All Stories About Charles Ludlam

Everett Quinton: Humble, Hard-Working, Never Less Than Fabulous

In Memoriam January 30, 2023 Thomas Keith Leave a comment

Inheriting the Ridiculous Theatrical Company from his lover, Charles Ludlam, Quinton carved his own beloved niche in the theatre pantheon.

How Split Britches Joined Lesbian Performance With the Avant-Garde

January 2014, Theatre History January 16, 2014 Alexis Clements Leave a comment

At the seminal WOW Cafe and beyond, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver have inspired generations of theatremakers with their seriously playful hybrid of vaudeville, drag, and postmodern appropriation.

The Performance of Mourning

Critic's Notebook, January 1993 January 1, 1993 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment

The theatre of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, a traveling graveyard that combines monumentality with patchwork and reimagines the connection between politics and the sacred.