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Gay Plays for Straight People (and also gay people) is comprised of two plays which will play in rep brought to you by the new theatre company Purple Rep founded by playwrights Larry Kunofsky and Mariah MacCarthy.  The plays - Kunofsky’s The Un-Marrying Project and MacCarthy’s The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret – will run from April 8-30 at The Paradise Factory (64 ... Read The Full Article...

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  These women of the arts hail from different disciplines, but they all have an indomitable spirit and a luminescent spark that makes them amazing human beings who are out there every day, doing amazing work. Today we continue our series with GiGi La Femme.  The first time I saw Ms. La Femme it was ... Read The Full Article...

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UvT

It’s rare that a six-degrees of separation type plot unravels as elegantly as Us vs. Them. The play, written by Wesley Broulik and directed by Michelle Seaton, begins simply enough at a road side rest stop where two sisters have pulled over to take a break, stock up on some fortifying snacks, and continue to get ... Read The Full Article...

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HHCIHY Standing

I’m not going to talk big and act like I know the first thing about what it’s like to work in a New York City Sex Dungeon – or even to step foot through the front door of one for that matter.  For all I know, Scout Durwood’s solo show Hi, How Can I Help ... Read The Full Article...

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Saving Tania

Theatre magic doesn’t happen every day or in every show. Those instances when time stops and you are transported from every day life into the world of a writer or a performer are happening right now at the FRIGID New York festival in a basement theater called Under St. Marks. The mastermind behind all this ... Read The Full Article...

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Matthew Ferretti, John Weisenburger, Christopher Tocco, Sean Meehan & Charles Everett (photo by Andrea Varga)

Imagine yourself far away from home, stripped of your identity, doing the exact same thing as the interchangeable cog in the wheel beside you.  Imagine that you are so scared by the fact that you have no idea what’s happening to you tomorrow that you coat yourself with a thick layer of false bravado just ... Read The Full Article...

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Connect Five photo by Suzi Sadler

We all want to feel deeply connected to someone else in a new way that surprises us.  How that connection comes about  - emotionally, physically, mentally or sexually – is actually secondary.  When that unexpected connection locks in there’s a heightened state of awareness that can overpower our conventional systems and methods, an allure that ... Read The Full Article...

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Wondering what to do with the last week of the year?  Maybe 2010 hasn’t been steamy enough for you and you need a little more sexiness before counting down to 2011?  If that sounds like your kinda heat – especially in this snowy weather, then get yourself to the  2010 BURLESQUE BLITZ!  For Four Nights Only (December ... Read The Full Article...

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Revealed

Burlesque is about fun and mischief, and Revealed Burlesque is as mischievous and revealing as it gets. The producer, Doc Wasabassco and co-producer GiGi La Femme, who is also the star of the show, have the moxie and sexy to create a one-of-a-kind neo-burlesque, that combined everything from female allure to the beauty of a ... Read The Full Article...

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Boy, do I remember what it was like to be the new gal around the office – to not have the routine down yet, to get sneered at for ordering from wrong place for lunch (“We don’t use them ever since the egg salad incident . . . but that was before your time”) or ... Read The Full Article...

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Shine

Shine Mionne (Cass King) runs her operation on a corset string, but she stands by her ideals: a true edgy burlesque show with no glitzy Broadway feel. The roof leaks, lights break, the performers don’t get paid sometimes, but everyone is family and a star, including the real big girl Lucy Von Doozy (Andra Boo Green), ... Read The Full Article...

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Carol 2

The Happiest Medium was honored to be a Media Partner of the 2010 Planet Connections Festivities. Not only did we, as a team, get to interview some of the most talented writers and directors than any festival (or festivity for that matter) has to offer, but we made some lasting connections.  One of them is ... Read The Full Article...

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