John Fisher Scores Another Triumph in Free Series by Robert M. Gardner “Lone Mountain” qualifies as a travelogue, even more than a play. The action begins in John Fisher’s apartment in San Francisco, as he announces his intention to plant the Gay flag at Lone Mountain College, the gayest hill in The City. As…
John Fisher’s Gay Detective Fights for Justice by Robert M. Gardner MacPherson gazes down at the two small children in the dirt. Finding bodies usually does not bother him, but sadly these little ones couldn’t even tie their shoes. From the fertile mind of John Fisher of Theatre Rhinoceros comes “The Big Island,” a…
Sondheim Songs Pit Painter’s Life vs. Art Biz by Robert M. Gardner Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical “Sunday in the Park with George” offers insights into Georges Seurat’s famous room-size painting of Parisians in the park. At the end, Seurat’s fictional great-grandson, a modern artist, explains, “White. A blank page—or canvas. So many…
John Fisher Exposes Family Scandals, Then and Now by Robert M. Gardner John Fisher is a genius of storytelling. In “A Murder in Hawaii,” Fisher exposes the Massie Affair, a 1931 racially motivated murder of an innocent Hawaiian that illuminates our 2020 Black Lives Matter explosion. Fisher’s casts doubt on our beliefs on the…