Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars

Women Behind Bars

Overview

In this hilarious satire on B-movies of the 1950's, Mary Eleanor, an innocent duped into crime, lands in the Greenwich Village Woman's House of Detention, presided over by a massive matron with a taste for sadism and female flesh as our heroine, now Caged in the Big House, learns about life The Hard Way.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Experimental
  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Cast Attributes: Ensemble cast
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Tom Eyen

Tom Eyen (1940-1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dreamgirls in 1981.

Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acqua ...

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