Kate Hamill Turns Jane Austen into Hilarious Social Satire by Patricia L. Morin Kate Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice” breaks free the chains of 1800s social conventions and snobbery. In Hamill’s version of Jane Austen’s novel, the men’s old-fashioned values clash with the women’s modern-day resilience and resistance. Among the five Bennet sisters, we focus…
Jon Tracy Celebrates Lady Zen’s Magical Memories by Philippa Kelly The central Mexican city of Guanajuato has a strange history of unearthing the dead. It’s home to a “mummy museum” that houses bodies interred during a cholera outbreak in 1833. When a burial tax was imposed in around 1900, those who couldn’t afford to pay…
In a New York City nightclub, Guy watches sultry Meredith (compelling Regina Morones) gyrate and dance. She’s grinding, showing off her curves in a futile attempt to shed her heteronormative shackles. Wouldn’t it feel good to dance like no one’s watching? And isn’t that what we’re always telling each other?
Millennial Notes Coleton Schmitto: Unforgettable in Gender-Bending Musical by Justin Lopez By the end of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” I am breathless and choking back tears. Hedwig (superlative Coleton Schmitto) is stripped bare of his clothes and all emotional walls. Bright floodlights shine from behind, as Hedwig slumps over a tall ladder. We…