Anthony J. Wilkinson, Daniel Robinson photo: Carol Rosegg

Written by Anthonay Wilkinson
Directed by Teresa A. Cicala
Music and lyrics by David James Boyd
Produced by Dina Manzo

Andrew and Anthony are getting married and everyone wants to help; as long as it is done their way. From a saboteur ex-boyfriend — to a loud, opinionated, outspoken Italian mother — personalities and culture collide in a music and dance-filled extravaganza. Planning a wedding can be hell, but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun.

Cast includes: Anthony J. Wilkinson, Daniel Robinson, Brett Douglas, Randi Kaplan, Joe Scanio, Tricia Burns Carla-Marie Mercun, Fabio Taliercio, Liz Gerecitano, Meagan Robar, Adam Zelasko, Bryan Anthony, Erik Ransom, Chad Kessler, Kevin McIntyre, Leah Gerstel.

May 22, 2010-ongoing - Wednesdays-Sundays 8pm
St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th St., New York, New York
Wheelie access with obstacles
$69.50
Reservation: 212-947-8844
Information: 212-239-6200

Katherine Skelton Matthew Magnusson, Andrew Crabtree photo: Matthew Brian Denman

Written by Steve Yockey
Directed by Michael Matthews
Produced by Michael C.Kricfalusi, Michael O'Hara and Andrew Carlberg for Celebration Theatre

Ben is a timid young city dweller who freaks out when his ex-boyfriend, Jack, brings home a big bad wolf for a one night stand. Things get out of hand, and set off a dangerious chain of events that will change their world forever.

Cast includes: Andrew Crabtree, Matt Magnusson, Nathan Mohebbi, Katherine Skelton.

March 8-May 5, 2013 - Thursday-Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 2pm
Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, California
Wheelchair accessible
$30
Information/reservation: 323-957-1884

Trey Gerrald and Mustafa Gatollari photo: Allison Stock

Written by Joseph Samuel Wright
Directed by Samantha Shechtman
Produced by Roots and Wings Theatrical

In a decaying Roman Empire, debauchery and ruthlessness are de rigueur, but Boy-King Elagabalus’s excesses and flagrant disregard for religious tradition and sexual taboos shocks even the most callous citizens. Placed on the throne by the conniving machinations of his mother and grandmother, Elagabalus marries a sacred Vestal Virgin, skewers the national religion, and flaunts his exploits with men and women of all classes.

On the outskirts of LA, aspirations run high. Brick Richards has been a top player in porn for ten years, and his manager Myrna Malone desperately wants to convince him to transition to mainstream movies before his star fades. Myrna’s assistant Glenn wants something different from Brick: a great, sweeping romance to make life complete. Glenn’s roommate Mia doesn’t care about sweeping romances, she just wants to achieve her dream of launching the next big cosmetics line, and maybe Myrna or Brick can make that happen.

Through human history, one conflict is timeless: when personal ambition eclipses all other considerations, crossed desires lead to double crossing.

Rise is an opera-infused play intertwining the tale of Rome’s most infamous anarchist Emperor with the extravagant ambition of four modern-day misfits.

Cast includes: Crawford M. Collins*, Tafe Gato, Trey Gerrald*, Jamey Grisham*, Arielle Hader, Margaret Meyer, Jennifer Teska*, Jessica Wagner*.
(* Appear courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association)

April 5-20, 2013 - 8pm
Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54th St., New York, New York
Wheelchair accessible
$15
Reservation: 212-868-4444
Tickets: smarttix.com

Michael Yavnieli, Jeff LeBeau photo: ???

Written by Allen Barton
Directed by Joel Polis
Produced by Gary Grossman

Friends for decades, two men in their 40s have only cursorily kept in touch through the past four years. They meet for coffee where their long-anticipated “face to face” reaps surprising consequences. Finally, truthful and dramatic changes in their lives are revealed, including the disclosure that one of them is gay. Can this long-time relationship survive?

Cast includes: Jeff LeBeau, Michael Yavnieli.

April 6-May 12, 2013 - Friday, Saturdays 8pm; Sundays 7pm
Beverly Hills Playhouse, 254 South Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills, California
Wheelchair accessible
$25-$30
Information/reservation: 702-582-8587; katselastheatre.com/index.php/shows/years-to-the-day

Daniel Wood, Jaryl Draper photo: Michael Brunk, NW Lens

Written by Jon Marans
Directed by Roy Arauz
Produced by Arouet

In Los Angeles, during the pre-Stonewall McCarthy era, a deeply closeted 39-year-old married father and Communist Harry Hay and Jewish, Viennese, holocaust refugee Rudi Gernreich are in love. At the beginning, Harry can’t find any gay men willing to join him fighting for their own civil rights. However, when Rudi reads Harry’s manifesto he says, “This document is the most dangerous thing I’ve ever seen. Count me in.” Rudi, a clothing designer, then tries, and fails, to recruit big Hollywood names, such as his colleague Vincente Minnelli, as supporters.

One of their friends is entrapped by an undercover cop, and is convince to fight the charges, which was unheard of in those days. His acquittal encourages membership in their Mattachine Society, the first sustained, gay rights organization in the United States.

The term “temperamental” was early 1950s slang for “homosexual.” It was used as a code for protection, because those perceived to be homosexual were harassed, persecuted, subject to arrest and loss of jobs, as well as sometimes murdered.

Cast includes: Greg Bee, Jaryl Draper, Will Halsey, Justin Ison, Daniel Wood.

“Eminently likable docudrama about gay identity in the age of Eisenhower.” - Ben Brantley, The New York Times

“ ‘The Temperamentals’ is particularly successful in dramatizing the horror of a world in which two men publicly holding hands could be arrested.” - Erik Haagensen, Backstage

“The script incisively illuminates the hazards of being openly gay during these times, as individuality was cloaked by generic business attire and stuffy behavioral codes.” - Les Spindle, Backstage

May 10-25, 2013 - 7:30pm
The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St., Seattle, Washington
Wheelchair accessible
ASL Interpreted
$12-$50
Information: 425-298-3852; boxoffice@arouet.us
Reservation: 1-800-838-3006

Elaine Bromka photo: ???

Written by Eric H. Weinberger with Elaine Bromka
Directed by Byam Stevens
Produced by Donna Trinkoff

Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford give their witty, intimate and thought-provoking perspectives on the politics of love, devotion, and first ladydom. This play presents revealations about the personal cost of what Mrs. Pat Nixon called the “hardest unpaid job in the world.”

Emmy Award-winning actress Elaine Bromka becomes all three women, who suddenly found themselves celebrities in politically tumultuous times.

Cast includes: Elaine Bromka.

“A fascinating evening … laced with insight, emotion and humor.” - Times Herald-Record, NY

“Elaine Bromka is a very talented lady!” - Rich Little, comedian

“Run - do not walk - to ‘Tea for Three!’ Elaine Bromka is remarkable.” - Lee Grant,actress

“I was reliving 15 years of my life … I can tell you from first-hand experience, [Tea for Three] has done an amazing job.” - Ron Nessen, former White House Press Secretary

“A wrenching … haunting portrait of a private woman leading a public life … Ms. Bromka ably evokes without cheap mimicry.” - The Berkshire Eagle, MA

Video preview: teaforthree.com/video.html

May 30-June 29, 2013 - 8pm
30th Street Theater, 259 W 30th St., New York, New York
No wheelie access
$25-45
Reservations: 212-868-4444, Smarttix

Ian MacKinnon photo: Don Tinling

Written, produced and perfrmed by Ian MacKinnon
Directed by Wendell Jones

With the aid of Ian’s magic, time-traveling chaps, and sexy Genie guide, Ian explores the world of homo-mythology. Starting in ancient Sumeria with The Epic of Gilgamesh, Ian traces themes in gay world mythology from the Greeks to the Americas and beyond, all the while fighting assimilation in order to discover a new homosexual myth of meaning.

Featured are hot hookups with homo-deities: Apollo (Greek god of the sun), Horus and Set (Egyptian secret lovers), Hercules (Mighty hero with more than a dozen boyfriends), Xochipilli (Aztec god of psychedelic drugs and homosexuality), Coyote (Native American spirit who loved Tehoma), boyfriends Shooting God and Talking God, Ganesha (Keeper of the Anus), Baron Samedi (cross-dressing god of the dead), Rabbit God (protector of gay love), plus gods of homosexuality: Chow Wang, Abbata’, Chin, and more.

“Mondo Mythological” is an all-new multimedia one-man show with performance activist Ian MacKinnon, who brings the past to life by tracing the history of gay people in new ways never before seen on stage. The Gay Hist-Orgy is more than a show; it draws from the roots of gay liberation to reveal gayness as something unique, radical, and beautiful, with the potential to change the world for the better. It’s a hot and horny evening of laughs and lust, humor and heroism; a sexy, wild, educational, and fun theatrical adventure.

June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 2013 - 8pm
Spirit Studio Silverlake, 2601 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, California
Wheelchair accessible
$15, $20
Information: 323-449-0246; imackinn1@hotmail.com
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/379064

Written by Dustin Lance Black

A chronicle of the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which stripped same-sex couples of the right to legally marry their partner.

Usually produced as a staged reading, the play allows an audience to witness the Proposition 8 trial. Witness inequality and discrimination unequivocally rejected in a court of law, where truth and facts matter. Hear the testimonies which clarify that marriage equality is a basic constitutional right.

Vimeo: " ‘8’ the play" - trailer 4:27

Writer Dustin Lance Black won an Academy Award in 2009 for his script of “Milk.” He is also a founding member of American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), which was the sole sponsor of Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now known as Hollingsworth v Perry), the successful federal suit to nullify California’s Proposition 8.

This play has multiple performances around the country.
Information on current productions and how to produce it yourself: “8” the Play

Free presentations by writers, archivists, performers, artists, and activists.
These events take place in the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, which houses the world’s largest research library on gay, lesbian, bisexual,and transgendered heritage and concerns.

Produced by ONE Archives and Bill Kaiser, Culture Series chair

ONE Archives, 909 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, California
Wheelie accessible with obstacles
FREE - no reservations - $5 donations welcome
Information: 213-741-0094; purplecir@aol.com

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QComedy Showcase occurs on the first Monday of each month.
Mama Calizo’s, 1519 Mission St., San Francisco, California
Wheelchair accessible
Information and comedy bookings: Nick Leonard, 415-533-9133; nickdammit@gmail.com