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Theater:  Amanda Palmer comes back from the dead
Bisexual performer brings show to State Theatre
By AMY CAVANAUGH   NOV. 13, 2009
In the past year, Dresden Dolls front woman and solo artist Amanda Palmer has released an album, a DVD and a book all of the same name &mdas...  [more]


Theater:  Back in time
Four Seasons musical at National an unabashed crowd pleaser
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   OCT. 30, 2009
The Four Seasons were one of the biggest musical acts of the ’60s, but unlike the Beatles, Rolling Stones or the Supremes, their story...  [more]

Theater:  Flying the not-so-friendly skies
Pam Ann takes on the airlines for D.C. show
By REBECCA ARMENDARIZ   OCT. 23, 2009
Caroline Reid, creator of the glamorous drag-esque alter ego Pam Ann, will bring her brainchild to grace a stage in the District next week f...  [more]

Theater:  Sexy but flawed
Modern-day adaptation easy on the eyes but structurally lacking
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   SEP. 25, 2009
There’s a sign posted above the box office in the Round House Theatre’s lobby. It warns audiences that gay playwright Roberto Ag...  [more]


Theater:  Relationships and reptiles
Albee classic ‘Seascape’ cleverly explores complexities of coupling
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   AUG. 7, 2009
There’s no better antidote to D.C.’s dog days of summer than a little beachside respite. With Edward Albee’s “Seasca...  [more]

Theater:  Breaking barriers
Gay, deaf dancer joins Edgeworks for benefit performance
By JOE RENDEIRO   JUL. 24, 2009
The audience claps. But for gay dancer Mervin Primeaux, there is silence. The music begins and, again, Primeaux can’t hear a sound. Ye...  [more]

Theater:  Return to ‘Rent’
Broadway vet says rich role keeps him coming back
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   MAY. 22, 2009
Throughout the 12-year Broadway run of the hit musical “Rent,” gay actor Michael McElroy enjoyed two stints playing Tom Collins,...  [more]


Theater:  Parallels and plot twists
Woolly’s ‘Antebellum’ charming but improbable
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   APR. 10, 2009
With his new play “Antebellum,” black gay playwright Robert O’Hara reminds audiences that no one people corners the market...  [more]


Theater:  A night with the queen
Legendary monarch comes fancifully to life in ‘Elizabeth Rex’
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   MAR. 27, 2009
The late gay Canadian playwright Timothy Findley wound down his career toying with ideas of mortality and gender. In his penultimate pla...  [more]


Theater:  Night of the Bard
Well-executed Shakespeare classic is gender-bending romp
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   DEC. 26, 2008
“Twelfth Night’s” Viola is nothing if not resilient. After surviving a shipwreck (in which her twin brother Sebastian ...  [more]

Theater:  A celebrated stage
Gay actors and supporters honored at annual Helen Hayes Awards
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   APR. 25, 2008
Typically theater award shows are happily rife with winners thanking their same-sex partners for demonstrated acts of love, support and all ...  [more]

Theater:  Fragmented composition
Teatro de la Luna’s Frida Kahlo play proves a messy canvas
By PATRICK FOLLIARD   FEB. 15, 2008
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was never easily classified. “They thought I was a Surrealist,” she once said, “but I wasn&rsq...  [more]





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