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Next Fall

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Geoffrey Nauffts’s Next Fall is an extraordinary piece of work that tackles many deep issues in its just over two hour running time. The show spans a five year relationship between Luke,  someone with deeply held Christian believes, and Adam, a non-believer. From their first breakfast together Luke’s faith in God is an issue.  Adam [...]

Valley of the Dolls – A Staged Reading

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What a fabulous evening! The Actors Fund benefit staged reading of Valley of the Dolls was spectacular. An all-star cast performed the 1967 cult classic film nearly in its entirety and very literally, which amped up the camp value exponentially. Check out this cast: Charles Busch (a Tony nominated playwright and accomplished actor from Die [...]

The Pride

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Week three of Gay-playapooloza brought us to the MCC Theatre production of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride. This play, Campbell’s first, debuted in London in 2008 and won him the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and the John Whiting Award for Best Play while the production itself won an Olivier Award. The awards [...]

Yank! A WWII Love Story

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Yank! A WWII Love Story, a musical that just opened at The York Theatre Company, was the excellent second installment of our Gay-playapooloza series. The musical has been in the works for a while, premiering in 2005 at the New York Musical Theatre Festival followed by a production in Brooklyn in 2007 and a San [...]

Gay-playapooloza Gets Two More Shows

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Yesterday we saw The Temperamentals and kicked off Gay-playapooloza, which also includes Yank! and Next Fall. There was a two week gap in the schedule between Yank! and Next Fall and we’re happy to report that we’ve filled that in. On Sunday, March 7 we see Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride, which won Olivier Awards [...]

The Temperamentals

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We started our gay-playapooloza this afternoon with Jon Marans’ play The Temperamentals, which started previews on Thursday for its open-ended run at New World Stages. The show premiered in 2009 as a showcase production at the TBG Theater’s 40-seat Black Box Studio, and later extended into a full two-month run at the TBG’s 99-seat space. [...]

Two Plays & A Musical: Coming Soon

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We don’t often buy advanced tickets, but we hit some great deals on three gay-themed shows that we’re eager to see. Here’s what is on our itinerary. On February 21 we see The Temperamentals. This show ran off Broadway to much critical acclaim in 2009 and is returning in another off Broadway engagement this month. [...]

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