Kinsey Sicks in Things You Shouldn’t Say
Soho Playhouse
December 22, 2018 Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
The Kinsey Sicks is an institution in the gay community, and I never knew it!Thinking this was going to be just another drag show to fill a chilly New York winter, I came to the theatre with little expectations.I imagined that they were going to either 1.) be doing some off-color re-wordings of Christmas tunes or 2,) going to go down the “we are Jews revolting against Christmas, or 3.) Trump commentary. We got some of this – but, thankfully much more.
Shame or the Doomsday Machine
Written by Crystal Field
Directed by Mark Marcante
Theatre for the New City
August 5, 2018 Production website
💉 out of 5.
Here is where we are with this production. We entered the Theatre for the New City on 10th Street, and then were directed out back to the street where all was blocked off and a portable stage was erected. Music was blaring, sun barreling down, kids were running around screaming – my ideal theatre setting. This was not going to be a good show, I get it, by almost any standard. The performers were lost – some seem totally unprepared as they were just offstage discussing their lines, movements, exits/entrances and on and on. Performers were spending more time socializing with the audience then focusing on the stage. Non-professional, community generated, we’ll-take-everyone-who-shows-up kind of theatre. Continue reading Shame or the Doomsday Machine→
Afterglow
Written by S. Asher Gelman
Directed by S. Asher Gelman
The Loft at the Davenport Theatre
December 29, 2017 Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
I need to apologize to The Afterglow. As I walked up the three long flights of staircases, I just knew this was going to be a thin, exploitive gay “event” that was going to pretend to be a play – but ultimately just be gay for gay’s sake. BUT, I had a great time. it was a fun story. It had a cast or three young men that were just having good ol’ infectious fun! Continue reading Afterglow→
We Were Children Written by Maia Henkin
directed by Joshua Chase Gold
Playwright Theater Festivals in New York
Hudson Guild Theater
July 26, 2016 Production website
No 💉 rating. This is about workshopping a new play
I love to go and support new work and to support the work of alumni of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Today I was happy to attend the opening performance of We Were the Children that featured Jessie Booth. As I said above, I do not like to use my 💉 rating in that this is a BRAND new work and is really just trying to gets its legs underneath it. I simply offer some feedback from what I saw. Continue reading We Were Children→
Behind the Mast
By Annie Pulsipher
directed by John Moriarty
17th Annual Midtown International Theatre Festival
July 18, 2016 Production website
No 💉 rating. This is about workshopping a new play
It was so fun to turn back time and return to my days at Penn State as an MFA Playwright. Every night was spent in a “theatre” more correctly called “storage room” working a script over and over to see if there is was any hope to see something flourish in the five minutes to warrant exploring it to take it to ten minutes. It was never about getting it “right.” It was about “getting it up.” Continue reading Behind the Mask→
Kinsey Sicks in Things You Shouldn’t Say
