Play It Cool 2006 - Articles Page 1.8

Opened: June 9, 2006
Closing: July 16, 2006

Play It Cool - 2006 - Los Angeles History , Info & More

Celebration Theatre
7051-B Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA

Play It Cool is centered around Mary's Hideaway, a fictional Hollywood jazz club, circa 1953," according to production notes. "Inspired by 1950s film noir, the musical looks at the laws governing gay and lesbian clubs of the time; when women weren't allowed to bartend and men couldn't dance with other men; when every glance had a double meaning and every word was an innuendo and everything had to be done to strict code. Play It Cool is set against a sexy 1950s Hollywood backdrop and celebrates the gay men and lesbian women of that time who had the guts to break the rule.

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by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 13, 2022


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by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2020


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