LGBTQ+ Theatre

What Is Queer About Queer Performance Now?

Posted by Elke Huybrechts | 17th Feb 2019 | Belgium, Essay, LGBTQ+ Theatre

Between identity and identitylessness In this article, Elke Huybrechts regards what happened on...

Vikram Phukan: Mapping Resilience And Vulnerability

Posted by Zahra Amiruddin | 12th Feb 2019 | India, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Politics

In the midst of external turmoil, how does one battle with one’s inner demons? In a world where...

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Choir Boy,” Fearless and Faithful, Makes Radiant Broadway Debut

Posted by Michael Appler | 4th Feb 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

“Choir Boy” is itself a spiritual whose song, sung triumphantly by the bountiful talent of its leading star, Jeremy Pope, rises from its stage with the same faith and fearlessness of a prayer sung only for the stars.

Kevin Elyot’s “Coming Clean” At The Trafalgar Studios

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 18th Jan 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom

Long before Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping And Fucking, or Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing, Kevin...

Global Queer Plays: A Q & A With Jeremy Tiang And Danish Sheikh

Posted by Oberon Books | 24th Dec 2018 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, United Kingdom

Global Queer Plays, published December 10, is a unique anthology bringing together stories of...

Review: “Man In The Ring” By Michael Cristofer

Posted by Matthew McMahan | 7th Dec 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, United States of America

Michael Cristofer’s “Man in the Ring” is a memory play that hits on an emotional level in a way that is hard to shake.

Amazing Grace: The Barrow Group Presents “The Tricky Part”

Posted by Abigail Weil | 6th Dec 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

“Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents told us was good is bad. Sun. Milk. Red meat....

“Fun Home”: An Extraordinary Musical

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 19th Nov 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

Fun Home, the multi-Tony award winning musical is making its Boston début at SpeakEasy and a fine...

“Daniel’s Husband” At Westside Theatre

Posted by Jack Wernick | 10th Nov 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

A poignant, topical chamber piece for five characters, Daniel’s Husband commences with two gay...

“Sound Of The Beast” Slams Brutality, Inequality, And Racism

Posted by Willow White | 8th Nov 2018 | Canada, Immersive Theatre, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

Willow White reviews Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s one-woman show Sound Of The Beast, produced by...

At LCT, “Plot Points In Our Sexual Development” Traces the Edges of Queer Intimacy

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Nov 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Queer spaces, Miranda Rose Hall suggests, are uniquely suited to plot the points of sexual development, to explore the dynamic, malleable nature of identity. Queer sex not as negotiation or imitation, but as creation and innovation.

“Torch Song” Breathes New Life, Radiantly Led By Michael Urie

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Nov 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

You may find that this glorious Broadway revival, led by Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl in the same theater where it opened over 35 years ago, burns a softer flame — no less bright, for sure, but perhaps a bit more tender, lit for a time when a drag queen poised before a Broadway audience, while no less political, is imaginably less avant-garde.

“There Was No Evidence That I Was Spying For Russia. I Was Just Queer.”

Posted by James Hogan | 29th Oct 2018 | Essay, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom

Oberon founder James Hogan writes about his experiences as a gay man in 1960s London, and why he...

Ken Urban’s “A Guide For The Homesick” At The Trafalgar Studios

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 21st Oct 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom, United States of America

If we call a long journey home an Odyssey, what do you call a journey which is doing everything it...

Mark Sonnenblick And “Midnight At The Never Get”

Posted by David Vernon | 19th Oct 2018 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America

Mark Sonnenblick is a composer, lyricist, and scriptwriter. His latest collaboration is Midnight...

Jo Clifford’s “Losing Venice” at The Orange Tree Theatre

Posted by Aleks Sierz | 15th Oct 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, London, Playwriting, Review, Scotland, United Kingdom

English-born and Scottish-based playwright Jo Clifford has been an astonishingly energetic and...

Out Of The Extraordinary: Women-Centered New Plays From India

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 26th Sep 2018 | India, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review, Theatre and Gender

The characteristic middle-of-the-road sensibility of Akvarious Productions has found an outlet in...

Rob Roth’s “Soundstage” Fires Up Acoustic Imaginaries

Posted by KaiChieh Tu | 22nd Sep 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

oundstage, conceived by residency artist Rob Roth at HERE, is a compelling stream of consciousness that flows along with the sound waves and vintage film footage. With stunning technicality and poetic sensitivity, the show paints and composes the complex emotions when we are left alone, discarded and exiled into our most profound addictions and desires.