The Fuehrer and the Mouse: "Disney & Deutschland"
No one denies that Walt Disney, already an international celebrity, visited Nazi Germany in 1935. But when SF playwright John J. Powers depicts in his play Disney & Deutschland an actual meeting between Adolf Hitler and a politically sympathetic Disney during that visit, alarm bells have gone off across the Disney-phile blogosphere.
Teacher found dead in car was gay
A college teacher from Oakland who was found dead in a car in San Mateo County was gay, the <italic>Bay Area Reporter</italic> has learned from people who knew him. Friends recalled John Alfred Dennis Jr. as someone who worked hard to ensure students' success, and expressed devastation at his death.
Film recreates night of Milk's death
After taking the weekend off work, driving six hours from Eureka, and spending her rent money on a hotel room, Rebbecca Caya stood near the middle of Market Street, waiting to march. Caya was surrounded by hundreds of other people dressed in 1970s-style denim, plaid, leather, and knits who had come to re-enact the candlelight vigil that took place the night San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was assassinated in 1978.
Body of missing man found
The body of a gay Sunol man who had been missing since late 2007 has been found.
Boston Marriage
For David Mamet, language is a playground where he most famously enjoys digging around with the bad boys in the mud. But weary of hearing about his limitations as the purveyor of mostly male, testosterone-fueled theatricals, he turned the tables on himself and his critics with Boston Marriage. While his command of estrogen authenticity is necessarily more imagined than inherent, the gender switch gives him a whole new verbal playground to explore.
Breaking news: Newsom endorses Leno
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom used the four-year anniversary of his decision to wed same-sex couples to endorse Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in his bid for a state Senate seat.
Everybody into the pool!
A recent day off found Out There and a pal having a quiet lunch at a neighborhood bistro, oblivious to the fierce rainstorm that was raging outside. At the end of the meal, as OT was putting on our rain hat and slicker, the waiter inquired whether we were "goin' fishin'?"
Prez race marches on
Very preliminary data from polling sites with heavily gay populations in several Super Tuesday states suggests most gay voters supported Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries. That contrasts with voting in last month's primary in Florida, where voters in Key West and South Beach favored Clinton.
Curvy Widow
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of a Curvy Widow debacle have been greatly exaggerated. Whatever transpired during the Atlanta run of Bobby Goldman's play, and especially the death-watch events of opening night, the production now at the Post Street Theatre seems to have smoothed out many of the wrinkles of the script. And not only has star Cybill Shepherd largely mastered the previously elusive dialogue, she projects a confidence that suggests she's actually enjoying her 90 minutes alone on stage.
I Am My Own Wife
It's interesting to note that the least interesting character in I Am My Own Wife is the one that playwright Doug Wright based on himself. As an observer of others, a playwright can emphasize defining idiosyncrasies, accents, tics, and mannerisms that are harder to see in one's self. But the character named "Doug Wright" is only one of nearly three dozen characters in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, all of whom are played by a single performer of whom protean skills are required.
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