The Wallflowers (18+)
Schedule
Wed Nov 13 2024 at 01:30 am to 03:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY
Romance novels always involve some kind of conflict. Without it, why would we read the 300 or so pages about how the two leads get together? There’s usually some sort of external force the characters unite to fighting against. And while there’s some of that in Eloisa James’ How to be a Wallflower, it’s not heavy. Instead, James focuses on the relationship between the leads: Cleopatra Lewis, who inherited and now runs her father’s “commode” business (as in, yes, toilets); and Jacob Astor Addison, an American looking to poach London’s best costumer designers for the chain of theaters he owns in the U.S. The conflict? Themselves. Cleopatra’s mother had engaged in a series of short affairs with actors (often married actors) and left her daughter to clean up the mess, and it’s skewed her views of sex, marriage and love. Cleopatra also knows that if she marries, her business becomes property of her husband, which may sound ridiculous, but remember that in the U.S. married women couldn’t get cr📍 Venue: The Capitol Theatre
🏠 Address: 149 Westchester Avenue
🗺️ Extended Address: Port Chester, NY 10573
🌆 City: Port Chester
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Where is it happening?
The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573, US, United States
