The Mismatch Game returns to Los Angeles, May 20-21

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The Mismatch Game returns to Los Angeles, May 20-21
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The Mismatch Game, named one of The Advocate's
            top 10       performance events of 2004, returns to Los
            Angeles on Friday and       Saturday, May 20 and 21. This
            fund-raiser for AIDS/LifeCycle 4 features       Dennis Hensley (Screening
            Party) as emcee and       a cast that includes Ted
            Biaselli (as Tony Randall), Patrick Bristow (as       Nancy
            Culp), Sam Pancake (as Lisa Whelchel), Madeline Long (as
            Shelley       Winters), Jack Plotnick (as Evie Harris,
                Girls Will Be Girls), and       Tony Tripoli (as
            Charles Nelson Reilly). Performances will take place at
            the Renberg Theatre at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's
            Village at Ed       Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden. For
            reservations call (323) 860-7300.     

        
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