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Title: Harvey Fierstein's latest project
Post by: andyg0404 on April 13, 2014, 04:25:53 PM

Hi,

Two articles concerning Harvey Fierstein’s latest project, a play on Broadway about the men from Casa Susanna. These were heterosexual men who traveled on a regular basis, sometimes with their wives and girlfriends, to a Catskills resort where they dressed as women and relaxed. It’s based on a book that was issued in 2005 when the author discovered a trove of pictures from those meetings at a flea market in Manhattan. I was of the opinion I posted about it when the article below appeared but I checked my records and don’t find the mention.  Anyway, this is a link to the article in the Times that discusses the book.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/garden/07trann.html?pagewanted=all

This is the article in today’s NY Times that discusses the actors in the play and the play itself.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/theater/casa-valentina-fiersteins-play-about-60s-cross-dressers.html

And a similar article from the Bergen Record.

http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/theater/feldberg-fierstein-has-new-take-on-cross-dressing-1.939106?page=all

Andy G.

Title: Re: Harvey Fierstein's latest project
Post by: alison on April 24, 2014, 10:16:48 PM

Thanks for the info, Andy.  I have purchased tickets to see the show next month and will be going into New York en femme to see it.

Title: Re: Harvey Fierstein's latest project
Post by: andyg0404 on April 25, 2014, 06:49:50 PM

Have fun, looks like a great cast.