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Tag Archives: Through the Looking Glass
The Young Lovers’ Path to Speak Easy
Two Fawns in the Wood Dance into the Light Maybe it’s just a dream. Maybe it’s real. Maybe it doesn’t matter either way. For the shame and the betrayal are felt just as acutely. In the musical Speakeasy, an … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, adultery, Alice in Wonderland, Dance into the Light, Dream, Fawn, Fawn in the Wood, Gershwin, Jane Allison, John Allison, Lewis Carroll, magical realism, musical, Prohibition, Queer, same-sex, sexual identity, Speakeasy, Through the Looking Glass, Trial of the Tarts
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Speakeasy Photo Shoot Extra: The Unbearable Cuteness of Jane and John
Or perhaps I should say, the off-the-charts adorableness of Rosalie Graziano and Matias Polar as Jane and John Allison? The last shot of the day we did at the press photo shoot was a shot of Jane and John reading … Continue reading
“CAROL” & THERESE – “SPEAKEASY” & JANE – stories from the time when lesbian love dared not say its name
I love the movie “Carol”. It is one of the best movies of the year, masterful on all levels. While I was watching it, I kept on thinking: “How exquisitely swoony”. Refined and restrained on the one … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1930s, 1950s, Alice in Wonderland, Carol, Cate Blanchett, drama, homosexual, Jane Allison, lesbian, magical realism, movie, musical, musical comedy, Rooney Mara, Speakeasy, Therese, Through the Looking Glass
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BroadwayWorld.com Spotlights Speakeasy Reading!
BroadwayWorld.com just posted this article about Speakeasy: New Musical SPEAKEASY to Receive Reading at TNC Next Week The creative team of Speakeasy: John and Jane Allison in the Wonderland, a fantastical musical of Prohibition-era NYC … Continue reading
SEE JANE RUN. RUN JANE RUN! DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE! ——— SEE JOHN SLIDE. SLIDE JOHN SLIDE! THRU THE LOOKING GLASS!
Jane Allison goes down the rabbit hole. John Allison slips through the looking glass. Or rather a Prohibition era version of rabbit hole and looking glass, as employed in the musical “Speakeasy”, a roaring twenties riff on Lewis Carroll’s Alice … Continue reading
THE SPEAKEASY INTRODUCTION – A fantastical musical of Prohibition era NYC Queer life.
The following is the official introduction/synopsis for Speakeasy. While you read it, you may want to listen to the Wonderland’s Master of Ceremonies Chet Cheshire sing the Speakeasy opening number: (If you are “greedy” and want to listen to more … Continue reading
