Speed-Hedda

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A gender-bending adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler may sound like a dubious theatrical enterprise, but the L.A.-based Fabulous Monsters Performance Group pulls it off in grand fashion. Speed-Hedda is surprisingly faithful to the original text. Sure, the action has been transported to an American suburban town in the 1960s, Hedda is constantly "speeding" on drugs, and the all-male cast members play both male and female characters. But the basic plot and many of Ibsen's lines remain intact.

At roughly an hour and fifteen minutes, the production lives up to its name as a fast-paced adaptation of the 19th-century classic. Hedda Tesman (Mark Brey) returns from a honeymoon in Europe wi[...]