Rudnik's THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD to Bring Much Needed Holiday Merriment to Desert Rose Playhouse
The Desert Rose Playhouse, the Coachella Valley's live stage company serving the LGBT community, brings a little irreverant holiday merriment to Palm Springs as it presents Paul Rudnick's comedy The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. The production opened November 15, 2013 for a five-week run closing on December 22, 2013. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told is the Paul Rudnick's re-imagination of the Old Testament - from a gay point of view. Adam & Steve (played by Ryan Dominguez and Tim McGivney) and Jane & Mabel (played by Wendy Cohen and Lorraine Williamson) are the world's first gay men and women. Adam's curiosity causes them to be banished from the Garden of Eden, so they decide to invent civilization and start by having brunch.
The foursome befriend the animals on Noah's Ark (including a very horny rhino played by Jeremy Johnson), are enslaved by a Fabulous Egyptian Pharaoh (played by Mark Demry) and his Amazonian guards (played by Toni Molano and Phylicia Mason), and meet up again at The Nativity in Bethlehem. Act Two brings us to present day New York City on Christmas Eve where one of the lesbians has a miracle baby. All this is overseen by the Stage Manager (Terry Huber) who may well be God. The play is an affectionate and very funny re-visit to classic Bible stories that looks at love and faith and the meaning of life.
The Desert Rose Playhouse is a project of Desert Rose Productions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation. The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told continues Desert Rose Productions' mission to produce and present literate, relevant and entertaining plays and musicals to LGBT and Gay-Friendly theatregoers in the Coachella Valley.
Tickets are $28 for Friday and Saturday evening performances; $25 for Sunday matinees and are on sale now. To order go online at www.desertroseplayhouse.org or call 760-202-3000.
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