Brava Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Set in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village, The Beebo Brinker Chronicles tells the story of Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, whose reunion is threatened by the plots of Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene. Based on Ann Bannon's groundbreaking, award-winning pulp novels of the 1950s and 1960s, this fascinating drama makes its West Coast debut.
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The last date listed for The Beebo Brinker Chronicles was Saturday March 13, 2010 / 8:00pm.
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We loved this production! The only wee criticisms we had were the over-use of scrims to create room separations and separations from the band. We thought it unnecessary and too "busy" in many instances.
Speaking of the band, lose the so-called "singer"! She sat there looking stoned (was she?) most of the time and most of her singing was flat and uninspired. My friend, who has a lovely singing voice, was actually prompted to sing along softly with the correct words and pitch to the songs to try and counter the terrible job the singer was doing! Perhaps that was all done deliberatly to point out just how desperate the gals and guys of that period, myself included, were for entertainment that we would accept so little in talent just for a place to gather together? In any case, it was trying to the ears!
The acting itself by all characters was first-rate in every sense of the word and I think they got down the sterotypes under which we acted our roles of butch and femme pretty well. Not so many shades of gray and definately no rainbow flavors around then!
I'm a fan of the source material so I really wanted to like this. The direction was inept the acting was horrible. There was no sense of the period or style, the music was anachronistic. Some or all of this might be forgiven—but their worst crime was making this sexy story- preachy, bloodless and boring.
It was an amateur production for which they were charging professional prices (thankfully we paid Goldstar prices)
I went to see this play on the second night they performed and there were still a few rough spots and awkward silences when actors took too long to remember their lines.
I had to get over my disappointment that the woman cast as Beebo didn't match the image I've had in my mind all these years, but once I recovered, all the actors were quite believable as those familiar characters.
The condensation of the book to play form was just OK in my opinion
The theater is close to 24th/Mission BART and very close to Roosevelt Tamale...best Mexican food in the Mission
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In 1986, Brava purchased the historic York Theatre, a 1926 former vaudeville house turned art movie house that had been a central element of the neighborhood's economy until it was vacated and remained unused for over five years.
The theater has since been renovated to once again become a vibrant fixture in the community.
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Adapted from Ann Bannon's groundbreaking, award-winning pulp novels of the 1950s and 1960s, Beebo Brinker Chronicles follows the lives and loves of four friends in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, still pine for each other. Before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in a web spun by Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene, and Jack, a flamboyant fop with caustic wit.
