While Michael R. Jackson's 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop is enjoying a hit run on Broadway—and is deservedly the most Tony-nominated production of the season—downtown at the Public Theater a 2022 Pulitzer-winner, James Ijames' Fat Ham officially opened last night, with its original run already extended twice until July 3rd (extended again until... Continue Reading →
Bases Instinct – Theatre Review: Take Me Out (Hayes Theater, New York) ★★★★1/2
As a little budding gay growing up in a small town, I surprised even myself by really being into baseball. I knew everything about the players and their stats. I collected the baseball cards and even rooted for the Pittsburgh Pirates despite being an Ohioan who should have supported the Cleveland Indians. Even as a... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Death Drop (Criterion Theatre, London) ★★★★
Jujubee is standing by the stage door, taking photographs with fans and laughing. “It’s so stupid. It’s SO STUPID, but it’s FUN stupid!” She says, succinctly summing up Death Drop. Reader, this show is so dumb, it’s genius! Category is “Drag-atha Christie”. Take the classic British murder-in-a-manor-house plot, fill the cast with drag kings and... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Steve (Seven Dials Playhouse, London) ★★★1/2
The tale of a middle-aged white gay New Yorker having romantic issues might not be the story the world is desperately crying out for at the moment, but Steve—now playing at the newly renamed Seven Dials Playhouse in London—is brisk, bright, and funny. There’s a sense of new beginnings about this production bringing Mark Gerrard’s... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: The Trial of Andy Warhol ★★★★ (Joe’s Pub, New York)
Prosecutor: 'Do you know how many people die from taking selfies each year?Andy Warhol: 'Not enough'. Last night at Joe's Pub in Downtown Manhattan, on the 35th anniversary of Andy Warhol's death, writer-star Ryan Raftery took to the stage to channel the pop artist in his latest biomusical comedy, The Trial of Andy Warhol. In... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: 44 Sex Acts in One Week (Sydney Festival) ★★★1/2
Imagine if an employee of Goop had to road test everything their boss spouted. In one week. That’s the conundrum Celina (Emma Harvie) faces in David Finnigan's 44 Sex Acts in One Week. She’s a contract writer for a lifestyle clickbait site and she’s in need of cash. When she volunteers to review her influencer... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Triple X (Sydney Theatre Company) ★★★★1/2
Glace Chase’s play, Triple X, has finally hit the Sydney Theatre Company mainstage and it has been well worth the elongated wait. Fresh, complex, and hugely entertaining, this exploration of the love between a cis man and trans woman quickly demolishes your expectations and takes you on a ride filled with ethical backflips, emotional diversions,... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Hot Mess (KXT Bakehouse, Sydney) ★★★1/3
Hot Mess from The General Public at Sydney's King's Cross Theatre this month begins with an ode to those awkward public bathroom stall conversations you have with strangers at nightclubs (or is that just me?!), with the characters talking shit, literally. Uncomfortable and hilarious, I couldn't help but laugh throughout the show. The line, "the... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Camp Morning Wood – A very Naked Musical (Asylum Theatre, New York) ★★★
Camp Morning Wood: A very Naked Musical, which opened Off-Broadway on Friday night at New York's Asylum Theatre, lives up to its title, and then some. It's camper than a row of tents and joyously body-positive, with a nearly continuous display of male nudity from the fearless and fully committed ensemble cast who seem just... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review : Cruise (Duchess Theatre, London) ★★★★
It’s been a strange year, we all know it. Some of us found out we were brilliant bread bakers, others discovered they had a fitness fanatic within them, and some just hid under the covers and waited for the world to stop being a really scary place. Jack Holden however decided to sit down and... Continue Reading →