Charles Busch's campy melodramedy is a satire of the Hollywood fantasy films of the 1940s such as It’s A Wonderful Life and The Bishop’s Wife with a bit of A Christmas Carol thrown in there, from the playwright who gave us Psycho Beach Party. An alternative adult holiday entertainment. It's the story of Irish O'Flanagan, a street urchin who has her dreams dashed by cruel fate, grows into a big burlesque star, and chooses financial security over true love, closing off her heart until the fateful Christmas Eve when she gets one last chance to make things right. Like a steaming lilac-scented bubble bath or an embarrassingly large molten chocolate dessert, the best way to enjoy Times Square Angel is to sit back, turn off the plot-following part of your brain, and just let the sweet, sweet cheesiness flow over you. Suddenly you'll realize that Irish O'Flanagan and her chorus boy are singing a medley of Christmas carols in which they impugn each other's age, appearance, talent, and virtue, exactly like a couple of Ann Miller and Debbie Reynolds impersonators on a sketch comedy show. And it won't be a bad holiday after all.
Times Square Angel
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thru Sat. Dec 18th, 2010
- Location
- Chattanooga Theatre Centre
400 River Street
Chattanooga, TN (Map)
- Price
- Prices vary
- Online
- Website • Get Tickets
- Contact
- (423) 267-8534
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