![]() ![]() The four are barely characterized beyond that each has just a trait or two. He’s got his husband, Chris their lesbian friends Jules and Pam and, through them, the promise of parental engagement (but not too much) as honorary uncles to the baby the women are expecting. Ferguson plays on “ Modern Family.”) You sense that Ezra would like the world to stop spinning now that it has landed him in a good situation. (Embodied by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, he may remind you of Mitchell Pritchett, whom Mr. That’s not just my complaint: It’s also the main character’s. rainbow to examine its constituent parts and to ask if they really fit together in the first place. Already, works like “ Charm” and “ Bootycandy” are taking apart the L.G.B.T. Progress in the world isn’t always good in the theater.īut progress is drastically uneven, suggesting that the future for gay plays may look more intersectional: less white, less male, less wealthy - and more transgender. (One notable exception: Drew Droege’s furiously antimatrimonial “ Bright Colors and Bold Patterns.”) Even when complicated by parenting, as in “ Dada Woof Papa Hot,” “ Steve” and “ Breeders” - all delightful - the subject feels settled now, drained of emergency. In particular, gay marriage, for all the questions it raises about assimilation, has been too much of a political success to support much counterargument onstage. How much more drama can be mined from coming out, fighting AIDS, demanding dignity and registering at Room & Board? The traditional gay play - you know: about gay white men in nice apartments - is having an existential crisis. ![]()
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