Diamond Lil is a 1928 play byAmerican actress and playwrightMae West. Prior toDiamond Lil, she had written a number of plays that were closed down due to either poor ticket sales or censorship issues with the establishments of the time, despite the fact that many high-ranking officials attended these plays.Diamond Lil, about a racy woman in the 1890s, was her first major Broadway success, and was the basis for her characterLady Lou in her 1933 filmShe Done Him Wrong.
Both West and the play were the final performers at theNixon Theater inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania before the theater was closed for a skyscraper development on April 29, 1950.[1]
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