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Thursday, March 14, 2013
'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' driven to glittery stage spectacle
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: It's raining men in drag at the Benedum Center -- men in glittery gowns, men in satin Speedos, men in minidresses made of flip-flops -- "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" sashays in the footsteps of an avalanche of musicals adapted from films and sporting jukebox scores, but in the case of "Priscilla," what you saw on screen is the story you get on stage. The 1994 movie, which included "The Adventures of ..." in the title, was written by Stephan Elliott, who adapted his screenplay with co-writer Allan Scott and scored it with many of the same disco-era songs that populated the film.
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