Review

LES FEMMES QUI BURLESQUE

Burlesque (noun—Merriam Webster's DeLuxe Dictionary): "Theatrical entertainment of broadly humorous, often earthy character, consisting of short turns...." Burlesque (verb, transitive): "To imitate in a humorous manner." "Les trois femmes" fulfill both definitions with the title of their divertissement. Got a Left Bank longing? Craving cabaret? In the mood ...

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

Lorna Luft has come a long way from the days of Grease 2. Behind the glistening Sandra Dee smile of this girl-next-door was the potential for something much greater. Though Luft's endless list of credits in every medium is mind-boggling, widespread fame has thus far eluded this showbiz baby ...

Stage Spot

Before there was Coco Peru—transvestite gamine and peerless storyteller—there was Coco Peru's first show. "I started with an idea. I had done a one-person show as myself, which was weird, then I got inspired by drag and I thought, That's what I am. I really had ...

Fish Out Of Water In Shark City

Jordan Limpsky is different from the other twenty-something wannabes in upwardly mobile L.A., or at least, that's what Vanity Fair writer Alison Van Saint (Mim Drew) is trying to convince him.

Back of the Throat

A cautionary noir for our times,Back of the Throatdelves into the murky world of a government investigation of a naturalized American citizen.

CHRISTMASTIME IS QUEER AGAIN

The Playwrights 6 scribes have prepared a follow-up to Christmastime is Queer, last December's anthology of short plays, which proved deliriously gay in all senses of the word. There are charming moments and winning performances in this new fare, but it's less satisfying than was last year's ...

Sixteen Wounded

Presented by Jujamcyn Theaters, Producers Four, and Robert G. Bartner in association with Debra Black, Lisa Vioni, and Michael Watt, casting by Jay Binder/Jack Bowdan, at the Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48 St., NYC. Opened April 15, closing April 25.

Fornicationally Challenged

Having sex--and being able to really enjoy it--may not seem daunting for the generation raised in the era of AIDS, safe sex, and preintercourse discussion and disclosure.

Notes to the Motherland

Presented by and at 78th Street Theatre Lab, 236 W. 78 St., NYC, Sept. 25-Oct. 12.

SPIC CHIC

Presented by and at Nuyorican Poet's Café, 236 E. Third St., NYC, July 25-Aug. 3.