Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 21, 2003 Put sex in the title and you're sure to draw sellout crowds. This is at least the fourth time the homeless-and-much-missed Fritz Theatre has mounted "Sexual Perversity," David Mamet's first Off Broadway endeavor, penned in 1976. Artistic director Duane Daniels has poked and prodded, stroked and penetrated the piece, but he's come back to cross-gender casting, which is probably the best position for humor and satire. This is Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 21, 2003 Put sex in the title and you're sure to draw sellout crowds. This is at least the fourth time the homeless-and-much-missed Fritz Theatre has mounted "Sexual Perversity," David Mamet's first Off Broadway endeavor, penned in 1976. Artistic director Duane Daniels has poked and prodded, stroked and penetrated the piece, but he's come back to cross-gender casting, which is Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 21, 2003 No, it's not those kinds of cocks. But there's enough symbolism in the play to include that, too. The titular birds and their various attributes comprise the running theme of this new play by Texan Amparo Garcia. In the face of attack, the choice (claws or wings) is Fight or Flight. And so it is in this crazy Tex-Mex family, where a visit from Mom has wrought Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 21, 2003 No, it's not those kinds of cocks. But there's enough symbolism in the play to include that, too. The titular birds and their various attributes comprise the running theme of this new play by Texan Amparo Garcia. In the face of attack, the choice (claws or wings) is Fight or Flight. And so it is in this crazy Tex-Mex family, where a visit from Mom has wrought Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 06, 2003 It's been re-fashioned more times than Madonna. "Cabaret" started out as several short stories by English novelist Christopher Isherwood (né William Bradshaw -- remember the name!): "Sally Bowles," written in 1937 and "Goodbye to Berlin" (1939), which were published together as "Berlin Stories" (1946). The book became a play, "I Am A Camera" Read More →

Published in Gay and Lesbian Times March 06, 2003 It's been re-fashioned more times than Madonna. "Cabaret" started out as several short stories by English novelist Christopher Isherwood (né William Bradshaw -- remember the name!): "Sally Bowles," written in 1937 and "Goodbye to Berlin" (1939), which were published together as "Berlin Stories" (1946). The book became a play, "I Am Read More →