| May 12, 2010 | ||
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Starring Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie, The Temperamentals is a historical drama that centers on the life of gay rights pioneers Harry Hay and designer Rudi Gernreich. The show is equal parts tender love story, Hollywood expose and provocative think piece.
Lauded as The New York Times CRITICS’ PICK, The Temperamentals is proud to offer a special discount wherein $5.00 per ticket sold will be donated to Bergen PFLAG.
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The Temperamentals
New World Stages
340 West 50th Street, NYC
“Temperamental” was code for “homosexual” in the early 1950’s, part of a created language of secret words that gay men used to communicate. The Temperamentals tells the story of two men – the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich – as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the pre-Stonewall United States.”Starring Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie, The Temperamentals is a historical drama that centers on the life of gay rights pioneer Harry Hay and designer Rudi Gernreich. The show is equal parts tender love story, Hollywood expose, and provocative think piece.” – Out Magazine
“An eye-opening chunk of forgotten political history from the pre-Stonewall ’50s – wears its significance with offhand grace and an altogether endearing yet unsentimental heart. At the center are married Communist activist Harry Hay and budding fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, clandestine lovers in Hollywood who co-founded daring gay-rights group called the Mattachines. Jonathan Silverstein’s impeccably dressed production manages to tell a straightforward story with emotional lushness. Jon Marans writes in a style that combines savvy context and ascending flights of bittersweet fabulousness.”
- Linda Winer, Newsday
“Documenting the 1952 pre-Stonewall history of the gay rights movement, THE TEMPERAMENTALS is a wholly engrossing drama that moves far beyond the category of ‘gay theatre’.” – OUT One Hundred, 2010
Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm
Sundays at 3pm and 7pm
Monday, Thursday and Friday at 8pm
On Mondays, audiences are invited to stay for a special post-show discussion.
The Temperamentals – Play, Drama
“With style and a sense of humor, The Temperamentals mixes meat-and-potatoes political content with campy comedy and unexpected bursts of emotional candor.” – Time Out. Critics hail The Temperamentals as intelligent, political, witty, moving, wise, and most importantly, entertaining. It tells the story of a group of courageous men who joined together to build the Mattachine Society, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The play features the intimate and complex relationship between Harry Hay and young fashion designer Rudy Gernreich, set against the backdrop of 1950’s Hollywood and the McCarthy era.
Venue:
New World Stages / Stage 5
340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues
New York NY 10019
Running Time:
2 hours and 15 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission
Audience:
May be inappropriate for 12 and under.
Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
