Playing for laughs and love
Apr 23, 2021 |
Gregg Shapiro | Contributing Writer
Jeffrey and
Sister Act,
Social Disease and
I’ll Take It (my personal favorite), Rudnick has kept us in stitches from start to finish.
Combining wit and wisdom, Rudnick also gives us much to think about while we are laughing. His new novel,
Playing The Palace (Berkley/Jove, 2021), is no exception, and it couldn’t be more timely: Nice, gay, Jewish, New Jersey guy Carter has an unexpected encounter with nice, gay, British royal Prince Edgar, and a regal love affair is launched, presented in true rom-com fashion.
Rudnick was kind enough to answer a few questions shortly before the May 2021 publication of the book.
Northlight Interplay
Northlight Theatre s Interplay New Play Development Program virtual readings continue with Wright/Rand, a two-hander by Jeffrey Hatcher and Eric Simonson. The play is about the friendship between architect Frank Lloyd Wright and writer/philosopher Ayn Rand whose The Fountainhead protagonist was inspired by Wright. Artistic director BJ Jones plays Wright opposite Tracy Michelle Arnold s Rand. David Ira Goldstein directs.
Premieres at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18, followed by a live, post-show discussion. Available on demand through Thursday, April 22. Admission is free, but donations are accepted and registration is required. See northlight.org/events/interplay-wright-rand.
Women of Steel
Steel Beam Theatre continues its Women of Steel series with a virtual performance devoted to Amelia Earhart. Leslie Goddard portrays the famed aviator. The first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, Earhart disappeared while attempting a solo flight around the wo
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