Stage
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Purring Along
James Kirkwood’s P.S. Your Cat Is Dead was one of the first plays to address gay themes. But it was originally a flop on Broadway,...
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Profanity and Puzzlement
We’re all adults here, yes? We can handle a little swearing? A little vulgarity? A conversation that might veer into controversial areas like abortion, adultery...
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Fantasia Factor
Ironic that word of James Frey’s new multi-book deal should be in the news at the same time The Color Purple is hitting the stage...
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The Gay Fringe
Can you imagine telling total strangers the details of your local sexual escapades? Actor Brent Stansell will do just that with his first solo show,...
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Russian Jewry
Oy vey! The Yiddish construction is fun to use and say in English, even though it expresses dismay or exasperation. Yet, just the sound of...
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Cardiff East Enders
''It's urban -- in Welsh terms,'' says Sian Summers, literary manager for the Sherman Cymru theater company, of the upcoming Studio Theatre reading of Cardiff...
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Utter Madness
There will be those who will embrace the Shakespeare Theatre Company's current production of King Lear as bold, political, and über-entertaining. They will marvel at...
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Birdland
Adam Bock's Five Flights features a gay love story -- but that's just one of several subplots. ''Instead of having it be the central issue,...
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Mummy Dearest
Truth is stranger than fiction. Truth that is stranger than fiction set to music becomes doubly so. Before you venture to see GALA Hispanic Theatre's...
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Evita's Closet
Did you know Eva Peron's corpse was perfectly preserved? Or that her mummy was lost for years? ''I just knew part of her story before...
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Great Company
Those sentient during the excesses of the 1980s may recall The The's memorable big-band pastiche Twilight of a Champion in which a scathing Matt Johnson...
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Feeling Loopy
Generally, when reading a theater review in Metro Weekly, you don't see Many ''I'' statements. ''I liked this.'' ''I didn't like that.'' ''I had trouble...
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Landmark Plays
''We wanted to create a very relaxed atmosphere to celebrate and learn about ourselves and our history,'' says Ganymede Arts' Jeffrey Johnson. His theater's current...
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Boxed In
Part of the issue with Constellation Theatre Company's production of Clive Barker's Crazyface is that it's the production of a play written by Clive Barker....
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Rhoda Returns
''She was so much more outrageous than I would ever think of being,'' says Valerie Harper of legendary actress Tallulah Bankhead. ''She would make Rhoda...
