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Canned Ham

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Tom Judson has had an interesting journey. He’s composed for movies, TV (as diverse fare as MTV and Sesame Street. He’s toured the country in the Broadway musicals Cabaret and 42nd Street. And in the middle of one of those tours he was discovered, at age 42, by Chi Chi LaRue who made him into [...]

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Slap & Tickle

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Slap and tickle is something that happens somewhere between flirting and foreplay. In this case Slap & Tickle is also the name of a new play by David Parr that’s playing at The Provincetown Playhouse. This caught our eye because it’s directed by David Drake, a writer and actor we’ve seen in The Night Larry [...]

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Romeo & Hamlet presented by GayFest NYC 2010

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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Hamlet is the sun. Hamlet is the sun? What? Welcome to Romeo & Hamlet, written by R. Jonathan Chapman and Kevin Stefan using a mix of their own words, original Shakespeare lines as well as altered Shakespeare text like the above. The [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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“August: Osage County” Disappointment

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Admittedly we procrastinated seeing August: Osage County. At 3 1/2 hours it really couldn’t be done easily during the week. The show had been on our radar since it won the Pulitzer Prize and then the Tony Award last summer. July was the month we were going to go. On May 26 Phylicia Rashad joined [...]

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