Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

It's a drag getting old, in 'Gardenia'

Started by Shana A, March 21, 2012, 10:57:40 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Shana A

March 21, 2012, 10:57:40 AM
It's a drag getting old, in 'Gardenia'
Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 10:47 AM
By Robert Johnson/The Star-Ledger

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2012/03/its_a_drag_getting_old_in_gard.html

Cross-dressing is only the start in "Gardenia," a wistful and utterly captivating theater piece directed by Frank Van Laecke and Alain Platel of the Belgian dance ensemble Les Ballets C de la B.

Still bawdy, but considerably more profound than the average drag show, "Gardenia"—which received its local premiere Saturday at Montclair State University—underscores the transformations wrought by time.

A lady of a certain age, transsexual actress Vanessa Van Durme, hosts the evening, which pretends to document the closing night of a notorious ->-bleeped-<- bar. "Gardenia" interweaves Van Durme's comic monologue with a tear-jerking glimpse of life behind-the-scenes. Her scurrilous jokes describe bodily orifices as cavernous as train station
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions