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332-0071 Houston Gay Men's Chorus Reaches Funding Halfway Point I'm not you're style? Then call these Hot Horny Studs! January 17 Sufte't S~ S~! With MC Lauren Taylor and Special Guests Essence DeVille and Ashley Collins MANWATCH STEAK NIGHT MANWATCH $1 WELL& VIP DANCERS 25¢ DRAFT 6-8 PM VIP DANCERS BEER & MORE SPECIALS 6 PM-CLOSE OPEN-CLOSE WHEEL SPECIALS SPECIALS 6 PM-CLOSE OPEN UNTIL SUPER 2-11 PM, $1 WELL& CLOSE, $1 WELL & SUNDAY WET $1 WELL& BEER MANWATCH BEER SHOW UNDERWEAR MALE AMATEUR BEER 10 PM-11 PM DANCERS 6-9 PM, FREE 11:30 PM CONTEST STRIP CONTEST, NACHA 10 PM-11 PM 25¢ DRAFT 12:30AM 25¢ DRAFT 10 PM-11 PM TYPE'S SHOW BUFFET OPEN-CLOSE OPEN-CLOSE 12 AM 5 PM-UNTIL VOLUME 24, NUMBER 46 JANUARY IS-JANUARY 21, 1999 THEATRE Love! Valour! 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Houston-Brian Keever TWT© 1999 Miles - Gellman Enterprises Published by Texas Weekly Times Newspaper Company Represented Nationally by Rivendell Marketing Co., Inc .• 212-242-6863 erhaps church would be infinitely more Ppopular if there were always naked men in the chapel. At least, that might get my head off the pillow and into a hymnal more often. The reason I bring this up is to over the years. the odd juxtaposition of Terrence McNally's As Arthur, Graner delivers another great Love! Va/our! Compassion! in all its gay, turn in a much-deserved, more substantial nude glory with a theatre housed in what role than he had in the wonderful Cole appears to have been a church chapel or Porter tribute, Night and Day. His interac- auditorium at one point in its existence. tion with Camp's Perry was not only believ- Even if it wasn't, the space gives off the aura of past performances of faith healers laying hands on the sick and crippled, whereas tonight's show begins with Ramon laying hands inside Bobby's pants. For those of you unfamiliar with any of the stagings or the recent motion picture made from McNally's wonderfully insightful play, Love! chronicles the lives of eight gay men and their three summer holiday visits to a country home in upstate New York, owned by dancer/choreographer extraordi- naire Gregory (Dennis Canright) and his blind lover, Bobby (Robert G. Shores). Their guests for the summer include two conservative lovers, Arthur (Stan Graner) and Perry (Todd Camp); a show tune-lovin' queen, Buzz (Steve Garrett); romantic Brit James and his evil twin, John (Kenny Green); and John's studly boy-toy, Ramon (Eddie Zertuche). Over the course of the summer, the lives of each man is changed in some way through outward circum- stance, inner growth or a combination of the two. The plot, for the most part, is inconse- quential. The power of this play lies almost exclusively with its characters and their portrayals and the Fort Worth Theatre cast is more than able to tackle the complex roles with professionalism, wit and humility. Eddie Zertuche as Ramon and Robert Shores as Bobby in Love! Va/our! Compassion! at Fort Leading the pack is Garrett, who deliv- Worth Theatre. ers such a carefree, second-nature perfor- mance that it's hard to imagine him being able, but had the awkward tension which any different from Buzz in real life. Dead- can only be produced by bickering lovers. on timing and stellar stage presence keep Kudos must also go to Camp for tackling the material fresh and funny, no matter his part with nasty bitterness, perfectly por- how many incarnations you've been privy traying one of those difficult queens we all TWT JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21 1999 PAGE 9 want to slap around a little. For the show's other acid-spitter, Green chooses campy melodrama for his embod- iment of John. That isn't to say we don't all know a few people like him, as well. Perhaps John is played a little more over- the-top to contrast with his kinder, gentler brother James. As a result, the dual role succeeds and Green is more than deft at alternating characters at lightning speed. Canright produces a believable stutter so unnerving that without prior knowledge about his character, it would be easy to empathize with him for having a bad case of stage fright. The fact that it is, indeed, acting makes it applaudable. Shores and Zertuche transcend their good looks with portrayals of depth and emotion. As Bobby, Shores does blind sur- prisingly well and Zertuche tackles naive Ramon with great abandon. Bobby's guilt and Ramon's lack thereof make for inter- esting interactions after the two share a creamy tryst in front of the refrigerator late one night. Overall, the performances are incredible for a small theatre company. Director Steven Alan McGaw elicits believable emotion in a well-paced, well-blocked manner that keeps the material lively and full of energy. For only his second foray into directing for this theatre, he proves that he can handle a complex, layered play with marvelous dexterity. The only misfortune of the production is in its program, where the heterosexuality of two cast members has to be on-so-sub- tly heralded in their bios. I doubt the same mantra of machismo would be made if this were Othello or something. We all know you're actors and just because you're frol- Sunday, January 24 icking naked with real gay men won't make Jerry Ramsey of us hit on you after the show. Believe me. All in all, Love! Valour! Compassion! Midnight Productions deserves your attention. For everyone in presents Fort Worth, there's no excuse for not see- The Offidal Mn Gay ing this presentation. It's affordable and close to home. If you're making the 90-mile Houston USofA Pageant round-trip trek from the Oak Lawn area, it's • definitely worth it, just plan accordingly and Staning eat beforehand. It isn't nice to jump on- stage and eat the prop food. Mr. Gay Texas USofA CJ.llrooks Love! Valour! Compassion! continues its • run at Fort Worth Theatre in Orchestra For More Infonnation Call Hall, 4401 Trail Lake Drive with perfor- CJ. Brooks at (713)861·7545 or mances at 8:15 p.m. each Friday and Saturday through January 23. Tickets are Craig Henderson at (713)944-6176 After 4pm $10 and can be reserved by calling (817)921-5300. ~ TWT JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21 1999 olution. Smoking even a few "butts" a day can hurt Nicotine patches help withdrawal of the your health. If you drop the number of cig- drug by releasing a steady stream of nico- arettes in your daily dose, you will eventu- tine through the skin into the blood, where ally begin to increase the number of butts it eventually winds up in the brain. Patches puffed. Also, the low tar cigarettes are a are available over the counter and require bad choice to switch to. First, you still are no prescription. They have few side effects smoking.
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