LIVE THEATER—WORLD PREMIERE OF EVENINGS WITH THE BOYS IN THE BACKROOM HOSTED AT ALTADENA LIBRARY, SUNDAY MAY 5

Come with us back in time to the Hollywood Boulevard Bookstore which became the American "creative salon" for conversations among gifted writers John Fante, William Saroyan, Nathanael West & Carey McWilliams.

On Sunday, May 5, at 3:00 p.m., the Moveable Theatre Company will present a World Premiere Staged Reading of Evenings With the Boys in the Backroom by Peter Adum and Joyce Fante.  Set in 1938-40, this original work chronicles the friendships between Hollywood bookstore owner Stanley Rose and some of his most famous customers: John Fante, William Saroyan, Nathanael West and Carey McWilliams.  John Fante's widow, Mrs. Joyce Fante shared the intimate details of the conversations that occurred in Stanley Rose's backroom behind the book shop, where some of the most famous figures in American literature during the 1930s talked, drank, played cards and discussed ideas which would inspire their most famous works.  The list of characters in this play reads like a "Who's Who" of the Los Angeles literary scene during Hollywood's Golden Age.  The presentation will include a Q and A session with playwright Peter Adum. Since there are adult themes and language, the production is recommended for adults.

The event will include a wine and cheese reception with the actors following the show. Tickets for this fundraiser for the Friends of the Library are $20. So you go ahead and enjoy yourself knowing you are also contributing to a very good cause! Tickets may be purchased at the Circulation Desk of the main Altadena Library.  

The main Altadena Library is located at 600 East Mariposa Street, Altadena, CA 91001. For more information please call 626-798-0833 or visit the library on the web at http://www.altadenalibrary.org.