About
The Nance Broadway:
The Nance plays at Lyceum Theatre
149 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Between 6th and 7th Aves- Map
Seating chart & directions
Nathan Lane returns to Broadway in 2013 as Chauncey Miles, a homosexual burlesque star who lives a secret life in 1930's New York. The Nance combines drama and burlesque to tell the story of a homosexual man, who lives and works in the milieu of New York burlesque and the underground gay scene of 1930's New York, while trying to copy with his messy offstage life.
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.
2013 Tony Nominations for 'The Nance'
The Nance has been nominated for 5 Tony Awards
- Nathan Lane nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
- John Lee Beatty nominee for Best Scenic Design of a Play
- Ann Roth nominee for Best Costume Design of a Play
- Japhy Weideman nominee for Best Lighting Design of a Play
- Leon Rothenberg nominee for Best Sound Design of a Play
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