Skip to content


"Lesbians Who Kill"--The Musical!

The place for kittens to discuss GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered) issues as well as topics that don't fit in the other forums. (Some topics are off-topic in every forum on the board. Please read the FAQs.)

"Lesbians Who Kill"--The Musical!

Postby Ben Varkentine » Sun May 25, 2008 4:45 pm

This looks like it could be tremendous, or it could be dreadful. If I were in Chicago I'd go see, but I'm not. However, in case any of you are...

http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=28269

...two actor tour-de-force will be directed at Bailiwick by Lauren Love, PhD in theatre history/criticism, and L. M. Attea, former artistic associate at Minneapolis' Outward Spiral Theatre Co. The production features Lisa Cordileone and Tiffany Albers-Lopez.

According to co-director Love, "If the popular media—from Hollywood to the pop song to print journalism—have equated lesbian desire with gender confusion and murderous impulses, May and June, the butch-femme fatales of Lesbians Who Kill, grab hold of the images meant to malign them and seek new powers through them. Created by renowned feminist ensemble 'Split Britches', Lesbians Who Kill sends up film noir, sappy love songs and the sensational coverage of the Aileen Wuornos serial killer case that created a special kind of monster: the 'oversexed lesbian psychopath.' Exploring the limits of their long-term relationship, the play's dynamic duo lip synch, drag it up, sing, dance, kill time and fantasize – with avenging force – about becoming killers."
Ben

House: "Another life saved by girl-on-girl action."
User avatar
Ben Varkentine
5. Willowhand
 
Posts: 316
Topics: 1
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:12 pm
Location: Seattle


Re: "Lesbians Who Kill"--The Musical!

Postby GayNow » Sun May 25, 2008 5:33 pm

I'm in Chicago, so I think I'll have to go. I've heard and studied so much about Split Britches that I feel like I need to experience a show.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. --Douglas Adams
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. --Francis Bacon, Essay~~Of Studies
"goblets and giblets and gimlets and gremlins." -- AntigoneUnbound

Frivolous Views
User avatar
GayNow
19. Yummy Face
 
Posts: 3069
Joined: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:15 pm
Location: Chicago Suburbs


Re: "Lesbians Who Kill"--The Musical!

Postby Ben Varkentine » Sun May 25, 2008 5:53 pm

If you do, I hope you'll write up and post at least a little "mini-review" here. I'm really curious.
Ben

House: "Another life saved by girl-on-girl action."
User avatar
Ben Varkentine
5. Willowhand
 
Posts: 316
Topics: 1
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:12 pm
Location: Seattle


Re: "Lesbians Who Kill"--The Musical!

Postby GayNow » Sun May 25, 2008 9:19 pm

You got it...I'll even bring a pad of paper and a pen to take notes. ;-)
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. --Douglas Adams
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. --Francis Bacon, Essay~~Of Studies
"goblets and giblets and gimlets and gremlins." -- AntigoneUnbound

Frivolous Views
User avatar
GayNow
19. Yummy Face
 
Posts: 3069
Joined: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:15 pm
Location: Chicago Suburbs


Return to Board index

Return to The Kitten

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests


Powered by phpBB The phpBB Group © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007
Style based on a Cosa Nostra Design