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The Queen of Fourteenth Street
The Queen of Fourteenth Street | Barrie Kreinik
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New York City, 1932: Eva Le Gallienne is trying to save her theatre company from the jaws of the Depression by mounting an innovative new production of Alice in Wonderland. She agrees to give a radio interview for the sake of publicity, but while revisiting the moments that shaped her career, she struggles with the need to keep a significant secret: she and her leading lady are in love. As Eva’s work careens toward catastrophe, she fights to preserve her dream of a people’s theatre—but will she destroy the people she loves in the process? The true story of one of the 20th century’s most remarkable artists, The Queen of Fourteenth Street reverberates powerfully today, as the American theatre faces an uncertain future and LGBTQ rights are once again under attack.
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My #weeklyfavorites was The Queen of Fourteenth Street, which was a lovely audio play and production that helped me hold onto a little bit of hope. @Read4life

Read4life Excellent!! 💙📚💙 1w
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I had to add this one to the database and guesstimate the page number, because it's audio only. I loved this! It's a play written about a real-life actor, director, and producer, who was also a fairly open queer woman in a time where that was not at all acceptable. Eva Le Gallienne worked hard to bring theater to broader audiences, and this audio play focuses on her life and struggle to keep her theater open. So good!