Flamboyant sexuality is in, what with Michael Douglas set to play LIberace in a movie about the extreme entertainer's life, and "Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the Musical" on Broadway. I spotted the hit years ago when I saw it in Sydney Australia, and told my Boardway producer friends to mount it! This morning, after the roal wedding kisses, Drama Desk award nominations were announced at the Friars Club, with Priscilla agrnering some (wellearned!). My psychological interpretation: them ore stressed out lide, the more extremem we need our entertainment escapes.
Similarly we are not holding back with words - given the Boradway play title, "Motherfu-ker with a Hat"- who would have thought we could put that on a marquee? Viev Shreiber, who announced the nominees, with Audra McDonald, let the word roll of his tongue with aplomb, while the gathered audience giggled.
Shrieber also got laighs when he referred ot himself as the "Jackie Chan of Yiddish theatre."
As is psychologically typical, opposites create balance, so Broadway also has thought-provoking fare, like a revival of Sharkespear's Merchant of Venice (with Al Pacino).
Surprise that the Trey Parker and Matt Stone of TV satire are now on the Broadway boards, with the Book of Mormon... Let that be an inspiration to you that you can transfer your skills, and do anything.