Play It Cool
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 14, 2011
Closed Oct 9, 2011
Opened Sep 14, 2011
Closed Oct 9, 2011
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Running Time:
2hr. 10min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 10min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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http://playitcoolmusical.com
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Sexy... sultry... repressive - Hollywood 1953, an underground nightclub where everyone's got a secret. At Mary's Hideaway, it was a place for sizzling jazz and for the ambitious people who are finding the courage to be who they are. It is the noir time of the '50's, and the laws governing gay and lesbian clubs, produced every glance that had a double meaning and the words that were innuendo. Here everything had to be done to the strict code. These are some of the people who had the guts to break the rules.
Play It Cool is a hot jazz influenced musical conceived by Larry Dean Harris; with a book by Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris; lyrics by Mark Winkler; music by Phillp Swann; with additional music by Jim Andron, Michael Cruz, Marilyn Harris, Emilio Palame, Larry Steelman. Sharon Rosen directs, with choreography by Marc Kimelman.
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To its credit, Play It Cool, now at the Acorn Theatre, often works wonders musically. It boasts an infectious jazz-tinged score, with lyrics by Mark Winkler set to the music of Philip Swann (and a few other composers), sung by a stellar five-person cast led by the sensational Sally Mayes. Unfortunately -- and despite years of tinkering and redrafting -- the piece still disappoints dramatically.
The well-intentioned but extremely clumsy book, by Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris, focuses on Mary (Mayes), the once-married "butch dyke" owner of a Hollywood jazz club in the 1950s that caters to gays and lesbians -- and is in constant danger of being shut down by the police. Fortunately, Mary[...]