About This Show

Long before Madonna, the world was Gaga for Nazimova. The multimedia solo show Places tells the story of Alla Nazimova, the forgotten lesbian trailblazer, iconoclast and the greatest star you’ve never heard of. Escaping anti-semitic Tsarist Russia she became Broadway’s biggest star, the highest paid silent screen icon and Hollywood’s first female director and producer. Defying moral and artistic codes of her time she was forced into obscurity. Returning from the grave, Nazimova raises her voice, reclaiming our collective history, lighting the way to diversity. “By opening our eyes to the past, we are better able to see our present.”