Theatre review by Roy Rogers Oldenkamp, West Hollywood, California (Thursday, September 25, 2008)Red Scare On Sunset is one of those zany, delightful send-ups of all things Hollywood.
Drama Desk Award winning playwright Charles Busch sets his farce in the 50’s era of the Red Menace, when suspect actors cowered and reviled snitches spilled their guts to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Fodder for serious drama, nevertheless Busch piles on the laughs via double entendres, triple entendres, noir-spoofing hi-jinx and who’s-doing-whom infidelity while we incongruously question all things capitalist and communist. Sorta
