Dated Gay-Themed Musical

Produced by Harlequin Productions the Tony award winning sung-through musical The Falsettos by William Finn and James Lapine opened this past weekend at the state theatre in Olympia.

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.”

Was one of Mae West’s less famous quotes probably because it was NOT a sexual double entendre. It does, however, refer to her 1926 play The Drag, which never opened on Broadway due to censorship as it deals with the reality of Gay life in 1920’s New York The Drag has been revived by Play Your Part productions at the Calamus Auditorium at Gay City in lower Capitol Hill, much to my delight.

Written by Lucienne Aggarwal and Robert Horton  While some stories fade into irrelevancy over time, great American playwright Lanford Wilson’s Burn This is sure to remain pertinent long after premiering last night at 12th Ave Arts on Capitol Hill.  Produced by Seattle’s Theatre 22 and helmed by veteran director Corey McDaniel, Burn This continues to […]

Sexual Bildungsroman

Yes, indeed Shlong does mean male appendage in Yiddish. That was about all I knew about the 9:30 Friday night play at 18th and Union, before an adorable young man dressed in combat boots, revealing short shorts and a car-coat length women’s fake fur coat, bounced on stage, like Tigger. Accompanied by what sounded like a female stripper’s song, he started dancing around, and showing off his “equipment.”

“If you’re going to be born gay, don’t be born Mormon”

“I love being Mormon” was the opening line of Questions of the Heart, spoken by what looked like a quintessential whitebread American, as he listened to some beautiful liturgical music sung by the Mormon tabernacle choir

Coupla Gay Guys Sitting Around Playing Opera Trivial Pursuit

Or so it seemed in the First Act of The Liston Traviata by Terence McNally, produced by Theatre 22, at Richard Hugo House, as the first annual installment of their June “Pride Series”. Although this play discusses profound relationship and personal issues against a backdrop of gay life, at a pivotal historical time and place, its message is universal.