Prologue Theatre Presents SEX BY MAE WEST, 10/29-11/21
Prologue Theatre presents Sex by Mae West. The original cast of the 1926 show was arrested for "corrupting the morals of youth," and Mae West herself was sentenced to ten days in jail.
Progressive staging in a historical Edgewater mansion allows the audience to follow Margy Lamont, a sassy prostitute, from a night in Montreal's red light district through her escape to Trinidad to her bid for a straight life in a Westchester manor.
Margy is one of the most in-demand ladies on the block, and makes plenty of jack to keep herself in furs and gin. However, when her pimp Rocky tries to work over a visiting society dame, Margy's left in a tough spot with the police. She flees Montreal to follow the British fleet with her long-time customer Lieutenant Gregg. In a Trinidad nightclub (complete with rip-roaring live music), Margy meets the kind of man she never expected to love: one who doesn't know about her past. She must decide if she can give up her wild ways for the straight life with a boy who loves her, or if she'll always be just what she is.
Sex by Mae West runs from October 29-November 21 on a Thursday-Saturday schedule at 8pm at the North Lakeside Cultural Center.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting www.brownpapertickets.com.
The North Lakeside Cultural Center is located at 6219 N. Sheridan Rd. in Chicago. For more information visit www.prologuetheatreco.org.
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