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Seat Filler: Best New York Theater of 2011

The Advocate’s man on the New York theater scene counts down the year’s top 10 LGBT-inclusive shows.

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CAMP WANATACHI (IAN PAI) | ADVOCATE.COM 

10.
Camp Wanatachi
Created by star Natalie Elizabeth Weiss and featuring soul-stirring electro beats by Machinedrum, this uplifting and endlessly impressive musical starred Marissa O’Donnell as Jana, a 13-year-old whose pious Christian beliefs get rocked by her unlikely romance with new camper Titi O’Malley, a slutty bulimic played by Krystina Alabado. Like Skins meets Saved!, it was a smart, surprisingly respectful satire of sexuality and spiritual faith.

La MaMa E.T.C., closed February 6.

ONE ARM (CARBONI) | ADVOCATE.COM 

9.
One Arm
Adapted by out director Moisés Kaufman with narration recalling Tom from The Glass Menagerie, an unproduced 1967 Tennessee Williams screenplay came hauntingly to life courtesy of the New Group and Tectonic Theater Project. You couldn’t take your eyes off hunky out actor Claybourne Elder, which made him ideal to play Ollie, a boxer who becomes a gay-for-pay hustler and death row inmate after losing an arm in an accident.

The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, closed July 2.

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