The Nance at The Stagecrafters
Dates: 11/23/2018 - 12/9/2018
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8130 Germantown Ave. ( Chestnut Hill)
Philadelphia, 19118
Phone: 2158847930
Tickets: $21-$25
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IChauncey Miles, the headliner at the Irving Place Theater, a burlesque house in late 1930s New York City, excels in playing the “nance”, a stock character depicting an exaggeratedly effeminate gay man. The thing is, in real life he IS a homosexual, at a time when it was accepted to play one, but very hazardous to be one! Chauncey’s laughter-creating clownery on stage stands in sharp contrast to his dreary life away from the bright lights. The play, at once poignant and high spirited, deftly re-creates the on-stage and backstage worlds of vaudeville and burlesque, both widely attended by stage audiences of the era, with the secretive gay lifestyle as an on-going subtext. As one reviewer put it bitter-sweetly: “… an especially powerful show that captures all our emotions. … indeed, it’s full of laughs and gaiety, but you may find yourself wiping away a tear or two.” (Arts Stage – Seattle Rage).
IChauncey Miles, the headliner at the Irving Place Theater, a burlesque house in late 1930s New York City, excels in playing the “nance”, a stock character depicting an exaggeratedly effeminate gay man. The thing is, in real life he IS a homosexual, at a time when it was accepted to play one, but very hazardous to be one! Chauncey’s laughter-creating clownery on stage stands in sharp contrast to his dreary life away from the bright lights. The play, at once poignant and high spirited, deftly re-creates the on-stage and backstage worlds of vaudeville and burlesque, both widely attended by stage audiences of the era, with the secretive gay lifestyle as an on-going subtext. As one reviewer put it bitter-sweetly: “… an especially powerful show that captures all our emotions. … indeed, it’s full of laughs and gaiety, but you may find yourself wiping away a tear or two.” (Arts Stage – Seattle Rage).
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