GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE OCTOBER 29, 1993

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Cabaret, the Tony Award-winning musi-

cal by John Kander and Fred Ebb, will be presented at The Beck Center, October 29November 21. Gay author Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical Berlin Stories served as the basis for the musical which captures the decadent glamour of Weimar Berlin. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm (no matinee on November 1). Tickets are $11 and $10 (students and seniors). For reservations, phone 521-2540.

The Cleveland Play House is presenting the American premier of Grace in America by Irish playwright Antoine O'Flaharta in the Drury Theatre through November 28. Josephine Abady

is directing the play about two young Irishmen who come to America to escape the economic depression in their homeland. On a bus trip to Memphis to see Graceland, they visit an aunt and uncle who emigrated 30 years earlier. The play, which is described as being "hilarious, poignant and ultimately heartbreaking," deals with such issues as the meaning of home, the pain of rootlessness, and the desire for personal freedom. Tickets are $24-$31. For performance times, information about Pay What You Can dates, and reservations, telephone 795-7000.

scent into near madness as she is brutalized by patriarchal forces and subjected to enforced confinement and absolute passivity. Jane Armitage, Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance at Oberlin College, has adapted and staged the work as a onewoman show starring CPT Producing Director Amanda Shaffer. Performances continue through November 7, Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 7 pm. Tickets are $2 on Thursday, $8 and $5 (students and seniors) Friday-Sunday.

The Working Theatre is presenting the late Charles Ludlam's farce, Love's Tangled Web, November 5-28. The production will be directed by Walter Grodzick and will

LOUIS MCCLUNG

Melissa Ross stars in Charles Ludlam's Love's Tangled Web at the Working Theatre.

Ensemble Theatre's production of Tickless Time, a musical adaptation of Susan Glaspell's play conceived and directed by Licia Colombi, opens on November 5. Glaspell was one of the first women to receive the Pulitzer Prize and was co-founder of the Provincetown Playhouse where Tickless Time was created in 1918. The charming comedy is about Ian and Eloise Joyce who, in a quest for truth, bury all their clocks in the backyard and try to live by the real time of Ian's sundial. Songs are by Alan Cove (music) and Paul Espel (lyrics). Performances are through November 28, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 3:30 pm (November 7 and 28) or at 7:30 pm (November 14 and 21). Tickets are $14 on Friday and Saturday and $12 on Sunday with a $2 reduction for students and seniors. For reservations telephone 321-2930.

Cleveland Public Theatre is opening an adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's renowned feminist story, The Yellow Wallpaper, on October 29. Gilman's autobiographical story, first published in 1892, is an astonishing portrait of a woman's de-

feature drag queen Melissa Ross in the principal role of Sylvia Woodville and Ted Burr (Mandy in last season's The Lisbon Traviata at Dobama Theatre) as her mother, Eve. See the feature story on gay playwright, director and actor Ludlam in this issue. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm. Tickets are $10 and $7.50 (students and seniors). For reservations telephone 696-9600.

The University of Akron's production of Ludlam's comic masterpiece, The Mystery of Irma Vep, continues through November 6. Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm. Tickets are $8, $4 (students) and $6 (seniors and UA faculty and staff). For reservations telephone 972-7895.

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