5 New Must-See Queer-Inclusive Plays in NYC
Lesbian comedian Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas, her follow-up to Nanette, is one of off-Broadway’s hottest new tickets, but there are other provocative and potentially discomfiting shows just as deserving of your pink dollars.
Check out these five LGBTQ-inclusive plays that recently opened off-Broadway for limited engagements.
Bar Dykes
A toast to our herstory! NYC’s oldest professional LGBTQ theater revives Merril Mushroom’s intoxicating one-act about patrons at a 1950s lesbian bar seeking love, sisterhood, and a boozy respite from persecution.
TOSOS at the Flea through August 3.
Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees
The gag? National gay treasure John Early directs comedian Jacqueline Novak’s gripping solo saga about her spunky and sheroic quest to earn the title of “blowjob queen.” Same, right? Prepare to be blown away.
Cherry Lane Theatre through August 18.
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow
Halley Feiffer’s millennial take on Chekhov’s Three Sisters, about miz sibs in rural Russia, has Looking’s Chris Perfetti in semi-drag as Masha. The game cast also includes queer faves Rebecca Henderson and Ryan Spahn.
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space through August 17.
The Rolling Stone
Inspired by a Ugandan newspaper that dangerously outed gays in 2010, Chris Urch’s vital and powerful family drama tests the bond between brothers: a homophobic pastor and a closeted gay man with a secret new boyfriend.
LCT’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater through August 25.
the way she spoke
Telenovela star Kate del Castillo illuminates Isaac Gomez’s urgent and shattering solo play about the missing and murdered women in Juárez, Mexico, drawn from his interviews with locals, including a “macha” bus driver.
Audible at Minetta Lane Theatre through August 18.