plays

plays

virginia woolf

theater

‘Orlando’ Reclaims a Queer Text

Does Virginia Woolf belong to the cis feminists or to the transsexuals?

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 3, 2024

"personality cult"

plays

comedy

Enjoy This 10 Second Play About Lesbians

“A woman enters the front door of a home that seems unfamiliar to her. She peers around, assessing.”

Erin —

May 1, 2017

interview

plays

theater

Teen Angst, Coming Out and Growing Up: “Secret Diaries” Touring the UK Now

“…diaries inspired me and I felt like I had to write something that fused together the pressure cooker of the 80s — being surround by excess — from neon spandex…

Beth —

Mar 12, 2015

plays

rape culture

theater

“Post Traumatic Super Delightful” Uses Laughter To Talk About Campus Sexual Assault

“Hopefully because this dialogue is happening and we feel like we’re on the cusp of this conversation, people will understand how complex it is and how the survivor has no…

Hannah Hodson —

Feb 27, 2015

gender identity

people of color

theater

Upon Going Home: Review of “The Messiah Complex”

“The Messiah Complex is radical because it takes on concepts of beauty, class differences, gender roles, and navigates love and life in a trans or gender-nonconforming body, all within a…

Melanie Laura —

Jun 13, 2014

california

Daily Fix

theater

“Tales of a Fourth Grade Lesbo” Tells It Like It Was

CARA’S TEAM PICK: For everyone who was once young and queer and confused and is going to be in LA this weekend.

Cara —

Dec 6, 2012

Daily Fix

lesbians they didn't teach you about in history class

lgbt history

“June and Nancy” Reminds Us What It Was Like to Be An American Lesbian in 1958

“The stageplay is the lesbian equivalent of a Mad Men affair, but with less misogyny and so much more at stake.”

fonseca —

Aug 28, 2012

broadway

greatest hits

theater

Our 17 Most Favorite Musical Cast Recordings Of All Time

Let’s get real deep right now into some hard-core musical theater appreciation.

the team —

Sep 26, 2011

musicals

plays

theater

“Newsies” Musical on Stage: It’s an Exciting Thing

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: If you’re not excited about the “Newsies” stage musical, I don’t know what to tell you.

Intern Grace —

Sep 16, 2011

event

plays

theater

‘110 Stories’ to Benefit the New York Says Thank You Foundation

Intern Bren’s Team Pick: “What we do is about 9/12.”

Bren —

Sep 9, 2011

Daily Fix

homophobia

theater

Opera’s Gay Character Panics UK School Officials, Leads to International Controversy

“I was amazed when Opera North accepted the school’s position. I was repeatedly asked to excise these references to the adult character being gay.”

Intern Grace —

Jul 5, 2011

broadway

Daily Fix

theater

The 2011 Tony Awards Were Really Gay, Kinda Awesome

And by “gay,” I mean “full of gay men.” But still really good.

Intern Grace —

Jun 13, 2011