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Theatre: Steel Kiss

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Lovable Liar

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Diluting Tennessee Williams’ Complexity

Menagerie revival light on gay subtext, His Greatness heavy on myth

December 5, 2007
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Sentenced to a nightmare

July 25, 2007
Straightening Ali
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Straightening Ali

New novel pits family obligations against personal happiness

July 18, 2007
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BOOKS: Straightening Ali

New novel pits family obligations against personal happiness

June 12, 2007
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Bourgeois dysfunction

Edward Albee picks heterosexual marriage apart

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The Maiden’s Prayer explores unrequited love

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Navigating the landscape of HIV/AIDS

December 6, 2006
Recasting Romeo & Juliet
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Recasting Romeo & Juliet

A homoerotic take on Shakespeare’s most celebrated love story

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Rooted in the body
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Rooted in the body

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November 7, 2006
Blackbird resurrected
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Blackbird resurrected

Latest Little Sister’s Classic a story of race and sexuality

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Patterson’s best pitch
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Patterson’s best pitch

Playwright calls for local gay theatre space

May 9, 2006
A ghost story with Orgies
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A ghost story with Orgies

The free-flowing sexuality of imperial China

January 31, 2006
T’s teaser
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T’s teaser

An HIV rock opera in three acts

December 20, 2005
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Half theory, half campy

Local variety show plays with stereotypes

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Assaulted Fish and the language of connection

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