LGBTQ+

Off-Broadway Review: “Children of Salt” Lacks Flavor at the New York Musical Festival at the Pearl Theatre

July 24, 2016 | asi wind, LGBTQ+, NY Musical Theatre, Off-Broadway > | LGBTQ, New York Musical Festival

Jaime Lozano’s and Lauren Epsenhart’s new musical from Mexico follows successful entrepreneur Raul’s (Mauricio Martinez) return to his childhood seaside home to visit his ailing grandmother Marina (April Ortiz). The musical begins in the present and, through a series of flashbacks introduces the characters, their conflicts, and how those conflicts brought them and Raul to the present. After seeing his…

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Off-Broadway Review: “In the Shadow of a Dream” at the Midtown International Theatre Festival at WorkShop Theater’s Main Stage

July 22, 2016 | i am, i will, i do, laura beth, LGBTQ+, Midtown International Theatre, Off-Broadway > | LGBT, Midtown International Theatre

Joey Miller’s (Nick Ryan) dream in college in 1985 is to play professional basketball after graduating. Ideally – like his favorite player Larry Bird – he would play for his favorite team the Boston Celtics. Although he could imitate Bird’s moves on the court, his 5’9” stature prevents him from reaching his dream. But it is not only his height…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Normativity” at the New York Musical Festival at the Pearl Theatre Company

July 21, 2016 | LGBTQ+, NY Musical Theatre, Off-Broadway > | LGBT, New York Musical Festival

“It’s not always the way it is in plays. Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!” – Michael in “The Boys in the Band” by Mart Crowley (1968) It must be said that it is refreshing to find a young, talented member of the LGBTQ community using their voice to bring awareness to a valid…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Crusade of Connor Stephens” Searches the Soul at the Midtown International Theatre Festival at WorkShop Theater’s Main Stage Theater

July 21, 2016 | big gay, evan ross broadway, evan ross off-broadway, LGBTQ+, Midtown International Theatre, Off-Broadway > | LGBT, Midtown International Theatre

Big Jim’s (James Kiberd) Baptist Mega-Church is expanding. More space is need for its growing congregation. That conservative congregation also seems to need a television studio and a gym with a basketball court for outreach and youth ministries. One of the church’s young recruits is Connor Stephens the teenager the church “took in and helped him and his mama get…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Indecent” Challenges the Power of Death at the Vineyard Theatre

May 23, 2016 | indecent, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | LGBT, Vineyard Theatre

Created by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman, “Indecent” could not have opened at the Vineyard Theatre at a more auspicious time. In the midst of an increasingly frenzied discussion about what is and what is not decent in contemporary American society and culture, this remarkable and stunning play – based on true events surrounding the 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem…

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Off-Off-Broadway Review: “The Place We Built” at the Flea Theater

May 19, 2016 | evan ross off-broadway, LGBTQ+, Off-Off-Broadway > | Flea Theater

“I like being able to define my species. And so I guess for the Seagull I don’t know anything, I’m an outside observer, but I think They found the beauty in being outside They made a place where they could define themselves.” Aisha/Nar The thirty-something Jewish Bohemians in “The Place We Built,” currently running at the Flea Theater, who in…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Exit Strategy” at Primary Stages at the Cherry Lane Theatre

April 12, 2016 | LGBTQ+, mary page, Off-Broadway > | Primary Stages

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes -/The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs-/The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And Yesterday, or Centuries before?” (Emily Dickinson, #341) Educators and academics have been trying to determine why schools fail for decades and have yet to identify successfully a formula for preventing the pandemic failure of education – particularly in…

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Off-Broadway Review: “House Rules” Change Rapidly at HERE Arts Center

March 31, 2016 | house that will, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway, the house > | HERE Arts Center, Ma-Yi Theater Company

Casino rule number one: the house always wins! That is certainly the case in Vera’s (Mia Katigbak) house where her daughters Twee (Tina Chilip) and Momo (Tiffany Villarin) are encouraged to abide by their mother’s rules whether they are playing Gin Rummy, Mahjong, Monopoly, or the game of life. And it is life’s game – the vicissitudes of human existence…

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Review: Keen Company’s Transformative “Boy” at the Clurman Theatre (Closed Saturday April 9, 2016)

March 28, 2016 | a delicate, delicate balance, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | Clurman Theatre, Keen Company, Theatre Row

“I wouldn’t want to be Frankenstein.” (Adam to Jenny in “Boy”) The Keen Company’s Mission is to create “theater that provokes identification, reflection, and emotional connection – enduring stories fearlessly told.” In order to fulfill that mission, there must be a master storyteller who knows how to create characters with conflicts (problems) that are not only engaging but connectable. The…

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Review: “Starting Here, Starting Now” at the York Theatre Company (Closed Sunday March 20, 2016)

March 14, 2016 | LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | The York Theatre Company

In the final show of the York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Winter 2016 Series, “Starting Here, Starting Now” passes the test of time with high marks as it explores the trials and tribulations of love, relationships, and self- discovery with a diverse compilation of lesser known songs by the familiar team of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire. The…

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