If you’re looking for a good, sexy, strong story about lesbians and their deepest desires look no further: Lesbian Love Octagon delivers a search-for-love story wrapped in social commentary with a side of schtick all set to the lush musical numbers written by Kim Kressal (book and lyrics) and Will Larche (music and additional lyrics). ... Read The Full Article...
There’s nothing funny about rape. I mean … is there? No. Of course not. It’s brutal, vicious and terrifying, a crime that makes no sense, can be difficult to prove, and - even in today’s society – leaves the victim stigmatized. In fact, most victims are embarrassed to report their rape, let alone discuss it – ... Read The Full Article...
Would anyone today contest the notion that growing up gay, as the youngest only son in a traditional white Catholic family in Queens during the seventies, would not be easy? Such is Vincent James Arcuri’s story, and in his one man, self-authored show, Becoming Butch, he delivers himself of it in an engaging comedic ... Read The Full Article...
2012 marks the centennial anniversary of the birth of British mathematician, Alan Turing, widely acknowledged today as the father of the computer. Internationally it has been dubbed Alan Turing Year, and Olympic torch bearers stopped before a commemorative statue of him on route to the London stadium in tribute to an, as yet, little ... Read The Full Article...
Sure, Mariah MacCarthy’s new play, Magic Trick, is full of sexy goodness, what with its burlesque routines, girls kissin’ boys, girls kissin’ girls, full on nekkid scenes and all the steamy, flirty, hungry passion that can erupt between two (or three) people caught in a windstorm of lust and love and like and leaving. ... Read The Full Article...
It’s 1958 and June’s life is complicated. Not life-or-death complicated … certainly when it comes to all the basic necessities she seems covered. At a glance, one might even say June’s life is perfect: she has a likable husband, Marty who has a good job which provides enough money for them to live well. June certainly dresses ... Read The Full Article...
Trafficked Benefiting: GEMS Created by Members of Project Girl Performance Collective Directed by Ashley Marinaccio Show Times: Mon 6/4/12 – 4:00pm Fri 6/8/12 – 6:00pm Sun 6/10/12 – 5:30pm Sat 6/16/12 – 4:30pm Thu 6/21/12 – 5:00pm Sat 6/23/12 – 1:30pm Answers by various cast/staff members of TRAFFICKED including Mildred Jones-Hamm (Performer), Monica Furman (Performer/Creator), ... Read The Full Article...
There is a very telling moment which comes two thirds of the way into Mariah MacCarthy’s play The Foreplay Play which is currently being produced by CAPS LOCK THEATRE at a site-specific location (WAY off-off Broadway) in Williamsburg. This dramedy about the tension which builds between two couples as they tentatively (and sometimes not so tentatively) lay ... Read The Full Article...
The Lambda Literary Foundation has selected 119 finalists for the prestigious 24th Annual Lambda Literary Award, which identifies and celebrates the best of lesbian and gay books in the year of their publication. Finalist readings are being held in San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles. On Friday, May 11, Lambda ... Read The Full Article...
Best Erotic Romance (Cleis Press, 2012) offers a sampling of work from some of the best authors writing in the erotic romance genre today. Editor Kristina Wright introduces Best Erotic Romance by saying, “These are the stories that touched my heart and ignited my libido, that made me think about the nature of desire and ... Read The Full Article...
David Lawson’s solo show, VCR Love, had a limited engagement recently at The Brick Theater. Bold and innovative, this show explored the consequences, both positive and negative, of the increasing availability of porn in American society as seen through his own experiences. The story begins with Lawson’s first “exposure” to explicit nudity at the impressionable ... Read The Full Article...
When you read that the title of a play is as blatant as Stripper Lesbians you might be led to believe that what you are about to see is nothing more than a show which has women in various states of undress (personally or professionally), making out a lot. However, read further to “Rising ... Read The Full Article...