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Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY gets a star studded production
I was always taught, and always teach, that drama occurs in the present tense – that theatre’s most valuable asset as a mode of storytelling lay in its presentation of the here and now, a story unfolding before you. This production/adaptation of Wilde’s classic novel makes the bold decision to deliver a retrospective narration: Dorian…
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Queerguru’s Stephen Coy is very intrigued with “Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing”
One never knows what will “come over the transom” at QueerGuru. Many of the books are evidently not of interest to our readers. At least that is the decision made by the staff. Occasionally, an unexpected gem will surface. Since Elizabeth McCracken offered praise for Lauren Hough’s book of essays, why not give it…
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The Storm : One Voice From the AIDS Generation by Christopher Zyda
It is doubtful that anyone outside Christopher Zyda’s personal circle of friend or business associates could identify him as an author. Memoirs are usually attached to some kind of adjacent celebrity or renown in own’s chosen field. Though unknown, he has quite a story to share. Raised in typical, middle-class, Southern California, his early years…
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The Fabulist Fox Sister is simply fabulous
The Fabulist Fox Sister ☆☆☆☆ Southwark Playhouse It never ceases to surprise me how seemingly obscure places composers/writers go to find inspiration for new musicals . The Fabulist Fox Sister is one such case, loosely based on a story so wonderfully weird that it had to be true. Or did it? The very existence…
