Manhattan Digest

All you need to know about Manhattan culture and so much more...

LGBT

Vote ‘Yay’ For a New “1776”

by

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus, 2022.

The much anticipated revival of the celebrated musical 1776 has finally arrived. The 1969 Sherman Edwards/Peter Stone musical story about the signing of the Declaration of Independence by our cis-male founding fathers has come to the American Airlines theatre without a cis-gendered man in sight. And why not? Shakespeare plays had all-male casts. [Read more…] about Vote ‘Yay’ For a New “1776”

A Look Inside ‘In the Closet’ at Theatre Row’s Studio Theatre

by

In the Closet, a dramedy by Siegmund Fuchs, introduces us to four gay men of varying ages who have entered into a shared limbo, a limbo which takes the form of a metaphorical closet. In this closet there’s enough space for four people to walk around, a table and chairs, two doors, food, and coffee that comes straight from a dresser drawer without requiring a coffee maker. In this safe haven these men find the soothing memories of a grandmother’s back scratches and warm-baked kolaches, the smell of lilac, and the company of each other. [Read more…] about A Look Inside ‘In the Closet’ at Theatre Row’s Studio Theatre