The beloved, classic movie gets a tiresome performance art deconstruction. Multi-media, arch writing, exaggerated direction and superficial acting abound.
Bryan Ferry in Pittsburgh: Reflections
I journeyed to see him perform again with the belief that it could be the last time. As a long-time admirer, it was a memorable experience on many levels.
Jack Charles V The Crown
A 73-year-old, Aboriginal actor, ex-con and ex-junkie tells his harrowing and redemptive life story in this fascinating and dynamic performance art piece.
Joseph Aliaga (1934-2016)
The NYC psychologist affiliated with Identity House, and who had a private practice, died on Christmas Day. A memorial tribute was held at the LGBT Center.
I Am a Pumpkin
I once performed for two weeks in a disastrous Halloween show that was presented at a former Times Square porno palace. Joe Franklin came to see it.
His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley
This exhilarating recreation of the 1950’s cult performer’s nightclub act has a grand central performance, a dynamic jazz trio and an inventive script.
Old Times
Harold Pinter’s enigmatic classic is wonderfully enhanced by a foreign cast with their delightful accents in this striking small-scale production.
Frank Langella’s EAG Memorial Address
The actor gave a powerful, personal and insightful speech during the Episcopal Actors’ Guild’s annual memorial service for deceased show business figures.
Lavender Songs: A Queer Weimar Berlin Cabaret
Jeremy Lawrence is spellbinding performing 17 songs, mostly in drag, in this haunting show that conveys the decadence and despair of Weimar Germany.
Blankets and Bedtime: 3 Restless Plays
A 1960’s closeted gay movie star and psychosexual conflicts in a Shanghai brothel during W.W. II are in this program of compelling one-act plays.