Published in Gay and Lesbian Times January 30, 2003 If you're looking for the performer behind the performance art, you'd have to surmise that Randall White is a pretty irritated, aggravated guy. In "Normal," a solo show he wrote and performs (and presumably self-directed), all of the characters are floating along outside the mainstream -- disaffected, disappointed, outcast, angst-ridden and angry. They may put on a game face, but Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times January 30, 2003 London. 1895. Oscar Wilde was sitting pretty. At 39, he was the Irish darling of English society: a flamboyant dandy, a celebrated poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. He had two plays running in the West End ("An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest"). Wilde was so busy skewering English society, he was completely caught off-guard when it skewered Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times January 16, 2003 Don't worry about the math. You may have heard that "Proof" is all about the surprising solution to an incredibly elusive mathematical theorem. Relax. There's so little about numbers here even math-phobics can breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, Math-ophiles will probably be disappointed. But that's the way the numbers fall. Of much greater concern Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times January 09, 2003 Okay, here's a Musical Theater Queen Trivia Quiz. Ready? Who mounted "Maim," "Katz," "High Button Jews," "A Streetcar Named Murray" and "She Shtupps to Conquer?" Give up? Or was that too easy? The answer, of course, is "The Producers," Bialystock and Bloom, after their runaway hit, "Springtime for Hitler." There was a little digression Read More →