The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
#1The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
Posted: 6/17/12 at 4:09am
Did anyone catch this show? I saw Alison at a Pride Event on the Lower East Side today...her speech was fantastic!
Fortune Miester from Chelsea Lately hosted, and several great artists performed. It was such a great time, with free snacks and drinks and giftbags...amazing.
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Updated On: 6/17/12 at 04:09 AM
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#2The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
Posted: 6/17/12 at 6:50amI would have loved to as I really enjoyed her book (same title) however, it didn't coincide with a visit to the city.
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#2The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
Posted: 6/17/12 at 11:52amDear Sir: It's actually A r n g r i m. from RC in Austin, Texas P.S. I've read the book. It is brutally shocking...especially with what she experienced as a young girl.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#3The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Alison Arngrum in CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH, 6/15-16
Posted: 6/17/12 at 1:29pmThe book on which the show is based is excellent, and she does a great job translating the material into a performance. She's hilarious and very natural, and her stories range from outrageous (such as her childhood spent living in The Chateau Marmont, where she befriended Bea Lillie and Christine Jorgensen) to moving (caring for her on-screen husband Steve Tracy as he died in the early days of AIDS) to heroic (her actions in California led to the repeal of a law that basically legalized incestuous sexual abuse, and she has since worked to have similar laws struck down in other states). If you ever have a chance to see it in your area, it's worth it. She's also an all-around lovely person, and very funny.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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