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Amanda Palmer comes to the cabaret
Rock’s Amanda Palmer returns to the stage as the Emcee in Cabaret. In some ways it’s a return to the roots of the Dresden Dolls. EDGE spoke to Palmer and director Steven Bogart about the production.
Theatre Features
Marcy Harriell Hits the Heights
Anyone who’s ever seen Marcy Harriell on stage, television, or the silver screen, knows how she illuminates the space around her. During her two-year run in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Rent, the New York Times called her "incandescent."
Vicki Lawrence :: Mama Knows Best
Vicki Lawrence works to keep Mama up with the times in a new show she brings to Texas this weekend as part of a national tour continuing through the fall.
Alison Amgrim :: Prairie Bitch tells all
Looking for a good summer read? Then pick up Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, Alison Arngrim’s account of growing up in West Hollywood with a closeted dad, enduring sexual abuse by a brother and, most memorably, spending her teen years playing nasty Nellie Oleson on the classic television series Little House on the Prairie. EDGE’s Jim Halterman spoke with Arngrim about her book, her friendships (and non-friendships) with other Little House cast members and her one-woman show.
Life after ’Folk’ for Randy Harrison
If all you know of Randy Harrison is Queer as Folk, you don’t know Randy Harrison. The seasoned stage actor takes to the stage in DC in Shakespeare.
Steven Fales takes the ’Missionary Position’
When he last appeared at NY’s Fringe Festival, Steven Fales introduced his first, hugely successful solo piece about being gay and Mormon. Now he’s back with his second. EDGE spoke Fales about his evolving personal theater pieces.
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Theatre Reviews
La Nouba
La Nouba has added a few new spectacles to its grandeur; for those who enjoy Cirque shows, it’s a must-see performance while vacationing in Orlando.
Liza’s At The Palace
Even non-fans of this über-gay icon will appreciate Liza’s pull-out-the-stops performance, with an added behind-the-scenes discussion of how it all came together. Sheer heaven for any theater queen.
The August Wilson Century Cycle
When August Wilson died two years ago, the American theater lost one of its great voices. A new set that contains the chronicles of plays concerning the African-American experience over the past century offers ample proof of his greatness.
