10 best of the year: stage. (Theater).1) The Full Monty and The Producers (Broadway) They put gay people onstage, not backstage, and sparked plenty of debate. 2) Giulio Cesare (Los Angeles Opera) Countertenors countertenor, a male singing voice in the alto range. Singing in this range requires either a special vocal technique called falsetto, or a high extension of the tenor range. Countertenors were required during the Renaissance and Baroque periods when women were not permitted to sing publicly. See also castrato. David Daniels, David Walker, and Bejun Mehta hit a new high. 3) The Car Man (national tour) Matthew Bourne's hunky take on Carmen. 4) The Invention of Love (Broadway) Richard Easton and Robert Bean Leonard won Tonys as gay poet A.E. Housman. 5) Wuornos (San Francisco) Lesbian serial killer Aileen Wuornos, by out composer-librettist Carla Lucero. 6) Valley of the Dolls (Victory Fund staged reading, Los Angeles) Bruce Vilanch, Alec Mapa, and Wilson Cruz as Susann's heroines. Wildly funny. 7) Garbo's Cuban Lover (Los Angeles) Odalys Nanin wrote, directed, and starred as lesbian legend Mercedes de Acosta. 8) Resident Alien Resident Alien A foreigner who is a permanent resident of the country he or she resides, but does not have citizenship.Notes: Resident and non-resident aliens have different filing advantages and disadvantages. For example, a resident alien can use foreign tax credits, whereas a non-resident cannot. But on the other hand, a non-resident alien pays very little US tax on their income earned outside the US. See also: Alien, Non-Resident Alien (off Broadway) Quentin Crisp, channeled by Bette Bourne. 9) Ennio Marchetto (national tour) A human pop-up book, Truly original. 10) Truemyth (off Broadway) A fierce homage to David Wojnarowicz. |
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