Mel Schwartz Sleeps With Mae West

Empire Stage
1140 N. Flagler Drive Ft Lauderdale

Love, hate, lust and ex-wives collide in this zany musical comedy making its world premiere at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale. Mel Schwartz Sleeps With Mae West is the story of a homophobic senior citizen living in Miami Beach in 1981 who is stunned to discover that his beautiful mistress of the past five years used to be a man. If that wasn't enough of a shock, it turns out his transgender mistress is actually the long-lost child of his lifelong friend, Milty. When Milty finds out that his son is now a daughter and that Mel's been schtupping her, chaos ensues. Popular comic Sheba Mason co-stars in this fun new show penned by Ginger Jean Reiter (The Jackie Mason Musical).