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Over the weekend, I was asked, "Why do you like Mae West?"
Honestly, that is a good question. But here's my answer now.
*Mae was a Broadway star in her own play "S*x" in 1926. If you see the playwright's name, Jane Mast. She said, "I didn't use my name, Mae West, it would sound like I did everything, write, star...you know." Loved that Mae was sentenced to 10 days in jail on obscenity charges when the show was raided and shut down after a wildly successful 10-month run in New York City. In the court’s decision, it stated that Mae “seemed to go to extremes to make the play as obscene and immoral as possible.”
It did not hurt her career; in fact, it backfired on those who wanted to shut her down because in 1932 she was awarded a movie contract, and by 1938 she became one of the richest people in the world alongside newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst.
In the '20s, there were three other female playwrights on Broadway, Sophie Treadwell, Rachel Crothers, Zona Gale - remember of these women?
Something else: A film that Mae wrote (yes, she was a screenwriter) and starred in, “She Done Him Wrong,” is credited with helping to bring Paramount Pictures out of bankruptcy.
Her contributions to stage, film, Broadway, screenwriting, and playwrighting are numerous, but many just remember her as "come up and see me sometime," which is a line she wrote and spoke many times.
I guess you could say that I like Mae because she was a one-tall person, though she only stood approximately 5' tall. Barriers in her world were to be broken, and she had fun doing just that.
Arbus & West starring Tasha Danner as Diane Arbus and Emily Sahler as Mae West has its stateside premiere next Thursday - we can't wait to share the evening with you!
Tickets and info: www.trianglepro.org/arbus-west

Rehearsals for Arbus & West are clipping along, but as it so happens, finding time for anything else can be challenging.
Yesterday, before rehearsal, the trio Emily Sahler, Tasha Danner, and Carolina Selva came in to be interviewed by Michael Scott Montgomery of Out NW magazine.
It was interesting to have questions asked by an outsider, not knowing the play, and hearing how the actors reacted. Usually, you don't have time to talk to someone who is not associated with the play in a group setting, and honestly, what was discussed was quite insightful.
In two weeks, on June 4th, the play will start, and a story will be told. So excited to share this with you, our audience.
For tickets and info go to: www.trianglepro.org/arbus-west

Final show for triangle's 37th season.

Based upon real events.

What does a hairdresser and two famous women have in common?
Well...

It all begins in 1958.

Meet Mr. Kenneth Battelle who, to his high-profile clients is known as only Mr. Kenneth.

He was a famous New York hairdresser whose client list was filled with many who's who of high society.

He befriends Jacqueline Kennedy when her husband John runs for Congress, and several years later, meets Marilyn Monroe, whose hair has begun to fall out because of over-bleaching for her role in 'The Seven Year Itch'.

Though Jackie and Marilyn never meet, they are still connected through one person who shares their world between 1958 through 1963, Mr. Kenneth Battelle.

Written by Lucille Lortel/Drama Desk nominee Donnie

Casting willl be announced shortly.

HOW DO I ORDER TICKETS?

*Season tickets can only be purchased from now until July 1 via mail. Brochures will be mailed out mid-June and will be available in the lobby during the show.
After July 1, season ticket online purchases will be available.
Remember, you must choose a 3 or 4 show package to receive the season discount. Exchanges are free of charge.
*Single tickets will be available online July 1.
If you have any questions, just call 503-239-5919 or email: [email protected]
NOTICE: Added Sunday performance AND Thursday's are now 7:00 not 7:30