SpeakEasy Stage Company’s latest play is Terry McNally’s 2014 Tony Nominee for best play, Mothers & Sons. The 1oo minute perfomance is powerfully touching and may be my favorite play this season from a Boston theater company.
This play is going to speak directly to the LGBT community in a powerful way as the rapid fire dialog between Katharine Gerard and her late son’s partner, Cal, verbally spar as they walk down a painful memory lane. What separates this play from many that address AIDS is that it takes place in present day in Cal’s Manhattan apartment. While Katharine Gerard retains many of her prejudices about homosexuality, she is forced to face how life has changed as she meets Cal’s husband Will Ogden and their inquisitive son, Bud. The show is filled with hilarious quips most often delivered by Katharine Gerard (played by Nancy Carroll). My favorite is when she insists, “Andre wasn’t gay when he came to New York,” Lines like this are interspersed through out the show lightening moments and offering surprising chuckles.
Mothers & Sons opened last week and runs through June 6, 2015 – closing one week prior to Boston Pride. I’d strongly recommend making this a date night with your significant other or with a band of your friends. The play is touching and will evoke emotions for those enough to remember the AIDS Crisis and insight into that struggle for those born after it.
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Miss Coco Peru will be coming to New England later this month with her first stop in a couple weeks at MaineStreet in Ogunquit where she will perform her one woman show, A Gentle Reminder: Coco’s Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life! on Friday, August 28th and Saturday, August 29th.
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