Category Archives: Off-Off-Broadway
Archive Review: Top & Bottom
From August 2007: This provocatively titled Fringe show deals with an encounter between a submissive yet aggressive bondage bottom boy and a socially awkward leather top. Playwright Kevin Michael West has created the most sensitive and intelligent portrayal of kinky … Continue reading
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News: I am directing “Now the Cats With Jewelled Claws” by Tennessee Williams
I am very excited to announce that this fall I will be directing one of Tennessee Williams most wildly creative plays, Now The Cats With Jewelled Claws. The production will be premiering at the 6th Annual Provincetown Tennessee William Festival, … Continue reading
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Archive Review: West Moon Street
From April 2007: Director turned playwright Rob Urbinati has done a truly marvelous thing: He’s turned an infrequently read Oscar Wilde short story into a play that actually improves on Wilde’s original. “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime,” the basis for Urbinati’s … Continue reading
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Archive Review: And He Made A Her
From April 2007: In the beginning, there was the Caffe Cino. This legendary place was the birthplace of both Off-Off-Broadway and American gay theater. The key playwright in both events was Doric Wilson (now the general director & founder of … Continue reading
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Archive Review: Sweet Bird of Youth
I’ve decided to spice up this blog a bit by releasing archived reviews of mine, not currently visible anywhere else online. Here’s my review of a sturdy off-off-Broadway revival of Sweet Bird of Youth from 2007: Hallelujah! The string of strong … Continue reading
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Review: With Glee
First of all, this has nothing to do with the hit TV show Glee; there isn’t a glee club in this show, or even the mention of one. With Glee instead seems to be the spirit in which composer John … Continue reading
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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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Review: Thunder Above, Deeps Below
Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. Playwright A. Rey Pamatmat’s Thunder Above, Deeps Below succeeds where many other adventurous gay plays of the recent past have fallen short. It does this in spite of not featuring a single character that comfortably identifies … Continue reading
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