Dickie and Babe: The Truth About Leopold & Loeb

Joey P. Burbank,

Compared to THRILL ME playing nearby, this production was an overlong dissappointment. The music in the other production added so much more to the story then all of the very dry "facts" did. Drama is Drama. And Documentary is Documentary. Documentary isn't very interesting on stage.

M.J. Hollywood, CA

Dickie and Babe is the best play I have seen in a small theater in Los Angeles. The Blank does consistently exceptional work and this is yet another feather in their cap. It is so authentic that I almost forgot that we are in the year 2008 as I was brought back to the 1920s. The entire cast does a terrific job with the seamless script by Daniel Henning. Although we are told that they are there, it is impossible to tell where actual transcripts are inserted in the script. The show is two and a half hours long and I was captivated for every second of it. Kudos to The Blank!

Steven Stanley Alhambra, CA

Daniel Henning’s Dickie & Babe moves as lickety-split as a bullet train, whizzing from scene to scene at a breakneck pace. Under Henning’s assured direction, the play features one of the most bravura performances you’re ever likely to see, a brilliantly manic star turn by Nick Niven, who is matched every step of the way by the splendidly understated work of Aaron Himelstein. Backing the two leads up, both figuratively and literally, is a cast of five of the finest actors likely to be assembled on a single stage this year: Weston Blakeley, Vicki Lewis, J. Richey Nash, Charlie Schlatter, and Michael Urie. Henning’s script is full of sly humor, keeping Dickie and Babe from ever feeling like a dry documentary, nor does the play ever descend into docudrama territory. This is a superbly directed and acted production. Read my full review at www.LAStageScene.com.

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