Adam Sank Will Bring BAD DATES: A ONE-MAN SHOW ABOUT MANY MEN to Cape May for Pride

The new East Lynne Theater Company will celebrate Pride Month with a one-night-only stand-up comedy show starring nationally recognized veteran comic Adam Sank in his award-winning show “Bad Dates: A One-Man Show About Many Men,” June 6 at the Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME in Cape May.

Sank, who has performed with comedian Ali Wong as well as on “Last Comic Standing,” the “Today Show” and VH-1's “I Love the 2000s,” brings “Bad Dates” to the Clemans Theater for its New Jersey debut. The adults-only show takes you on one gay man's fruitless 30-year search for love. BroadwayWorld.com calls the show “queer comedy gold.”

“‘Bad Dates' is about a single idea, which is the fact that I've spent half my life hunting for men, and what the cost of that is,” Sank explains. “And while I hope people laugh, I'm also hoping they take away something genuine and heartfelt.”

“Bad Dates” debuted at New York City's legendary Stonewall Inn in 2023, where it won two BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards – Best Debut Show and Best Spoken Word Show. Following that success, Sank took the show to The Foundry in Wilton Manors, Fla., Oscar's Palm Springs, The Broadwater in Los Angeles, and Diversionary Theatre in San Diego.

“Pride Month is about celebrating authenticity, joy and the power of community through the arts,” says Mark David Boberick, executive director of East Lynne Theater Company. “Bringing Adam Sank to our stage gives audiences the chance to laugh together while also honoring the importance of LGBTQ+ voices in live performance. Adam's fearless humor, storytelling and connection with his audiences make him the perfect artist to help us celebrate Pride in Cape May.”