#InTheLoop | Comedies Spark Community Theater Revival in Queens
BY QEDC It's In Queens
Welcome to some and welcome back to others.
Over the next few weeks, a brand new community theater company will launch and a time-honored Queens troupe will return after a Covid-enforced break.
City Gate Productions will present Lobby Hero six times from Friday, April 29, to Sunday, May 8, at the Moose Lodge Theatre at 72-15 Grand Avenue in Maspeth
Kenneth Lonergan’s Tony-winning play follows a luckless young security guard, Jeff, who is drawn into a murder investigation. Truth becomes elusive and justice proves costly as Jeff’s tightly wound supervisor is called to bear witness against his troubled brother and an attractive rookie cop must stand up to her seasoned partner.
General admission is $20, and shows are on the Fridays and Saturdays and 8 pm and the Sundays at 3 pm.
Meanwhile out in northeastern Queens, Douglaston Community Theatre returns with Social Security at Zion Church Parish Hall (243-01 Northern Blvd.) from Friday, May 6, to Sunday, May 22.
The Andrew Bergman comedy is about married art dealers Barbara and David Kahn, who live in domestic tranquility on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Then Barbara’s nerdy suburban sister Trudy deposits their eccentric, archetypal Jewish mother Sophie on the couple’s doorstep before rushing to Buffalo with her uptight accountant husband Martin to deal with their college-student daughter’s issues. Add a nonagenarian artist to the mix, and hilarity ensues.
Tickets cost $22 for adults, but students and seniors can attend for $20. The eight shows are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with two presentations on May 14 and May 22 at 2 pm.
Top image: City Gate Productions; bottom image: Douglaston Community Theatre/Gary Tifeld