ABE LINCOLN GAY DANCE PARTY is Coming to Off-Bway!!!

Abraham Lincolns Big Gay Dance Party is coming to Off-Broadway this summer!!! HOORAY! I have been crossing my fingers for this news for MONTHS!

I saw it during their fantastic sold-out NYFringe2009 appearance (following their sold-out SF run). It is so funny, so smart, so witty, and so well-shaped. A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED PIECE OF THEATRE FOR ANYONE STAYING IN MANHATTAN THIS SUMMER!

I still wear the show-button on my backpack. Plus, one of the company young-guys, Michael Phillis, is a total cute dish!

Details:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139148-Abraham-Lincolns-Big-Gay-Dance-Party-Will-Arrive-Off-Broadway-in-July

The NYT has a short article about the 'culture war'
battleground in schools -

"FROM fourth grade to high school, at school board meetings and in state assemblies, temperatures are rising over censorship, control, religion and education. The battle over who teaches what, and how, has become one of the fiercest arenas of the culture wars.

Perhaps a big, gay dance party is what it will take to help the intractable sides find common ground.

In 'Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party,' the playwright, Aaron Loeb, sparks a firestorm amid the cornfields of Menard County, Ill. The uproar happens after an elementary school teacher inserts a plea for gay rights into the mouths of 9-year-olds in the Christmas pageant."

NYT article.

JUST A REMINDER TO GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!
JULY 27 - SEPT 5 at TheatreRow
Seriously, you will not see a more entertaining play this summer!

NYTimes gives it a bit of a spotlight in their story last week (link 2 comments above)

The show website is up too!
http://www.abrahamlincolnsbiggaydanceparty.com/

NOTE: No one from the original SF and FringeNYC production is returning to the cast (sad) but all fresh NYC talent including Arnie Burton!

Just got my tickets for next week and will definitely see it AGAIN and AGAIN. Will bring all my friends!

Updated On: 7/22/10 at 05:28 PM

Honestly, I'd go for the title alone.

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