Mae West: Onstage Persona

The Pacific Northwest decided to offer a new production of “Sex” written by MAE WEST and her collaborator Adeline M. Leitzbach in 1926. Let’s learn more. This is Part 5 of 7. Errors made by Wendy Leigh have been corrected.
• • ‘SEX’ appeals at WICA • •
• • Taking on the role of Mae West • •
• • Wendy Leigh wrote: Dixon’s personal life is just as multi-faceted as her onstage persona, being a Paris-trained chef as well as an instructor who teaches people in prisons to train service dogs for those with disabilities. She also happens to be an expert horse-whisperer who drove a team of Friesian horses in the parade scenes of “The Hunger Games.”
• • Wendy Leigh wrote: Taking on the role of Mae West / Margy LaMont at WICA this month is no surprise to islanders who know Dixon. The same goes for other home-grown talent performing in “SEX” this month. WICA Artistic Director Deanna Duncan explains that even after the organization received Regional Theatre status and expanding its reach to audiences, artists and craftspeople across the country, local talent is on par with its growth.
• • desire to honor women pioneers who shattered ‘traditional’ roles • • …
• • This stage review by Wendy Leigh will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: South Whidbey Record; published on Friday, 11 October 2019.
• • On Thursday, 13 November 1975 • •
• • The book "Films of Mae West" written by Jon Tuska was published by Citadel Press in the USA on Thursday, 13 November 1975. An excellent title to own.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •

• • Mae West is now working on her new contract by the terms of which she gets $100,000 a picture. They also say that the curvaceous one also gets about half that amount again for providing her own story and, be it known, Mae won't stand for anybody's writing stories for her pictures but Mae. 
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot."
• • Mae West said: "I don't know whether I want to give any more interviews or not. I've talked so much for publication I'm sick of readin' it myself."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A Lima, Ohio daily mentioned Mae West.
• • How old is Mae West? Asks a reader C.Z., Lima, Ohio.
• • Mae West, the "why-don't-cha-come-up-and-see-me-sometime, Big-Boy" gal, admits to having been born Aug. 17, 1893, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was the daughter of Matilda West, a model from Bavaria, and Jack West, an English-Irish featherweight boxer who later went into the real estate, private detective and livery stable business.
• • Is that what you wanted to know about your little chicka-dee? …
• • Source: The Lima News; published on Monday, 4 January 1971
• • 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 4,300 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,344th 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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