First off, we all know director Michael Kahn’s work on the classics from Shakespeare Theatre Company where he is the Artistic Director and has been since its beginning. Now that I’ve given you a general plot synopsis it’s time to talk about everything that makes this production a must go to show. Todd Lawson as Ed, Brandon Uranowitz as Arnold, Michael Lee Brown as David. You can only imagine where this is going as Ma is an old school Jewish mother that says she has accepted Arnold’s lifestyle but in reality she has not. When Arnold’s Ma (Gordana Rashovich) comes for a visit, we find out that Arnold has been telling her that David is his roommate and not his adopted son. Arnold has adopted David as a kind of therapy after Alan was the fatality of a gay bashing outside of their apartment building. Arnold had adopted a sixteen year old troubled teen named David (Michael Lee Brown) and Ed is staying with them after something that happened between him and Laurel (not telling). Part three called Widows and Children First! takes place five years later. There is a strange turn of events in this part of the show, but I’m not telling. I should point out that Ed is quite uncomfortable while Laurel thinks it’s a good idea. The scenario is that Laurel and Ed have invited Arnold and Alan to their house for the weekend in Upstate NY. Arnold now has a new boyfriend named Alan (Alex Mills) and Ed is now married to Laurel (Sarah Grace Wilson). Part two which is entitled Fugue in a Nursery takes place one year later.
…still as important as it was when it first premiered After dating for a while this does not go over well with Arnold as you can imagine. Through the eyes of his leading character, we follow Arnold Beckoff (Brandon Uranowitz) from working in a seedy nightclub called The International Stud as a drag queen through falling in love with Ed (Todd Lawson) who we later find out is bi-sexual. The playwright/actor was Harvey Fierstein and this was the play that elevated him to stardom. If a particular production can gage how a whole theatre season is going to be, then Torch Song Trilogy at Studio Theatre tells us that it is going to be a fantastic year of theatre here in DC.ģ3 years ago a gravelly voiced playwright and actor burst onto Broadway with a potent look at living in NYC as a homosexual.
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