Friday, July 26, 2024

Here's what's coming next to the Orpheum Theatre on 2nd Avenue

"The Big Gay Jamboree," described as "a new comedy trapped inside of a musical," is up next at the classic Orpheum Theatre on Second Avenue between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place. (H/T Steven!)

Tickets have been on sale since the spring... the marquee just hasn't been changed yet. Previews start Sept. 14 ... with an Oct. 1 opening day and a Jan. 19 close.

The synopsis!
Stacey wakes up after a night of heavy drinking and finds herself trapped in an Off-Broadway Golden Age musical. Forced to put her musical theatre degree in action, Stacey has to figure out how to escape this singing and dancing prison in front of a live audience. 
"Stomp" ended its 29-year reign at the Orpheum in January 2023. The most recent shows by Rachel Bloom and Eddie Izzard saw the Orpheum return to its roots in the 1980s and early 1990s when it hosted Off-Broadway productions like Sandra Bernhard's "Without You I'm Nothing," Eric Bogosian's "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll" and John Leguizamo's "Mambo Mouth."
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2024 at 8:17 AM

    Well, to watch Eddie reads Hamlet wasn't much of a show.

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  2. 2ndAvenueSilverPantherJuly 27, 2024 at 9:44 AM

    Good news! Big Gay Jambo can't come soon enough! A show at the theater gives me a mini-crustie break, which is always welcome

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  3. AnonymousJuly 27, 2024 at 10:06 AM

    Should we send some opening night tickets to the GOP House Reps?
    It's like they say...
    .....How ya gonna keep them
    down on the farm,
    once they've seen "Gay Jamboree"? :)

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  4. CuriousJuly 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM

    I love Eddie Izzard, but his Hamlet was so annoying that I was counting the minutes until intermission. The venue is small, Eddie was walking in the aisles and there was no way to get up and split without it being super obvious. Boy, was I glad to get out of there! One of the few shows I've ever left partway through.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 27, 2024 at 8:24 PM

    Gay has become boring.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 29, 2024 at 8:02 AM

    Wait, trapped in a musical? Wasn’t that schimadoon?

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