Where does the time go? I can't believe that the second annual GayFest NYC is almost over. So far, David Brendan-Hope's Edward the King and Brian Dykstra's Spill the Wine have been part of the festival's mainstage series, while The Wrath of Aphrodite, by Tim O'Leary, has been offered as a studio production.
This week, and next, you'll find the last two offerings of GayFest, which takes place at TBG Arts Center (312 West 36th Street). First off, on the mainstage, there's Philip Gerson's Jumping Blind. This one, according to press materials, asks the question "What if you had to choose between country and love?" Gerson's play is set during World War II, and centers on an English resistance fighter and a wounded German soldier who fall in love in occupied France. The play's is inspired by a true story and will play June 4 through 14.
Starting up on Friday, June 6 and continuing through the 15th, will be Steve Hayes' Hollywood Reunion. This one's an autobiographical comedy about the author's Christmas visit to Hollywood to cheer up an old friend. Obsessed with old movies all his life, Steve convinces his friend to forsake a traditional Christmas celebration for what he calls a "Hollywood Babylon Homosexual Holiday." In the hope of connecting to a world that his fantasies have thrived on, he drags his friend to an assortment of landmarks, cemeteries and meetings with some living legends who were part of Hollywood's “Golden Age.”
I'll be catching these two shows late in the week while ruing the fact that I missed the Festival's first three offerings. For more information, visit: www.gayfestnyc.com
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