The Big Gay Jamboree
85 min, no intermission
The Big Gay Jamboree - 2024 Off-Broadway History , Info & More
Orpheum Theatre New York
126 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003
From the Oscar-nominated producer of BARBIE and the delulu creator of the Off-Broadway hit TITANIQUE comes THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE, a big new musical comedy that’s pushing the envelope…and the gay agenda.
Help! Stacey’s fallen into a musical and she can’t get out. Last night, she got a little bit blackout drunk. This morning, she woke up in some b*tch ass Music Man world where everybody keeps bursting into song & dance, and where gay still just means happy. Maybe it’s a dream. Maybe it’s an allergic reaction to her birth control. Or maybe it’s Maybelline (don’t sue us! sponsor us? we’ll talk later). But if Stacey’s truly trapped inside a Golden Age musical, there’s only one way out: sing out! Or find the stage door. Whatever gets the most applause.
Starring one of Vanity Fair’s “brightest stars of New York theatre” and the world’s second favorite Celine Dion, MARLA MINDELLE, The Big Gay Jamboree is here to make you laugh, make you cry laughing, and make you laugh crying.
The Big Gay Jamboree - 2024 - Off-Broadway Cast
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‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ Review: A Golden-Age Fantasia on Steroids
6 / 10
The original score works by aggregating references to well-known musicals, like “The Gay B-C’s” spoofing “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music.” A highlight is Rousouli’s dance solo inspired by the “Music and the Mirror” number from “A Chorus Line,” in which he nails a well-calibrated mix of reverence, satire and abandon. That moment, among the few harking back to the goofball spirit of “Titaníque,” only accentuates how calculated the rest of the show feels.
Uproariously zany and riotously raunchy high-camp musical farce ‘The Big Gay Jamboree’ at Off-Broadway’s Orpheum Theater
8 / 10
Can Stacey sing her way out? Will she fulfill her ambition of appearing in the reality TV franchise The Real Housewives (but “NOT of DUBAI!”)? Is it all just a dream? Or has someone covertly devised it with a very specific purpose in mind? Whatever (or as Stacey would say, “What the fuck?”). All I know is that, like Mindelle’s smash hit Titanique, playing Off-Broadway since 2022, The Big Gay Jamboree has all the makings of a cult classic. If you love to laugh, this is one cult you should join.
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The Big Gay Jamboree - 2024 Off-Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Marla Mindelle |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Jonathan Parks-Ramage |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design of a Mus | Sarah Cubbage |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Musical | Natalie Walker |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Marla Mindelle |
| 2025 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Philip Drennen |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Paris Nix |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical | Marla Mindelle |
| 2025 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical | The Big Gay Jamboree |
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