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Carola (Broadway Theatre Archive) |
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Backstage intrigue runs up against the Gestapo in this drama by Jean Cocteau. Carola takes place in one of the few Parisian theaters still functioning during the Nazi occupation. Desperate to keep the theater running, the manager asks his glamorous star Carola (Leslie Caron) to entertain a German general. Meanwhile, a member of the French Resistance has been spotted entering the theater. The cast do their best to hide him from the police without losing their own skins. This sounds like an action-based plot, but it has far more to do with Carola's inner turmoil and her struggle to stay true to herself without harming her friends. The only flaw of the play is that there are large sections of the plot that don't work unless almost everyone in the cast is believably in love with the heroine. Fortunately the lovely Leslie Caron has the role. Mel Ferrer also gives an excellent performance as the surprisingly complex general. --Ali Davis
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