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Abraham Ashkenasi
Abraham Ashkenasi May 14, 1934 – March 27, 2016
KICKSTARTER REWARDS MAILING
Yesterday Kelly Aliano and I got together to put together the mailing of Speakeasy Reward gifts (T-Shirts and Booklets and Posters, oh my!) to those Kickstarter contributors to the showcase production of Speakeasy who weren’t able to pick up their … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged Kelly Aliano, kickstarter, mailing, musical, reward, Speakeasy
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Cast Picture
Jonathan Fox Powers (music director), Anne Bragg, Allie Radice, Amanda Thomas, Zachary Martin, Kristen Quinn, Rita McCann, Larry Johnson, Rebecca Marquardt, Brendan Mellette, Camille Atkinson, Tim Connell, Matias Polar, Darcy Dunn, Kayleigh Shuler, Brian Henry, Bri Molloy, Sebastian McCracken, … Continue reading
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Tagged cast picture, Danny Ashkenasi, Gay, musical, Speakeasy, Theater for the New City, Wonderland
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Contemplation before the show
My husband Ed took this pic of me in the lobby of Theater for the New City sitting at our concession stand by the entrance into the Johnson Theater. Speakeasy would be performing in about 40 minutes that Saturday … Continue reading
FINAL SPEAKEASY PERFORMANCES – Dance into the Light tonight, let Love have her way
Tonight and tomorrow, 8pm Final Performance Sunday, March 13, 3pm Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue Thank you to all, contributors, performers, production team, audiences, who have helped make this workshop production of Speakeasy possible. May we all … Continue reading
“SPARKLING MOMENTS OF MUSICAL THEATER” – OffOffOnline’s Speakeasy Review
OffOffOnline posted their Speakeasy review. Here a few highlights: “Kayleigh Shuler as Jane and Matias Polar as John are the heartbeat of the show; they are the flawless young lovers, never missing a note or a cue.” “As Jane’s best … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Alice in Wonderland, Allie Radice, Anne Bragg, Bevin Bell-Hall, Camille Atkinson, Danny Ashkenasi, Gay, Gladys Bentley, J. Alan Hanna, Julian Eltinge, Kayleigh Shuler, LGBT, Matias Polar, musical, OffOffOnline, Queer, Speakeasy, Theater for the New City, Tim Connell, Wonderland
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6 SPEAKEASY PERFORMANCES LEFT! – (plus James Rado from Hair drops by) (and a personal recommendation)
3pm Matinee today! Wed 8pm! Thur 8pm! Fri 8pm! Sat 8pm! Final performance Sunday March 13 3pm! Get your SPEAKEASY tickets here! Also… Last night the legendary James Rado, co-writer of the musical Hair, attended the performance. Afterwards he shook … Continue reading
The Inspiration for SPEAKEASY’S DUCHESS BENTLEY – Part 2 of The Terrific, Transgressive and Tragic Tale of Gladys Bentley
Gladys Bentley, the model for the character Duchess Bentley in Speakeasy, enjoyed a terrific career as deliberately outrageous Lesbian nightclub singer during the Roaring Twenties, but saw her prospects plummet during the far less permissive Great Depression. Almost all homosexual … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Ex-Gay, Gay, Gene Malin, Gladys Bentley, Julian Eltinge, LGBT, musical, Prohibition, Queer, Red Scare, Repression, Speakeasy, Womanly
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The Inspiration for SPEAKEASY’S DUCHESS BENTLEY – The Terrific, Trangressive and Tragic Tale of Gladys Bentley – Part 1
In the musical Speakeasy – John and Jane’s Adventures in the Wonderland, Jane Allison first meets Duchess Bentley, Harlem nightclub singer and unabashed lesbian, when she finds herself outside a door being angrily knocked upon by Minister Fish, who implores … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Alice in Wonderland, Bri Molloy, Camille Atkinson, Gay, Gladys Bentley, Great Depression, Harlem, Lewis Carroll, LGBT, musical, Prohibition, Queer, Roaring Twenties, Speakeasy, Tim Connell, Ubangi Club, Wonderland
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