Hell in a Handbag Productions

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QUEEN FOR A DAY
Comedy, New Work, Pride
Runs Jul 09Aug 03, 2025
American fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick known to the world simply as Halston, is down on his luck. He’s packing up his chic-as-hell Olympic Tower office for reasons he doesn’t want to discuss. To make matters worse, Elizabeth I is knocking on his door. Yes, Elizabeth I, whose reign as Queen of England spanned from 1558 to 1603. But it’s 1984 in New York City. All that time spent at Studio 54 might be starting to catch up to the King of Minimalism’s brain.

Elizabeth I demands that Roy (who hates being called that) make her a new gown to (she lets out a singular cough) die in. Oh, and she needs it by the end of the day, even though he seems to be in the midst of a breakdown. He takes her money and agrees, and the unlikely pair moves forward with the design of a lifetime. That is until Halston has to help his best friend, Liza Minnelli, with her new act. Any questions?

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Founded in 2002, Hell in a Handbag Productions is theater company dedicated to the preservation, exploration, and celebration of camp, parody  and queerness.