Mae West: Carefree Bacchanal

A cunning cartoon showed MAE WEST yanking G.B. Shaw's beard. If only the two controversial writers could chat during Shaw Fest, which is presenting “Sex” in Canada. Broadway World sent Michael Rabice to review it. This is Part 6 of 9 segments.
• • BWW Review: SEX is Alive and Well at Shaw Festival • •
• • Peter Hinton has included musical numbers • •
• • Michael Rabice wrote: The secondary characters are fascinating and helped along with Hinton's expert guidance. Allegra Fulton plays multiple roles, but her night club singer Condez is enthralling and kitschy at the same time. Hinton has included musical numbers and interludes throughout that set the mood, but they are best realized during the cafe scene in Trinidad. When the entire cast dances amidst a flurry of balloons, you are instantly transported to the 1920s where liquor, drugs, and music made for a carefree bacchanal.

• • Michael Rabice wrote: Jonathan Tan is heartbreaking as LaMont's neighbor Agnes. Her relationship is miserable and she too wants to escape her dreary life. Tan dressed as a woman really is immaterial, as he brings a pathos to the role that is heart wrenching.
• • Margy’s dark life • •  …
• • Mr. Radice’s stage review continues on the next post.
• • Source: BWW Review; published on Friday, 2 August 2019.
• • On Saturday, 10 September 1921 • •
• • "The Mimic World," a musical revue Mae West performed in, opened on 17 August 1921 at the Century Promenade Roof on Central Park West at West 62nd Street.  Originally designed as a rehearsal space, this outdoor auditorium could seat 500.
• • "The Mimic World" closed on Saturday night, 10 September 1921.
• • In 1930, the building was razed to make way for the Century Apartments.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • New York City is planning a “Mae Day” in honor of the opening of Mae West’s latest opus for Paramount Pictures.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "All my pictures have made big money. And I wouldn't take on any project unless it was right for me."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Hollywood LOW-DOWN mentioned Mae West.
• • Mae West, as we have repeatedly contended, is one of cinema-land’s stars who deserves all the complimentary adjectives which usually precede her name.
• • It is with great pleasure that we will be looking forward with considerable anticipatory expectations for her next picture, “Goin’ to Town.” . . .
• • Source: The Hollywood LOW-DOWN; published on Monday, 15 April 1935
• • 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 15th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen 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 fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4298th 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.

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