Whitney's Making a Comeback!
April 18 - May 25, 2008

Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted
3636 N Halsted, 3rd floor

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About the show...

GayCo Productions remounts their inaugural sketch comedy revue,Whitney Houston,We Have a Problem,
exactly eleven years after it was first created at the Second City. Whitney Houston launched GayCo
Productions and became the first of fourteen comedy revues. Performances begin April 18th at the Hoover-
Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted (located at Halstedand Waveland).

Back when gay marriage was even more theoretical than it is now,there was Whitney Houston,We Have a
Problem! Originally produced through the Second City Outreach Program,Whitney Houston is a hilarious, fascinating and somewhat subversive barometer of how GLBT culture and issues have changed in a
decade…and how so much stays exactly the same. Originally directed for the stage by Jeff Richmond (now
a Producer and Musical Director of 30 Rock),Whitney Houston blurs the line between sketch and musical
revue,borrowing Second City's format of intricately interwoven sketches,short blackouts and pointed
political satire. Taking its cues from the struggles of its namesake,Whitney digs in: Ad Execs struggle to reach
the gay demographic; Terrified parents struggle to avoid their gay kids; James Bondage struggles to top his
nemesis,Octoclitty;a trio of nuns struggle with body image;and the gay community struggles with whether
there is any such thing as a 'gay community.' The humanity of it all.

 

More info...

Internet and Phone sales of tickets end at 4pm the day of the performance. After that, you may buy your tickets at the box office 30 minutes before the show - 3rd floor of the Center on Halsted. Unless we are sold out, there are always tickets available at the door.

ª Where is the Center on Halsted?
Well, it's on Halsted. 3656 N. Halsted, just North of Halsted and Addison, near the Addison stop on the Red Line. The theatre is on the 3rd floor. You can take an elevator or walk on the stairs.

• What about parking?
Street and meter parking are available - the gays are not welcome in the Whole Foods parking garage. (Unless you're there for groceries, in which case they'll take your money. Otherwise, the Center on Halsted has no arrangement with this parking garage.)

• Is there a bar?
Yes! Cash bar opens at the box office on the 3rd floor of the Center at 7:30pm on show nights.