New York Secrets Revealed After 80 Years
An exhibition of rare archival images will unlock the hidden history.
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 15, 2006 -- Secrets suppressed for eighty years and more will be disclosed this summer when an exhibition of rarely seen photographs, theatre memorabilia, and colorful illustrations will open to the public in Greenwich Village during the month of August.
"MAE WEST and TEXAS GUINAN: The Can-Do Duo: Greenwich Village Spirit during the Jazz Era" will focus on vintage views [1909 - 1930] of the two friends as well as the buildings that shaped their careers -- along with unusual archival illustrations that showcase the theatrical side of these two actresses who often performed on the same stages.
Though TEXAS GUINAN [1884-1933] is remembered as a speakeasy hostess, in fact, she starred in over two dozen films and had leading roles in musicals at the Manhattan Opera House, Keith and Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, the Hippodrome, the Winter Garden, and the Shubert Theatre. And though MAE WEST [1893-1980] is immortalized as an icon of the silver screen, she performed live at Keith and Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre, the Winter Garden, the Shubert Theatre, Hammerstein’s Victoria, the Folies Bergere, the Century Roof, the Casino, the Royale, the Polo Grounds, and other venues that too often met the wrecker’s ball.
And when they were in front of an audience, MAE WEST and TEXAS GUINAN often tried to outdo other entertainers.
| | - * Did you know that Texas Guinan performed at The Fifth Avenue Theatre suspended in an airship?
- * Did you know that Mae West performed in drag and in blackface?
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A sampling of these historic images is online - - http://MaeWest.blogspot.com - - http://TexasGuinan.blogspot.com - - so come up and see Mae and her friends.
In honor of MAE WEST’s August 17th birthday, this historic installation will have its official press opening at a gala cocktail party on that Thursday evening.
The installation will be on view to the public from Friday August 18th, 2006 until the end of the month at a popular location in Greenwich Village.
Sponsorship and media inquiries are welcome.
COURTING MAE WEST, LLC, based in Manhattan, is an off-Broadway producing outfit whose mission is to increase visibility and opportunity for women and women-driven stories in the theatre.
COURTING MAE WEST, LLC
Sponsorship Coordinator:
Conrad Bradford
917-403-0890
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