Amelio Garcia Tells Passionate Queer Coming Out Tale by K. Marguerite Caronna There’s no escaping those Greeks. “Red Red Red” is based on Greek scholar Anne Carson’s queer coming of age story called Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, which includes fragments of poetry by Greek poet Stesichorus. Amelio Garcia’s play tracks Red’s…
Michael R. Jackson Creates Bold, Black, Queer Meta-Musical by Kim Waldron “A Strange Loop” is a musical about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer, who happens to be writing a musical about a Black queer writer. Why does a “meta” musical about a young, self-described “fat,” queer Black…
Torange Yeghiazarian Pairs Passion with U.S./Iran Conflict by Lynne Stevens What makes “The Tutor” different from any other love triangle? Well, there are more than three players in this affair. An Iranian couple and their friendly “tutor” play out their entanglement against sharp political conflict. The fourth player is Iran, itself, during the 2022…
Millennial Notes Roger Q. Mason Illuminates 1928 Mae West Drag Show by Eli N.T. “We are all individual lions, but we must never forget that we are one pride.” —Gaven D. Trinidad “The Pride of Lions” takes a snippet of LGBTQ history and gives it an attention-grabbing update. It’s 1928, and anti-cross-dressing laws suppress…