Eighty-Sixed (Regional, Diversionary Theatre, 2022) | Playbill

Eighty-Sixed

Regional
Musical


SYNOPSIS:

New York City used to be a party town, but 1986 finds everyone paralyzed with fear of AIDS. Everyone, that is, except BJ Rosenthal, who’s determined to keep the party going. When an ex-lover becomes ill, BJ is forced to face the nightmare enveloping him and redefine his life. Based on the celebrated novel of its time and set to a soaring pop score pulsating with joy and heart wrenching melodies, Eighty-Sixed unearths an epidemic that shook the world to reveal a community’s ferocious fight to reclaim its future.



Directed by Kevin Newbury

Choreography by Raja Feather Kelly