into a social system where inequality is too often the norm. There's real drama in these clashing viewpoints; each person holds a piece of truth, but the bigger picture can only be revealed if all are shared.
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New York Stage Review
November 1st, 2021

"FIVE STARS!... Perhaps Smith’s most remarkable achievement is her refusal to editorialize. She simply presents the facts and opinions as told by others. Her panoramic coverage is set forth so that audience members may make of it what they will."
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Front Row Center
November 2nd, 2021

An intense, disturbing, and impeccably produced production. Deavere Smith has now surrendered her one-person show to the very capable hands of these fine actors (Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, Karl Kenzler, Elena Hurst, Francis Jue and Wesley T. Jones) and their director Taibi Magar as well as the extensive production crew. This was an unusual choice, and it has paid off.
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New York Theater
November 1st, 2021

"There are at least three startling moments in Signature Theater’s revised production of this 29-year-old play that each in a different way bolsters my conviction that Anna Deavere Smith is one of America’s greatest living theater artists, and “Twilight 1992: Los Angeles 1992” one of her signature achievements."
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