Theater listings.September Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang. San Diego enjoys a welcome revival of this sunny 1981 satire of urban neurosis neurosis, in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly employed in contrast with psychosis, which denoted much more severe, debilitating mental and our dependence on psychotherapy. (Old Globe, September 8-October 20) Burning Blue by D.M.W. Greer. The playwright draws on his own military experience as a flier for this hot-button drama about a gay witch-hunt conducted by the Navy. (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Samuel Beckett theater, September 28-December 15) Burn This! by Lanford Wilson. New York's Signature Theatre Company devotes its current season to Wilson, one of the pioneers of contemporary gay theater. Burn This! stars Catherine Keener, Edward Norton, and Ty Burrell. (Union Square theater, through November 3) Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival. Columbus, Ohio's 10-day fest showcases a diversity of GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered theatrical experiences. Featured artists include comic Karen Williams, writer-actor Jeffrey Solomon, and Latino singer-performer Jade Esteban Estrada Jade Esteban Estrada (born September 17, 1975 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas) is a successful Latin pop singer, comedian, choreographer and actor. Out Magazine called him "the first gay Latin star. . (September 12-21) The Crumple Zone by Buddy Thomas. The hit New York comedy--about five gay men on Staten Island whose lives go into tailspin tail·spin n. 1. The rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep, spiral spin. 2. Informal A loss of emotional control sometimes resulting in emotional collapse. during the Christmas holiday weekend--comes to Los Angeles. (Hudson Avenue Theater, through October 6) Dorian by James J. Mellon, Duane Poole, and Scott DeTurk. A flew musical version of Oscar Wilde's novel, reset in 1990s New Orleans, starring Robert Cuccioli and Matt Cavenaugh. (Denver Center for the Performing Arts The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, an award-winning multi-media production facility, a , September 12-29) Imaginary Friends by Nora Ephron. The perennially popular Cherry Jones returns to Broadway playing Mary McCarthy opposite Swoosie Kurtz's Lillian Hellman in this fantasy about the two literary celebrities who became bitter enemies and legal adversaries. With songs by Marvin Hamlisch and Craig Carnelia. (San Diego, Old Globe theater, September 21-November 3; New York, Ethel Barrymore theater, performances begin November 25) Little Ham by Judd Woldin, Richard Engquist, and Dan Owens. A high-spirited "jazzical" version of Langston Hughes's play, set in 1936 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. (New York, John Houseman theater, performances begin September 12) A Man of No Importance A Man of No Importance may refer to:
October Bombay Trunk by Felice Picane. A murder mystery frolic Frolic - A Prolog system in Common Lisp. ftp://ftp.cs.utah.edu/pub/frolic.tar.Z. set in a Connecticut vacation home, from novelist and Violet Quill Club member Picano (Onyx). (San Francisco, New Conservatory Theater Center, October 30-January 5) Book of Days by Lanford Wilson. New York's Signature Theatre Company continues its Wilson season. (Peter Norton Space, October 15-December 8) Loot by Joe Orton. The gay playwright's classic black farce about two larcenous lar·ce·nous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or involving larceny: a larcenous scheme; with larcenous intent. 2. Guilty of or given to larceny. boys, corrupt policemen, and a corpse. (Seattle, Intiman theater, October 18-November 17) The Men From the Boys by Mart Crowley. Over three decades later, the boys in the band are back in Crowley's sequel to his 1968 landmark gay play. Set in the same apartment with all of the original characters, the new play is about change and growth and the interplay of generations. (San Francisco, New Conservatory Theater Center, October 16-December 8) Single Wet Female by Carmelita Tropicana and Marga Gomez. This low-rent thriller about a pair of perverted roommates gleefully glee·ful adj. Full of jubilant delight; joyful. glee  ful·ly adv.glee promises bath scenes, death scenes, and even "simulated nudity"! (New York, P.S. 122, October) Son of Drakula by David Drake. Writer-performer Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) impersonates an international cast of 30 as he takes a one-man genealogical journey through Eastern Europe following the trail of his birth name: Drakula. Debuting just before Halloween, Drake's Oedipal oed·i·pal or Oed·i·pal adj. Of or characteristic of the Oedipus complex. odyssey kicks off Outer Edge, a new gay series at Dance Theater Workshop's new space. (October 24-November 10) November Boston Marriage by David Mamet. Despite the play's title, the relationship between the two women (played by Kim Cattrall and Martha Plimpton) in this atypical drawing room comedy is anything but discreet or genteel. An exhilarating and subversive tale of lesbian love in Puritan times from the man best known for the con men of Glengarry Glen Ross. (New York, Public Theater, November) Show Ho by Sara Moore. Former Ringling Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . clown, performance artist, and star of Co-Dependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same morphs into 30 characters in a phantasmagorical Adj. 1. phantasmagorical - characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" phantasmagoric, surreal, surrealistic one-woman show. (San Francisco, Theatre Rhinoceros, November 7-December 7) What Didn't Happen by Christopher Shinn. The young gay playwright, who made an acclaimed New York debut last year with Four, focuses on the relationship between a young writer and his former mentor. "It's not explicitly gay," says Shinn, "but it explores competition between men and certainly posits a sexual undercurrent to competition and aggression." (New York, The Duke on 42nd Street, November 15-December 22) |
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