No black demerits for 'Dahlia'
Theater Review
The Yale Repertory Theatre's latest whoddunit is plagued by a most unfortunate problem: it can barely answer who didn't. "The Black Dahlia," is long, complicated play based on a novel, by James Ellroy of "L.A. Confidential" fame. The play is based on the true story of the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. At the heart of traditional late forties glamour and film noir intrigue is the audience's astonishment when the handsome hotshot detective is able to topple successive scenarios and arrive at some vague and dramatic final conclusion. But in "Dhalia," this hotshot has too many...
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