As chairman of the International Order of Sodomites – the renowned entity that regulates the proper behavior, etiquette and culture of the gay community – one would think that Justin Sayre would have his hands full, but the summer of 2016 brings two …Read more
After attending a rehearsal of I’ll Say She Is the week before their first preview I went through something quite surreal. I watched a film that featured a clip of the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup and the next day I was unsure if I’d seen it onscreen or …Read more
While many actors only dream of starring in classic productions by Strindberg and Ibsen, Maggie Lacey has hit the thespian jackpot by getting to play Laura in The Father and Nora in A Doll’s House, at the same time. Both plays are being done in reper …Read more
Even though Carol Reed had his biggest Hollywood success with 1968’s Oliver! For which he won the Best Director Academy Award, one could suggest the industry was just catching up – rather late as is their want – and retroactively honoring him for his …Read more
Even though Malika (Anyanwu) was born female, she only felt she was herself until she became Messiah (Tanisha Thompson) a DJ and aspiring rapper who happens to be male. Now Malika has to face a world that rejects Messiah, but soon will discover that …Read more
If John Doyle is well known for his minimalist productions, then his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is downright molecular. He distilled the Norwegian playwright’s massive five act epic, into a mere two hours of surrealism, proto-naturalism, …Read more
Les Covert (Rob Maitner) must have spent a lot of time watching Alfred Hitchock’s Rear Window, because his MO is straight out of the 1954 classic. He dedicates his free time – of which he seems to have a lot – staring from his modest window apartment …Read more
It’s time to party like it’s 2003 in Taylor Mac’s OKAY, a subversively brilliant production by the folks at UglyRhino, under the direction of Danny Sharron. The play takes place entirely in the girls’ restroom of an unidentified high school, where ug …Read more
At first glance Mike Albo’s Spermhood: Diary of a Donor, seems to be the kind of thing that Madonna and Rupert Everett made movies about in the early aughts; a single gay man donates sperm to his lesbian best friends, hilarity and heartbreak ensue. U …Read more
The enigmatic Cal in Camo, by playwright William Francis Hoffman, mostly takes place inside a kitchen making one assume that what will unfold onstage will be in the vein of a traditional family drama. Lo and behold, the play reveals itself as a drama …Read more