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Bathsheba Doran

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My Theatrical Favorites of 2015:  The Mystery of Love & Sex (Lincoln Center Theatre)

This is my blog and I do what I want, so here is my 2015 theater round-up, 1.5 months late. 

I saw 105 professional theater productions this year, and that’s before I count friends’ shows and special events and things like Ars Nova Showgasms and 54 Below concerts. It was a great year of theater; insert standard disclaimer here that there is A LOT missing from this list.

In no particular order:

1. On the Town: this revival was pure joy, and it was the first show I saw in 2015 that I loved with every fiber of my being, with zero reservation. (Shortly after, You Can’t Take It With You inspired similar feelings.) 

2. Significant Other: I love this play so much. It got inside me and squeezed my heart hard in a visceral, painful, joyful way. And it’s also just so fucking well-written. (I feel similarly, and almost as strongly, about The Mystery of Love and Sex.)

3. The Heidi Chronicles: this has been one of my very few favorite plays for around a decade. Seeing it, finally, was indescribable. Elisabeth Moss was perfect. 

4. Hamilton: do I have to elaborate? 

5. What You Will: I saw Bedlam’s two productions of Twelfth Night in one day, and it was one of the most exhilarating days of theater of my life. Of the two, I loved this one a little bit more. I never cared strongly about Toby and Maria, until they were both played as women. That choice blew open their entire subplot for me. 

6. John: the best way to start the 16-17 season. I was enchanted and riveted by every minute of this strange, magical play. 

7. Cloud Nine: I had never seen or read this play before the Atlantic production, and I walked out feeling as though I had had a religious experience. 

8. Cymbeline/The Odyssey: these two productions were the perfect embodiment of everything I treasure about Shakespeare in the Park. So much happiness. 

9. Guards at the Taj: I love Rajiv Joseph, but he often doesn’t stick the landing. In this play, does he ever. 

10. Men on Boats: This was the first year I saw any Clubbed Thumb Summerworks shows, and I saw all three. This one was my favorite, and also generally one of the more exciting and inspiring new pieces of theater I’ve seen in a while. I’m so happy it’s coming back this year. 

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Theater: Not So Mysterious "Love & Sex;" Brilliant "Octoroon"

Oh my god it was so good! It was called The Mystery of Love & Sex!  

And it was about about coming to terms with your sexuality.  And your family’s reactions to it, both good and bad.  And it talks about internalized misogyny and racism.  And then it talks about changing once you’ve realized it.  Also it talks about religion and how that relates to being gay. and they even used the term bisexual!!! (though neither of the characters turned out to be bi, but whatever its great!)