<DIV>?The mythology Padua conjures, as a group, starts with Los Angeles as an emblem of vanity, hubris and celebrity. The invariable comedy comes, of course, from L.A.'s larger context in the scorching, blinding Mojave Desert, a no-man's land with a grandeur that belittles would-be kings and actors with equally ferocious apathy.”?Steven Leigh Morris, Theater Editor, <I>LA Weekly</I></DIV>