[DAC] OUT on the Edge Festival: The Theater Offensive

[Aliza Shapiro]

here are the shows the theater offensive has starting TONIGHT!

Oedipus at Palm Springs
created by the Five Lesbian Brothers
Starring Moe Angelos (Original Cast) and the Ladies Auxiliary: Karen 
“Mal” Malme, Linda Monchik, Brigid O’Connor and Vanessa Soto
Directed by Kate Caffrey
October 25-28, 2007

Off-Broadway Smash Hit!
A sexy new take on a crusty old play. Lesbian couples at a California 
resort test the boundaries with drunken encounters! Will one of them 
actually sleep with…gasp!…her own mother?! Oedipus at Palm Springs 
examines the messy realities of sex, motherhood, passion and long term 
commitment. Comedy so brave it will leave you not only shaken but 
stirred. T&A included. “Brave, funny and quite lovable!”–New York Times
	
Presented by The Theater Offensive as part of the Out On the Edge 
festival of Queer Theater.

Location: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Tickets: www.bostontheatrescene.com • 617.933.8600 Reserved Tix $20-48
Times: Th 7.30, Fri & Sat 8pm, Matinee: Sat 4pm, Sun 2pm
More info: www.thetheateroffensive.org


John Kelly in
Paved Paradise: The Songs of Joni Mitchell
November 1-4, 2007

“Worshipful and Uproarious! Lovingly devastating.”—New York Times
“Downright inspired! An homage that transcends!”—Daily News	

A poignant homage to the legendary folk-rock diva, lovingly performed by 
one of New York’s most talented multimedia artists. Award-winning John 
Kelly masterfully inhabits Joni’s personae and sings with an uncanny 
likeness to the smoky soprano herself. Too exquisite to be camp–too 
improbable to be anything else! After seeing the show, Joni herself told 
the New York Times: “I was braced for a lampooning…I didn't expect to be 
so touched.”

“Haunting crystalline countertenor is somewhere between male and female, 
human and angel.”–New York Magazine

Presented by The Theater Offensive as part of the Out On the Edge 
festival of Queer Theater.

Location: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Tickets: www.bostontheatrescene.com • 617.933.8600 Reserved Tix $20-48
Times: Th 7.30, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm
More info: www.thetheateroffensive.org


ALL THE KINGS MEN Curve Magazine’s  “Best Lesbian Theatre Award”!
November 2 & 3, 2007
World Premiere!

Boston Phoenix’s “Best Kept Secret” raises the bar for drag-king 
entertainment in this steamy new club act where provocative satire 
collides with sexy moves. Dare to experience these gender-bending, hot, 
flirtatious characters like never before! Oh, what a THRILLER!  “Superb 
comic storytelling!” –Curve Magazine

Presented by The Theater Offensive as part of the Out On the Edge 
festival of Queer Theater.

Location: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Tickets: www.bostontheaterscene.com • 617.933.8600 General Admission $25
Times: Fri & Sat 10pm
More Info: www.thetheateroffensive.org


in association with Pearl Productions
David Parker and the Bang Group
Nut/cracked
November 7-11, 2007

Back by Popular Demand!
Definitely not your grandmother’s Nutcracker! The Bang Group takes every 
little girl’s favorite Christmas show and tears it limb from limb, with 
hilarious new twists for 2007! Mixing Tchaikovsky’s original score with 
more contemporary music, the company turns the sugarcoated ballet into a 
beautifully executed piece of irreverent dance theatre. Whether you love 
or hate the original, this playful riff is brilliant for adults, 
rib-tickling for kids!  “The Nutcracker on crack!”—The New York Times

Presented by The Theater Offensive as part of the Out On the Edge 
festival of Queer Theater.

Location: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Tickets: www.bostontheaterscene.com • 617.933.8600 Reserved Tix $20-48
Times: Weds & Thurs 7.30, Fri & Sat 8pm, Matinee: Sat 3pm
More Info: www.thetheateroffensive.org