WHAT I LEARNED IN PARIS at South Coast Repertory

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Dana Martin– Stage Raw

Pearl Cleage’s romantic comedy, What I Learned in Paris, proves that politics and office romance are not compatible…

The play feels simultaneously fresh and dated; weighed down by too many predictable plot points. Regardless, What I Learned in Paris does speak to the current moment; change has come. Cleage weaves messages of female independence and empowerment and the ongoing struggle for racial equality into a quirky romantic comedy. The evening may have been long, but it certainly wasn’t boring. L’ennui est contre-revolutionnaire. Read more…

Now running through March 19