When Larry Kramer first staged his furious play, The Normal Heart, in 1985 at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York, it was an uncompromising demand for action. It is now revered as a seminal piece of activist theater. As queer communities in many parts of the world face a rollback of rights... Continue Reading →
Director Craig Baldwin's thrilling new adaptation of William Shakespeare's Richard II for Red Bull Theater boldly transposes the play's setting from late 14th-century England to a vibrantly realized, greed-is-good 1980s Manhattan. It is a choice that not only allows for some stunning costumes by Rodrigo Muñoz, but also conjures a period of national disunity, with... Continue Reading →
When Drew Droege, most widely known for his inspired viral Chloë Sevigny parody videos, spoke with The Queer Review in March 2020 about his one-man show Happy Birthday Doug, he mused, “I think we’re afraid as queer people to write flawed gay characters”. With his latest Off-Broadway comedy, Messy White Gays, the writer-star shows no... Continue Reading →
Mihir Kumar is currently starring in one of New York's most talked about plays of the year—Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury—in an extended run at Studio Seaview through December 13th, 2025, following a sell-out world premiere stint at Playwrights Horizons this summer. The play, which marks Kumar's stunning Off-Broadway debut, sees... Continue Reading →
In "an act of queer prognostication", playwright Jordan Tannahill's majestic new work Prince Faggot conjures a near future (2030s-40s) where a member of the British Royal Family—Prince George—not only publicly comes out, but gets married to a man. It is a premise inspired by the viral "gay icon" photograph of a four-year-old George back in... Continue Reading →
Drawing on Britain's colonial past and the history of protests at the London School of Economics (LSE) in the late 1960s, Lessons on Revolution is a thought-provoking documentary play that is well performed and thoroughly researched. Gabriele Uboldi in Lessons On Revolution. Photo credit: Jack Sain. The staging is thoughtful, despite the cramped quarters, with... Continue Reading →
Currently playing Off-Broadway in repertory with The Village! A Disco Daydream, is another play written by Nora Burns, the celebratory and deeply poignant David's Friend, which she also stars in. Originally conceived and performed as a one-night-only piece at Dixon Place in 2015, Burns went on to develop the show with director Adrienne Truscott, leading... Continue Reading →
The skill required to craft and perform truly great comedy is often underrated, so its refreshing to see the slew of much-deserved plaudits for Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! that currently adorn the marquee of Broadway's Lyceum Theatre. Included among the attention-grabbing endorsements is the show's own mock-boastful tagline—which channels the titular character's tendency for self-aggrandizement—"The... Continue Reading →
In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →
Illinoise, Merrily We Roll Along, and Oh, Mary! came out on top in GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics' second annual Dorian Theater Awards which were announced this week. Voted for by the group's 39 theater wing members, the awards honor the best of the 2023-24 season's Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Merrily We Roll... Continue Reading →
