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Die! Mommie, Die!

Bailiwick Arts Center | Find Tickets

1229 W Belmont Ave (at Racine Ave)
Lakeview/Roscoe Village/Wrigleyville, Chicago | Map

773-883-1090

El: Red, Brown, Purple (rush hrs) to Belmont. Bus: 9 Ashland (24hrs), 77 Belmont (24hrs) | Directions

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Tickets: $15–$25

Description

Charles Busch's parodic homage to hag-centric 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.—ZT
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Thu 8pm, Fri 10pm, Sat 7pm, Sun 3:30pm, May 22 8pm. Ongoing through Jun 1.
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