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Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman
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Benefiting the Harvey Milk High School scholarship fund
“Fabulous Entertainment!”
The New York Times
FOURTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
Professional productions of new LGBT-themed plays
MAY 6 – JUNE 6, 2010
May 6 – May 16
(U.S. Premiere)
ROMEO AND HAMLET
by R. JONATHAN CHAPMAN and KEVIN STEFAN
directed by SIDNEY J. BURGOYNE
May 13 – May 23
(World Premiere)
MOTHER TONGUE
by F.J. HARTLAND
directed by MARGARETT PERRY
May 20 – June 5
(New York Premiere)
THE LEGACY
by ADAM SIEGEL
directed by MARTIN CASELLA
May 27– June 6
(World Premiere)
THIS ONE GIRL’S STORY
(inspired by the proud life of Sakia Gunn)
book by BIL WRIGHT
music & lyrics by DIONNE McCLAIN-FREENEY
directed and choreographed by DEVANAND JANKI
ABINGDON THEATRE ARTS COMPLEX
312 West 36th Street, New York City
SPECIAL EVENT
MAY 24 – 26, 2010
(World Premiere)
The Sensational YouTube Series Comes to Life on Stage!
STEVE HAYES: TIRED OLD QUEEN AT THE MOVIES: LIVE!
with JOHN BIXLER and VERY SPECIAL GUEST STARS (to be announced)
directed by VINCENT J. CARDINAL
Steve Hayes’ very popular YouTube series comes to life on stage! Steve offers the dish on the classic movies we thought we knew and most likely didn’t. How they were made, why they’re classic, and what happens when they become the fixation of a little gay boy from upstate New York who was “raised by Warner Brothers.”
Veteran gay character actor and old movie lover Steve Hayes brings his hugely successful YouTube show to the stage in a special live edition for GAYFEST NYC. Along with his friend and co-host John “Johnny” Bixler, Steve offers up tantalizing “tidbits” concerning the classic films he knows and loves. The plots, the stars, the studios, the directors, the technical problems, the controversies, the rumors, the scandals and the inevitable truths, all come under his scrutiny in 90 minutes of laughter and revealing insights as only Steve Hayes can offer; sometimes personal, sometimes profound, and always full of humor. Steve will knock you out and then you’ll see Stars!
Steve Hayes is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer, as well as the host of the classic movie review/comedy show: “STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies,” which is seen weekly around the world on YouTube. As an actor, he recently starred in The Big Gay Musical directed by Casper Andreas and in Fine Line Features motion picture trick directed by Jim Fall and starring Tori Spelling and Christian Campbell. He performed his one-person show STEVE HAYES’ Hollywood Reunion directed by Vincent J. Cardinal to sold-out audiences at GAYFEST NYC 2008. Steve is a nine-time nominee and three-time winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs MAC Award for Outstanding Comedian and Characterization. He is also the recipient of the Backstage Bistro Award for Comedy Performer of the Year and is a six-time recipient of the ASCAP Popular Music Award.
The not-for-profit GAYFEST NYC, Inc. is an Off Broadway theatre company in New York City that nurtures playwrights and develops new LGBT plays and musicals for world stages and film and television production.
One mission of the organization is to provide in-school mentoring, elective programs and scholarships for students of Harvey Milk High School, a fully-accredited, inclusive, voluntary New York City public high school focusing on the educational needs of students who are in crisis or at risk of physical violence and/or emotional harm in a traditional educational environment.
Since June 2007, GAYFEST NYC, Inc. has presented twenty-three scholarships to graduating seniors and has initiated and financed programming, including the current professionally-taught Playwriting class that has become one of the most popular accredited elective classes at the school.
We'd love you to join us in our quest to make GAYFEST NYC, Inc. one of the most highly-supported LGBT organizations in the country. We are a NYS 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation so all contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
If you'd like to make a personal contribution earmarked especially for the scholarship fund, please click the tab on the left marked "Harvey Milk High School."
