LYCEUM THEATER

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.

Dates

Previews from: 21 March 2013
Opening night: 15 April 2013
Booking through until: 11 August 2013

Run time

Approximately two hours and 30 minutes, which includes a 15-minute intermission

Show times

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Matinee	-	-	2pm	-	-	2pm	3pm
Evening	-	7pm	8pm	8pm	8pm	8pm	-