Speakeasy: John and Jane's Adventures in the Wonderland shares the sexual freedoms explored in the 1920s and 30s, and how those freedoms were ruined with the end of Prohibition.
It is a love song to queer life in NYC and to forgotten entertainers such as Gene (Jean) Malin, the openly homosexual headline act of New York's short-lived Pansy Craze of 1929; Vaudeville's famous Dolly Sisters; the larger than life black lesbian singer Gladys Bentley of Harlem's "Negro Vogue" fame; and the popular female impersonator Julian Eltinge, to name a few. The music in Speakeasy is based on various styles of the era, but with a modern twist, including Tin Pan Alley, showtunes, jazz, swing, cabaret, operetta as well as classical and agitprop strains of the time.
Written and Composed by Danny Ashkenasi
Directed by Lissa Moira
Musical Direction by Jonathan Fox Powers
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
