The Blue Flower

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To note that Jim and Ruth Bauer play fast and loose with biographical facts in their Weimar-era musical The Blue Flower, now at Second Stage, would be a gross understatement. They've chosen four historical figures (three artists and a pioneering female scientist) and pieced together a predominantly fictional -- and wholly captivating -- narrative about the foursome's intellectual pursuits and romantic entanglements during the tumultuous years spanning two great world wars.

You can pick up a bit of factual background as the plot progresses (between the narration and an overlay of slides and archival film clips, you'd be hard pressed not to), but you can also just relax and luxuriate in the[...]