Time of the Cuckoo, Shattered Globe Theatre, at Victory Gardens Theater. In his memoir Original Story By, gay playwright Arthur Laurents confesses that the female central character in his 1952 drama Time of the Cuckoo “is based on…what was going on inside me” during a trip to Venice, where sex “hangs in the air.” Feisty, […]
Tag: Vol. 32 No. 5
Issue of Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, 2002
Posted inArts & Culture
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Royal George Theatre Center. This off-Broadway transplant–which features a book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, catchy music by Jimmy Roberts, and a staging by original director Joel Bishoff–offers a series of sitcom-slick sketches about dating and marriage. There isn’t much new here: women buy too many shoes, men […]
Posted inNews & Politics
The Straight Dope
Were vomitoriums really used in ancient Roman times so that people could throw up between courses in order to eat more? –Christine Let me ask you this, Christine. The last time you were doubled over the porcelain throne heaving your nachos, did you think: I want to permanently consecrate part of my home to this […]