A Historical Gay Comedy Starring Nancy Reagan; clown show

Beautifully constructed, acted, written and done. Seamus Mulcahy is the real deal. Easy to connect with and love. ... full review

After seeing this show twice, A Historical Gay Comedy Starring Nancy Regan; Clown Show has become one of my favorite Clown shows that I have ever seen. What starts off as just silly whimsical jokes and bits elegantly unfolds into layers of metaphor and prose about death and wanting to take just one last bow before the true final curtain call. This show has possibly one of my favorite written lines ever: "No one dies and asks to be an audience member." There was a lot of healing in that line for me, as I have realized I have forced myself to play audience member rather than allow myself to be the being seen. To find art that is capable of entertaining, laughing, creating thought and capable of such self-healing is a mark of a true and incredi... full review

This was a rare piece that I came into almost completely blind, and I am so thankful I did. What a wonderful ride, with probably my favorite opening to a show that I've seen in a long time (if you've never heard Erik Satie's music with improvised vocalizations I highly recommend, but only if it's Seamus doing the singing). This show is as silly or as inciteful as you'll allow it to be: it's a fun clown show featuring a former first lady; it's a comment on current events and how we got here; or if you pay attention it's both. This is the kind of theatre we need right now. And I'm really thankful that Seamus is the kind of performer delivering it. ... full review

This show is AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING! I loved everything about it. Seamus is such a compelling, heart-achingly gorgeous performer. So funny, so alive... could watch them do anything! And the show! Absolute fever dream genius, so funny and brilliant and surprising and bewildering and human and mystical. I loved this show so much- I cannot quite even find the words. Just: go see it!... full review

Seamus was an absolute joy to watch. He was charming and enchanting. ... full review

This show is a HOOT! ... full review

One of the most surprising shows I've ever seen. Filled with depth and shaking with garish humor - Seamus is a force.... full review

Seamus is excellent as Nancy Reagan (or as someone playing Nancy Reagan— there is a really interesting meta element to the show). This show is a really interesting exploration of Nancy Reagan's life, which subtly draws attention to how she neglected to speak out about the AIDS crisis, even though she was FLOTUS at the height of it. ... full review

This piece was a wildly inventive, utterly delightful fever dream.... full review

It’s timely that Seamus Mulcahy’s hilarious Hollywood Fringe show, A HISTORICAL GAY COMEDY STARRING NANCY REAGAN, previewed just one day before Cole Escola won the Tony Award, also for playing the wife of a US President. This show feels like, as Nancy might sing,”the start of something big”. Seamus Mulcahy’s masterful acting/clown skills imbue Nancy Reagan, speaking from the grave, with outrageous drag and subtle nuance - in a flaming red dress, heels and pearls, with no more than a head tilt, an upward glance, a sigh, a shift from one hip to the other - we fall at the feet of this repressed, bazaar, robotically-conservative, controlling, dead woman. Laughter roared as Mulcahy’s Nancy recounts her past in all it’s unhinged ridiculous mystery... full review