City on the Make 1986

Opened: December 17, 1986
Closing: unknown

City on the Make - 1986 - Off-Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Based on the book by Nelson Algren

A play set with music: 1950s Chicago -- thugs, scammers, sharks and dames. You may well find lovelier lovelies but never a lovely so real.

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