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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 2003)
may 16.2003 t 6 h u t ■ c il p KmJMI H mh r » ■ ................▼ ................ e Avant-gay P ortland’s gay community has much to applaud in the recent 2003-2004 season announcements hy triangle productions! and Portland Center Stage. Opening at triangle in September is The Women hy Clare Btxith Luce. With glamour, grit and an all-female cast of 17 (!), this catty comedy calls it like it is. “There’s a name for you girls,” says one character, “hut it isn’t used in polite society— outside of a kennel, that is.” In October, triangle stages Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing. Despite adolescent angst, two teen age boys fall in love right in hill view of their obliv ious elders in this sensitive coming-of-age comedy. Just in time for the holidays is Judy’s Scary Little Christmas by James Webber and David Church, with Joe Patrick Ward’s music and lyrics. Judy, of course, is Judy Garland, revived in a campy holiday T V show to “drag” out guests like Bing Crosby, Joan Crawford, Ethel Merman, Liberace and even Richard Nixon. From the author of The Madness of King George comes Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. This ripe trio of characters broke onto the BBC scene in 1987 before becoming an off-Broadway smash. The Portland prcxluction in January features Helena deCrespo, Karen Tate and Vana O ’Brien. Sexual contradictions ring Suzanne Bach- ner’s Circle, an amusing adaptation of La Ronde scheduled for February. Ten scenes of modem life explore infidelity, bisexuality, cyber orgasms, lap dances and (avert your eyes) mari tal sex. It’s triangle, so expect adult language, sexual situations and, of course, nudity. Andreas Alcala, the Drammy Award-winning director of last season’s Shakespeare’s R&J, returns in late Felmiary to stage Christopher Marlow’s classic Edward II. In perhaps the first English play dealing directly with homosexuality, King Portland companies announce queer-friendly seasons by T im othy K rause Edward alienates many with his openly gay life only to suffer a potent power struggle. This cos tume drama promises violence, sexual situations and, believe it or not, even more nudity. Huzzah! In April, triangle will wrap up its 14th sea son with Charles Busch’s satire The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Smart, sharp and witty, this comedy follows an empty-nest housewife whose life changes when a childhotxl friend unex pectedly arrives and shakes things up. S imilarly diverse treats will appear in the spotlight of Portland Center Stage, includ ing several gay playwrights and queer char acters. The theater’s gay and lesbian audience nights will also continue to provide a fun opportunity to mix and mingle with the audi ence and cast after the show. Kicking off the 2003-2004 season is the world premiere of Another Fine Mess from Steven Dmkman, who has written for The Advocate. In this scathing comedy performed at the smaller Winningstad Theatre, four actors hang out backstage awaiting their cue. Like last season’s rewarding prcxJuction of Outrage, this fresh commentary on life was developed at a local 2002 playwrights festival. Back at Newmark Theatre, artistic director Chris Coleman describes his November offer land production opens | in a modern-day dance o club with Antonio and a Bassanio as gay lovers. Suddenly this classic is avant-gay! Even more exotic, however, might be the February produc tion of 36 Views by Naomi Iizuka. With an unusual Kabuki influence, this intrigu ing tale hinges on the search for the authen ticity of a magnificent Japanese pillow book amid a group of les Don Horn of triangle productions! announces the upcoming season bian art dealers. during a festive affair May 4 at Theater! Theatre! In March, Cole ing of Batboy: The Musical as Little Shop of Hor man directs Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a script that rors meets Rent. Ripped from Weekly World earned gay playwright Tennessee Williams his News tabloid headlines, creators Key the Farley, second Pulitzer Prize. This tense and highly Brian Flemming and Laurence O ’Keefe sing a charged story of a dysfunctional Southern fami familiar tune of a kid who struggles for accep ly with an inheritance at stake features familiar tance in small-town West Virginia. powerhouse Maggie the Cat, stereotypically The winning duet of The SantaLand Diaries by Southern Big Daddy and frustrated leading David Sedaris (gay) and A Christmas Memory by man Brick, who’s just a little conflicted about Truman Capote (also gay) returns for the holidays his feelings for a buddy. in this soon-to-be December tradition. Steven Back in the more intimate Winningstad in Wilkinson will return for both roles— as Sedaris April is Fully Committed by Becky Mode. 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