Peter Depp

Regional Premiere of LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Opens in Murfreesboro Thursday 8/23

Curtain goes up Thursday night, August 23, on the regional premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, directed by George W. Manus Jr. for Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main. Guirgis' 2005 play uses flashbacks to an imagined childhood and lawyers who call for the testimonies of such witnesses as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud, Pontius Pilate and Satan.

BWW Reviews: Browder Directs Proud Revival of THE BOYS IN THE BAND For Out Front on Main

There's not a lot to be proud of in Crowley's epochal play that made history as the first piece for mainstream theater to look at homosexuality with a clear, if assuredly off-putting, gaze. The playwright took off the rose-colored glasses that his character Emory would likely have worn to present a no-holds-barred examination of the modern homosexual's manners and sexual mores that now come across as a shocking blend of witheringly disdainful glances, the then-surprising and liberal use of expletives, and the evisceration of the modern gay man's voyeuristic and wanton interactions.

BWW Interviews: THE BOYS IN THE BAND Cast Takes On The Friday Five On A Thursday

Director Richard W. Browder (who plays Bernard) directs a cast that includes Asa Ambrister, Patrick Goedicke, George W. Manus Jr., Thomas Prunier, Ryan Vogel, Zach Parker, Peter Depp (from the Sundance Channel's Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys) and Blair Thompson (who took to his dressing room and refused to answer our questions-well, not really, but it sounds more interesting than "he missed the deadline, apparently.")

STAGE TUBE: BOYS IN THE BAND Commemorates Pride Month at Out Front On Main

The Boys in the Band-Mart Crowley's trenchant comedy about the gay community, circa 1968-is revived at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main Inc. as part of its celebration of Pride Month in the university town, running June 7-17 at the theater, located at 1511 E. Main Street.

Out Front On Main Celebrates Pride Month With THE BOYS IN THE BAND 6/7-17

The Boys in the Band-Mart Crowley's trenchant comedy about the gay community, circa 1968-is revived at Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main Inc. as part of the celebration of Pride Month in the university town, running June 7-17 at the theater, located at 1511 E. Main Street. D. Richard Browder directs-and does double-duty, playing Bernard-the play which is presented Thursday through Sunday evenings, with a 7:30 p.m. curtain nightly. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students and seniors.