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Messy White Gays Opens Off-Broadway to Big Laughs and Divided Reviews

The 80-minute murder farce skewers contemporary gay culture at The Duke on 42nd Street through January 11.

Overview

  • The play officially opened November 2, 2025, at The Duke on 42nd Street and is scheduled to run through January 11, 2026.
  • Brecken and Caden, played by James Cusati-Moyer and Aaron Jackson, launch a campy cover‑up after dispatching their throuple partner in a setup that nods to The Boys in the Band and Rope.
  • Creator Drew Droege appears onstage as Karl, the acerbic downstairs neighbor, alongside Derek Chadwick and Pete Zias.
  • Reviews describe the show as intermittently very funny yet exhausting, while preview audiences in the roughly 199-seat house laughed loudly throughout.
  • Mike Donahue directs rapid-fire exchanges on Alexander Dodge’s sleek apartment set with sweeping Central Park views, and a press advisory flags explicit language, provocative references, and onstage murder.