Theatre

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — The head of a western Massachusetts charter school says a student production of a play that retells the biblical story of Genesis with gay characters will go on as planned despite objections from some who say it's offensive to Christians. [ Read more → ]

BEL AIR, Md. -- Students in a suburban Baltimore high school's drama club are rejoicing after school administrators reversed a decision that would have prevented them from staging a play that included a scene in which two young men come to realize they are attracted to each other. [ Read more → ]

Alan Cumming is an award-winning film, television and stage actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television series, as well as major theatrical productions in London and on Broadway. [ Read more → ]

When The Boys in the Band opened off-Broadway in 1968, homosexuality was still classified as a mental illness. The play’s behind-the-scenes peek at gay men in their natural habitat was fascinating to audiences and greeted with enthusiasm from the gay community. [ Read more → ]

Earlier this week, in a rather simple statement and wonderful declaration of his second-class citizenship, New York musical theatre actor and model, Jonathan D. Lovitz challenged one of his civic duties -- jury duty. [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_7410" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Promotional still from 1998 New York production."][/caption] Tarleton State University has canceled Saturday's performance of four student-directed plays, including "Corpus Christi," the controversial production which portrays Jesus as gay. In a media release (PDF) posted on it's website Friday night, Tarleton... [ Read more → ]

A class project depicting Jesus Christ as gay has hit a nerve in Stephenville, Texas. Tarleton State University is adding security for expected demonstrations Saturday when students perform the production, called "Corpus Christi." The play, by Terrence McNally, opened in New York in the 1990s,... [ Read more → ]

[caption id="attachment_6559" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Bobby Steggert, left, and Ivan Hernandez in Yank"][/caption] With "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the national headlines, along comes the York Theatre Company's new off-Broadway musical about gays in the military. Set during World War II, Yank! chronicles the relationship between... [ Read more → ]

British actors Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw have won praise for their turns playing troubled gay lovers in an off-Broadway production that jumps back and forth from repressed 1950s London to 2008. [caption id="attachment_6201" align="aligncenter" width="485" caption="Hugh Dancy and Ben Wishaw in Alexi Kaye Campbell\'s... [ Read more → ]