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All Dolled Up
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 14, 2006
Closed Jun 11, 2006
Running Time:
1hr. 35min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Set in the 1960s, All Dolled Up is based on the story of a real-life cross-dressing gangster. Written by actor and screenwriter Bobby Spillane, son of the legendary Westside "Gentlemen Gangster" Michael "Mickey" Spillane, All Dolled Up tells the story of Salvatore, a wiseguy from Bensonhurst who is trying to keep his newly discovered dressing fetish a secret from his associates. When his secret is out, the Italian Mafia and Greenwich Village's Gay Community come together in a hilarious scheme to keep "Sally" alive.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Acorn Theater
410 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Have you heard the one about the cross-dressing gangster? Well, it isn't very funny. Bobby Spillane's All Dolled Up is not only short on laughs, it's downright boring. While the playwright -- son of "Gentleman Gangster" Mickey Spillane -- might conceivably have some inside knowledge of the way things work in the mob, this "comedy" is clichéd and stereotypical.

It's set in New York in the 1960s. The plot revolves around young thief Salvatore (Michael Basile), who's nicknamed "Sally" even before his transvestite tendencies surface. He and his best friend, John (Rocco Parente), are on-the-rise mobsters working for Don Chello (John F. O'Donohue). Sally meets and falls for Patti (Jamie Bo[...]


Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo on May 15, 2006

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