![]() ![]() Passionate sex, broken hearts, and a bit of bed hopping ensues prior to the inevitable reunion between Laura and Beth, which doesn’t go exactly as planned. Laura then moves to New York, where her circle of friends comes to include her roommate Marcie (Carolyn Baeumler), gay man about town Jack (David Greenspan), and the butch Beebo Brinker (Anna Foss Wilson). ![]() The piece follows Laura (Marin Ireland) and Beth (Autumn Dornfeld), who were lovers in college, but whose lives diverge once Beth decides to settle down and marry Charlie (Bill Dawes). ![]() However, the work is easily accessible, whether you’ve read the novels or not. Chapman’s script contains plenty of humor, which occasionally comes across as campy and over-the-top, but always in an affectionate manner that pays tribute to the source material without mocking it.īannon wrote six books altogether, and Ryan and Chapman have specifically drawn from I Am a Woman, Women in the Shadows, and Journey to a Woman for their delightful play, which spans the years 1952-1960. Skillfully directed by Leigh Silverman, Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Adapted from a series of 1950s lesbian pulp novels by Ann Bannon, The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, now at the 4th Street Theatre, manages to strike just the right tone of playful sincerity. ![]()
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