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Fall Theater Preview

From Daniel Radcliffe going bareback on Broadway to the next Dolly Parton working 9 to 5 at the Ahmanson in Los Angeles, a look at the shows that will be worth going to the theater for.
A shorter version of this story appeared in The Advocate August 13, 2008
Fall Theater Preview

9 to 5: The Musical by Dolly Parton and Patricia Resnick
Begins previews September 3, opens September 20, and runs through October 19 at Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles 

Based on the 1980 movie about three office workers who take revenge on their chauvinistic boss, the world premiere of this Broadway-bound musical features a score by the one and only Dolly Parton. The production is helmed by Tony award-winning gay director Joe Mantello, best known for Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion! and Wicked. 

Equus by Peter Shaffer
Begins previews September 5, opens September 28, and runs through February 8 at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York City 

The revival of gay British playwright Peter Shaffer’s 1973 drama about a disturbed 17-year-old with a fatal fixation on horses finally arrives in New York. Yes, if you’ve been reading the London tabloids, this is the production with Harry Potter naked. Daniel Radcliffe makes an exciting Broadway debut as the troubled adolescent, and Richard Griffiths, who played the free-spirited professor in both the film and stage versions of The History Boys and befuddled Uncle Vernon in the Potter movies, plays the psychiatrist who tries to help him. 

Three Changes by Nicky Silver
Opens Auguat 22 and runs through September 28 at Playwrights Horizons, New York 

From the playwright best known for Pterodactyls and Raised in Captivity comes another offbeat take on family dysfunction with gay inflections. Silver’s latest is a dark and suspenseful comedy about the ominous lengths a man will go to make a human connection. The cast includes Dylan McDermott. 

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  • Name: Valerie
    Date posted: 2008-08-20 3:41 PM
    Hometown: Seattle

    Comment:

    Sorry, Ms. Resnick - I hit send without checking my post. it was a typo. But 2 is still disgraceful, don't you think?


  • Name: Patricia Resnick
    Date posted: 2008-08-19 2:21 PM
    Hometown: l.A.

    Comment:

    FYI. The writer of 9 to 5 the movie and the author of the book for the musical is "Patricia Resnick." also an out lesbian.


  • Name: Valerie
    Date posted: 2008-08-18 11:44 PM
    Hometown: Seattle

    Comment:

    Correction both are out women. But still only 2?


  • Name: Valerie
    Date posted: 2008-08-18 7:21 PM
    Hometown: Seattle

    Comment:

    So in the entire country, you could find only 2 shows by women? and only one by an out lesbian? You have got to be kidding!


  • Name: qjersey
    Date posted: 2008-08-15 7:04 AM
    Hometown: NYC

    Comment:

    "Daniel Radcliffe going bareback on Broadway" Yet another example of the "GAY" media's indifference to HIV/AIDS; making a double entrendre about a behavior that spreads disease. Shame on the Advocate and this "writer."


  • Name: Harry Matthews
    Date posted: 2008-08-15 2:19 AM
    Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

    Comment:

    Before anyone gets too excited about a "new" Sondheim show, let me note that this one has been kicking around since 1999. It's had several previous productions under several previous titles -- WISE GUYS, GOLD!, and BOUNCE -- with several previous directors, including Tony Award winners Sam Mendes and Hal Prince. The Prince version (BOUNCE) did play Chicago and Washington and result in an OCR from Nonesuch. In the face of weak box office and paild reviews, though, the producers declined to move it to Broadway. We shall see if John Doyle and a re-re-re-re-re-reworked book can turn the ship around, at long last. For the record, it's an epic tale of the real-life Mizner brothers, whose careers ranged from the Alaska gold rush to the Florida land boom. The problem has always been getting 40 years of history into 2 or 3 hours of musical theatre.


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