Inside an A-MAE-Zing Play
You know her as a screen queen, a motion picture icon. But before Mae West went to Hollywood, she was an iconoclast in New York City. 
She broke the law — — but the law didn't break her. And it's a fascinatin' true tale about a gal who lost her reputation (and all her money) but didn't regret it.
• • This play is based on true events during December 1926 — December 1932 (the colorful crime-ridden Prohibition Era) when actress-author MAE WEST was arrested and jailed for trying to stage two gay plays on Broadway in New York, NY.
• • The title of my play is: "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets"
• • Cast size: seven [4 females, 3 males play rotating roles — — except for the MAE WEST role]
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• • SYNOPSIS [100 words] • •
• • Based on true events during the Prohibition Era, this 95-minute play follows a vaudeville veteran whose frustrations with the rules of male-dominated Broadway have led her to write her own material and cast her own shows. Is the Gay White Way ready for love stories that feature New York City drag queens instead of card-carrying members of the union? Is the legitimate theatre ripe for racially integrated melodramas set in Harlem? Is the Rialto raring to reward a working-class heroine determined to sin and win?
• • Come up and see Mae West as she challenges bigotry, fights City Hall, and climbs the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
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• • Production History • •
• • Feb. 2004 Staged Reading in NYC — — over 250 adults were turned away for lack of room. [Asked them to sign the Guest Book and invited them to the next Staged Reading.]
• • Feb. 2005 Staged Reading in NYC — — 396 seats were in this theatre. [Over 350 attended.]
• • August 2005 Mini Version presented (30 minutes of a 95-minute play) by costumed actors inside a real speakeasy in midtown Manhattan that Mae West used to go to [occasion: the Annual Mae West Gala in New York].
• • A legal filing was done and "COURTING MAE WEST, L.L.C." is being presented to investors, people who would like to have fun while they are making a profit.
• • Anyone who connects us to an investor would get EQUITY in this play.
• • To be continued. . . .
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• • Come up and see Mae
• • http://CourtingMaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Courting Mae West
Mae West
• • Illustration: • • Superhero FIRST AMENDMENT carries Mae West to victory in her censorship battle in the illustrated version of "Courting Mae West"
• • Illustrator: • • Michael DiMotta • • 2005 • •
• • Illustration: • • dramatist LindaAnn Loschiavo • • 2006 • •
• • Artist: • • Alvaro • • 2006 • •
NYC
Mae West.
She broke the law — — but the law didn't break her. And it's a fascinatin' true tale about a gal who lost her reputation (and all her money) but didn't regret it.• • This play is based on true events during December 1926 — December 1932 (the colorful crime-ridden Prohibition Era) when actress-author MAE WEST was arrested and jailed for trying to stage two gay plays on Broadway in New York, NY.
• • The title of my play is: "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets"
• • Cast size: seven [4 females, 3 males play rotating roles — — except for the MAE WEST role]
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • SYNOPSIS [100 words] • •
• • Based on true events during the Prohibition Era, this 95-minute play follows a vaudeville veteran whose frustrations with the rules of male-dominated Broadway have led her to write her own material and cast her own shows. Is the Gay White Way ready for love stories that feature New York City drag queens instead of card-carrying members of the union? Is the legitimate theatre ripe for racially integrated melodramas set in Harlem? Is the Rialto raring to reward a working-class heroine determined to sin and win?
• • Come up and see Mae West as she challenges bigotry, fights City Hall, and climbs the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • Production History • •
• • Feb. 2004 Staged Reading in NYC — — over 250 adults were turned away for lack of room. [Asked them to sign the Guest Book and invited them to the next Staged Reading.]
• • Feb. 2005 Staged Reading in NYC — — 396 seats were in this theatre. [Over 350 attended.]
• • August 2005 Mini Version presented (30 minutes of a 95-minute play) by costumed actors inside a real speakeasy in midtown Manhattan that Mae West used to go to [occasion: the Annual Mae West Gala in New York].
• • A legal filing was done and "COURTING MAE WEST, L.L.C." is being presented to investors, people who would like to have fun while they are making a profit.
• • Anyone who connects us to an investor would get EQUITY in this play.
• • To be continued. . . .
_____________________
• • Come up and see Mae
• • http://CourtingMaeWest.blogspot.com/
______________________________________________________________
Source:http://courtingmaewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Courting Mae West
Mae West
• • Illustration: • • Superhero FIRST AMENDMENT carries Mae West to victory in her censorship battle in the illustrated version of "Courting Mae West"
• • Illustrator: • • Michael DiMotta • • 2005 • •
• • Illustration: • • dramatist LindaAnn Loschiavo • • 2006 • •
• • Artist: • • Alvaro • • 2006 • •
NYC
Mae West.
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