The Nance 2013 - Articles Page 1.8
Run Time:
2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: April 15, 20132 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: August 11, 2013
The Nance - 2013 - Broadway History , Info & More
Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)
149 W. 45th St. New York, NY 10036
A nance, according to Webster's Dictionary, is "an effeminate or homosexual man." In the world of 1930's burlesque, a nance was a wildly popular character, a stereotypically camp homosexual man, most times played by a straight performer. In The Nance, playwright Douglas Carter Beane tells the story of Chauncey Miles (to be played by Nathan Lane), a headline nance performer in New York burlesque, who also happens to be a homosexual. Integrating burlesque sketches into his drama, Beane paints, with humor and pathos, the portrait of a homosexual man, living and working in the secretive and dangerous gay world of 1930's New York, whose outrageous antics on the burlesque stage stand in marked contrast to his messy offstage life.
The Nance - 2013 - Broadway Cast
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Nathan Lane embraces funny, affecting 'The Nance'
8 / 10
No living stage actor can make an audience laugh more adroitly than Nathan Lane. His wry line shadings, priceless expressions and expertly timed pauses have produced some of Broadway's funniest moments in recent decades. So it's happy news that Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance ( * * * out of four), which opened Monday at the Lyceum Theatre, offers Lane the juiciest role that he has had since 2001's The Producers. Here he's cast as Chauncey Miles, a burlesque performer who deals in naughty gags and racy double entendre and whose wit proves just as sharp, if more dry, offstage.
Nathan Lane leads Douglas Carter Beane’s ode to New York burlesque in ‘The Nance’
7 / 10
With his hunger to entertain and his precision timing, Lane reminds us why he's a vaudevillian master in those scenes. He could ham it up even more, though, as he did so flamboyantly in the film 'The Birdcage.'
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The Nance FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of The Nance have there been?
The Nance has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 2013.
What Tony Awards has The Nance been nominated for?
The Nance has been nominated for the following Tony Awards: Best Costume Design of a Play for Ann Roth, Best Lighting Design of a Play for Japhy Weideman, Best Scenic Design of a Play for John Lee Beatty, and Best Sound Design of a Play for Leon Rothenberg.
What awards has The Nance been nominated for?
The Nance has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Music in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Glen Kelly, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Nathan Lane, Distinguished Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Jack O'Brien, Outstanding New Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for John Lee Beatty, and the Hewes Design Award at The Hewes Awards for Ann Roth.
What awards has The Nance won?
The Nance has won several awards, including Outstanding Music in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Glen Kelly, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for Nathan Lane, Distinguished Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Jack O'Brien, Outstanding New Broadway Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Set Design (Play or Musical) at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for John Lee Beatty, and the Hewes Design Award at The Hewes Awards for Ann Roth.
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