DOGEATERS

In DOGEATERS, Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her best-selling novel about the Philippines during the Marcos reign into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multilayered, operatic tour de force. A wildly disparate group of characters -- from movie stars to waiters, from a young junkie to the richest man in the Philippines -- become caught up in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival and an assassination. New York Times critic Bruce Weber writes, "In DOGEATERS the journey is as titillating as a great vacation that leads you willingly into danger. The play carves a clear narrative line out of a dense literary pastiche -- a real accomplishment by Ms. Hagedorn."