Sexuality and Self-Preservation in 1950s Hollywood
Catherine RampellSeptember 19, 2011: The opening scenes of “Play It Cool,” a new musical about a gay jazz club in 1950s Hollywood, promise mystery, scandal, provocation, eroticism and moral outrage. Unfortunately, the show is so busy bragging about its potential for these enticements that it fails to deliver on any of them.
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