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DARLINGHURST THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS TORCH SONG TRILOGY IN AUGUST
JULY 17, 2018 / THEATRE PEOPLE
Funny, poignant and illuminating, Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award winning cult-classic Torch Song Trilogy makes an electrifying return to Darlinghurst Theatre Company
Harvey Fierstein’s intensely personal collection of three plays chronicles a Jewish New York drag-queen’s quest for love, respect and a life of which he can be proud.
From a failed affair with a reluctant lover, to a burgeoning relationship with a young fashion model, Arnold Beckoff’s greatest torment in life remains his turbulent relationship with his mother.
Director Stephen Colyer (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Falsettos) has assembled an all-star cast including Simon Corfield (Packed to the Rafters, Angels in America) reprising his acclaimed performance as Arnold, Tim Draxl (A Place to Call Home, Miss Fisher’s Murder), Stephen Madsen (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, The View Upstairs), Hilary Cole (Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, Kinky Boots), Kate Raison (Two, Dark Voyager) and Imraan Daniels (Between Worlds, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat). Musical Director Phil Scott (Wharf Revue) will also be the accompanist during the season.
http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/darlinghurst-theatre-company-presents-torch-song-trilogy-in-august/
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The View UpStairs extends season at the Hayes Theatre Co
JANUARY 31, 2018 / ARTS REVIEW
Invisible Wall Productions and Sugary Rum Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co have announced, due to popular demand, an additional week of performances to the Australian Premiere of Max Vernon’s hit Off-Broadway musical, The View UpStairs which commences on 8 February, will now play until Sunday 11 March 2018.
The View UpStairs draws you inside the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant ’70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. This forgotten community comes to life in all its gritty, glam rock glory when Wes, a young fashion designer from 2017, buys the abandoned space, setting off an exhilarating journey of seduction and self-exploration that spans two generations of queer history. While Wes gets to know the joys and struggles of this exuberant and flamboyant community, he too learns about his place in the world.
The View UpStairs is inspired by one of America’s most significant yet all-but-ignored arson attacks that killed 32 people in The UpStairs Lounge – a sanctuary for the gay and lesbian community from a hostile outside world. It examines what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future.
The stellar cast includes Henry Brett (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Spring Awakening) in the lead role of Wes, a young fashion designer who embarks on this exhilarating journey. The role of Willie, an UpStairs regular and flamboyant queen of a certain age, will be played by Madison McKoy (Miss Saigon, South Pacific).
Stephen Madsen (Rent, Heathers), who was recently seen in Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, plays Wes’ love interest, Patrick, while Ryan Gonzalez (Kinky Boots, Strictly Ballroom), plays Freddie, a Latino drag queen who overcomes shame to achieve self-actualization. The role of Richard, a kindly preacher and spiritual leader, features Thomas Campbell (Misterman, Downton Abbey), while Anthony Larkin (Kinky Boots, The Sound of Music), the bar’s resident and conflicted pianist, plays Buddy.
Image: Stephen Madsen and Henry Brett to star in The View UpStairs – photo by John Nicolaidis
http://artsreview.com.au/the-view-upstairs-extends-season-at-the-hayes-theatre-co/
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The View Upstairs
FEBRUARY 8, 2018 / RITA BRATOVICH / CITY HUB
In 1973 a fire in the Upstairs Lounge, a covert gay bar in New Orleans, killed 32 people and left a hideous scar on the entire community. Stories and images of the incident are truly harrowing. It doesn’t seem like the kind of thing you’d write a musical about, yet lyricist/composer Max Vernon has done just that. The View Upstairs focuses on the human story – the segregation and hostility from outside; the joy, love and resilience inside; the ultimate tragedy.
The Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting has given the Upstairs Lounge fire a new relevance, according to Stephen Madsen who plays Patrick in the upcoming Hayes Theatre production.
“It is a really amazing, topical story to be telling, – the fact that these kinds of tragedies aren’t a new thing…there’s an entire history of this taking place.”
Madsen admits he hadn’t previously known about the New Orleans gay night club fire and was as shocked about that as he was about the horrific details.
“I was really happy that Max Vernon had written the piece to draw attention to what’s a really shocking, pretty ignored part of American history.”
The plot unfolds as a series of personal anecdotes told to the present day owner who acquires the burnt out site of the night club and is transported back in time. Some characters are based on real people – those whose biographies are known; others have been invented as many victims could not be identified.
The theatre will be set up to resemble the actual club – the audience will feel like patrons.
Musically it reflects the mood and personality of the Upstair Lounge, with songs being used to introduce each character. Madsen’s character, Patrick, is a pick up artist who survived conversion therapy but suffers from low self esteem.
“He thinks he’s terribly wrong so a place like the club is the only place where he can be himself,” explains Madsen. “It really is a show that speaks to a lot of minorities – and really to everyone.”
The plot takes us right up to the fire, which is depicted tastefully, and each character’s fate is told.
It’s not a typical musical, but it is moving, entertaining and triumphant.
http://www.altmedia.net.au/the-view-upstairs/129642
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