Monthly Archives: February 2010

February 26, 2010

Review: John Standing

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. On one of the funnier episodes of Will & Grace Lorraine said to Will: “You’re a natty dresser. Are you English?” To which Will responded: “Oh, no, I’m gay.” “Well, it’s the same thing.” Playwright, songwriter … Continue reading →

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February 26, 2010

Review: The Boys in the Band

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. The Boys in the Band for a long time had an unfair reputation as being the worst kind of gay play: full of self-hating homos, representing a whole spectrum of stereotypes. It gained this reputation largely … Continue reading →

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February 11, 2010

Review: When Joey Married Bobby

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. What a startlingly entertaining comedy this is! Sweetly bland gay hunk Joey (Matthew Pender) decides to marry the never-seen Bobby. But, title to one side, that’s not the real story here. Joey’s Southern socialite mother Sarah … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2010

Review: Christine Ebersole

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. Undiluted pleasure. A major cabaret event, cabaret history, even. So supreme, the very finest entertainment that New York has to offer. Faaaabulous! All of those would be apt descriptions of Christine Ebersole’s dazzling new show at … Continue reading →

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February 8, 2010

Review: Betty Buckley

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. It’s no accident that Betty Buckley’s doing a lot of Broadway in her latest cabaret act — “For The Love Of Broadway!” — she says that Feinstein’s got complaints about the jazzier slant of her earlier … Continue reading →

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February 7, 2010

Review: A View from the Bridge

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. For once, finding homophobia in a play doesn’t offend me. When Brooklyn longshoreman Eddie Carbone, the protagonist of A View from the Bridge, says that Rodolpho, a fresh-off-the-boat Italian immigrant, “isn’t right” or is a “punk,” … Continue reading →

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February 7, 2010

Review: The Orphan’s Home Cycle, Part Two

Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. Horton Foote’s The Orphan’s Home Cycle follows a modest, honest Texan soul, Horace Robedaux (played with quiet dignity by the handsome Bill Heck), from childhood through adulthood, over the course of nine one-acts spread out over … Continue reading →

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