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Die! Mommie, Die!
1229 W Belmont Ave (at Racine Ave) | Map
773-883-1090
El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 9 Ashland (24hrs), 77 Belmont (24hrs) | Directions
Prices
Tickets: $15–$25
Description
Charles Busch's parodic homage to hagcentric melodramas of 1960s cinema seems a natural fit for Hell in a Handbag. Here artistic director David Cerda stars in drag as Angela Arden, a has-been entertainer and desperate matriarch of a family resembling the House of Atreus as it might have been imagined by Jacqueline Susann. With his world-weary smirk, unplaceable mid-Atlantic accent and striking resemblance to Joan Crawford, Cerda delivers a wonderfully hammy performance, exaggerated and campy but also well-defined and precise. The problem with Cheryl Snodgrass's production is the broad and frenzied supporting cast, which is closer to farce than trashy melodrama.—ZTWhen
Jun 6 2008 8pm
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