Mae West: Toulouse Lau-Sex

The British can’t get enough of MAE WEST. Emily Hutt’s 50-minute cabaret style “tell all” on Mae West was offered on April 15th at a small jazz club and starred Bella Bevan. Though the short-lived show is over, here is a review. This is Part 1.
• • Better Than Sex: The Story of Mae West • •
• • Terry Eastham wrote: “Better Than Sex” — — I’m terrible at flirting. It’s a fact of life and something I’ve had to accept over the course of many failed attempts to catch someone’s eye and get them to want me the way I want them. However, some people can flirt with words or even a glance. They can take the most innocent of sentences and load them full of innuendo and meaning. One such person was Hollywood icon Mae West and I recently had a chance to find out more about this particular screen goddess at a performance of “Better Than Sex” in the Toulouse Lautrec.

• • Terry Eastham wrote: Told as a first-person monologue, with piano accompaniment provided by Kieran Stallard, Mae (Bella Bevan) herself is on stage recounting her early life and completely blowing away everything I thought I knew about her.  [Ed: Hmmm. How these publications choose the critic to send to a show is another matter altogether.]
• • Mae West remained a major sex symbol • • . . .
• • This review will be continued on the next post.
• • Venue: Toulouse Lautrec (140 Newington Butts, Kennington, SE11 4RN).
• • Source: London Theatre1; published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019.
• • On Saturday, 13 May 1961 • •
• • Mae West posed with Gary Cooper in a tavern to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition. They socialized at several Tinseltown tete-a-tetes, too.
• • On Saturday, 13 May 1961, the "Coop" lost his battle with cancer.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Harvey Thew, Paramount scenarist, is working on "Dead Reckoning." He also worked on "Ruby Red," which stars Mae West.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "They'll have me married to triplets next! Let this alleged Mr. Mae West c'm' up and see my lawyer sometime and prove it!"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A London theatre site mentioned Mae West.
• • Niamh Flynn wrote: The fact that “Better than Sex” was a one night only performance is such a shame, as it was a unique hour of entertainment. Hopefully this production has an encore: as “Better Than Sex” truly transports you back in time and shows you that Mae West was ‘more than sex’ — — a woman born before her time.  . . .
• • Source: Review for Upper Circle; published on Wednesday, 17 April 2019
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • • 
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — — 
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 14th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4211th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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