The Nance

1st Stage Theatre
1524 Spring Hill Road Tysons

This witty, Tony Award-winning play, filled with music, dance, and comedy sketches, introduces us to Chauncey Miles, a gay burlesque performer at the Irving Place Theater. The Nance recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque's heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey and his fellow performers. At a time when it was easy to play gay and dangerous to be gay, Chauncey's uproarious antics on the stage stand out in marked contrast to his offstage life.

Thru - Apr 21, 2024

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DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"...While The Nance is often a slow burn, especially the first act, Russotto plays flamboyant and funny fabulously well. The double entendres and the over-the-top mannerisms might make a few of us squirm in the politically correct era that we live in, but that seems to be the point. He also surprises us with the depths of his self-awareness and sacrifice - a powerful mixture. He's expected to play gay on stage but be straight off stage, and ultimately, he cannot - and he must face the emotional and legal consequences."

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- Caroline Bock

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

"...Chauncey Miles is a tough role. He's a nelly comic onstage and a sharp-tongued queen off. He's kind and smart and generous and capable of sudden, intense cruelty. The stress of living the way gay people lived until social norms changed enough to enable them to integrate underpins Chauncey's ways; Russotto endures and reveals the pain and crystallizes the camp comedy."

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- Mary Lincer

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