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Women of the Wind
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(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY, 10003)(Th -Sa 8pm, Su 3pm)
Women of the Wind explores the lives of two secondary cast members of the movie Gone with the Wind and the fading star hired to coach some of the screen tests. African-American Butterfly McQueen, Prissy in Gone with the Wind, appeared in the production of Barbara Kahn’s first play Gravediggers (co-authored with Ray Hagen and presented by Ellen Stewart at LaMaMa E.T.C.). “She was a professional,” Barbara recalls, “gracious and generous to us ‘youngsters,’ and I witnessed the talent she had that was never fully utilized in Hollywood. Prissy defined her career, obscuring her years as a dancer and Broadway actor.” Ona Munson, brothel owner Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind, had three career-protecting heterosexual marriages that she hoped would deflect attention from her intimate relationships with other women. Russian-born lesbian Alla Nazimova studied with Stanislavski until it was discovered that she was Jewish. (Jews were banned in the Moscow Art Theatre.) Emigrating to the U.S., she introduced Ibsen to American audiences and had great success as actor and director. She was eventually sidelined from major roles and saw both her fame and income suffer. Women of the Wind will (re)discover the lives of these women and reveal the racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia that defined both their professional and private lives.(212-254-1109)($15) [email protected]
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| February 5-22 , Th -Sa 8pm, Su 3pm |
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