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Terry Baum’s LESBO SOLO: MY TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES THRU 50 YEARS OF GAY LIBERATION Extended at The Marsh
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 17, 2025

Due to popular demand, The Marsh Berkeley has extended Terry Baum’s Lesbo Solo: My True-Life Adventures Thru 50 Years of Gay Liberation through November 30, 2025.

Review: THE RADICALIZATION OF ROLFE at Safehouse Arts
by Steve Murray - May 11, 2025

Andrew Bergh’s The Radicalization of Rolfe, winner of a 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award, might have had its germination by observing the naïve American white males joining the MAGA movement of our current president.

BWW Review: THE CAKE at New Conservatory Theatre Center Is A Smart Dramatization Based On A True Story
by Steve Murray - Nov 8, 2019

BWW Review: THE CAKE at New Conservatory Theatre Center is a smart dramatization based on the true story of a baker who refused to bake a same-sex cake.

BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Ritz Theatre Company is Anything but Tragic
by Amber Kusching - Mar 13, 2018

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet plays through March 25th at Ritz Theatre Company in Haddon Township. For more information about the show and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.ritztheatreco.org/show/shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet/

GayFest NYC Ends Run of MOTHER TONGUE, 5/23
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2010

GAYFEST NYC, Inc., (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Producers), the country's premier producer of new LGBT-themed plays, will close its production of the world premiere of the new play Mother Tongue written by F. J. Hartland with direction by Margarett Perry on May 23.

Photo Flash: Gayfest NYC Presents MOTHER TONGUE
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010

GAYFEST NYC, Inc., (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman,Producers), the country's premier producer of new LGBT-themed plays, continues its FourthAnnual Festival, a five-week event (May 6 - June 6, 2010) filled with new theatre worksspotlighting gay issues, with the world premiere of the new play Mother Tongue written by F. J. Hartland with direction by Margarett Perry.

GayFest NYC Presents MOTHER TONGUE, 5/13-5/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2010

GAYFEST NYC, Inc., (Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, Producers), the country's premier producer of new LGBT-themed plays, continues its Fourth Annual Festival, a five-week event (May 6 - June 6, 2010) filled with new theatre works spotlighting gay issues, with the world premiere of the new play Mother Tongue written by F. J. Hartland with direction by Margarett Perry.

Photo Flash: Sealed for Freshness Stars at the Easter Parade
by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2007

Nancy Hornback, Elizabeth Meadows Rouse and J.J. Van Name, three stars of New World Stages' Sealed for Freshness, recently turned out for New York's Easter Parade.

Sealed for Freshness to Close at New World Stages, 4/29
by BWW News Desk - Mar 29, 2007

Sealed for Freshness, the new Tupperware comedy, written and directed by Doug Stone, will give its final performance on Sunday afternoon, April 29th at 3:00 p.m.

Sealed for Freshness to Raffle Off Tupperware
by BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2007

The producers of the Off-Broadway play Sealed for Freshness, the new Tupperware® comedy, written and directed by Doug Stone, have announced the cast will raffle off assorted Tupperware® items after select performances.

Sealed For Freshness: Giving Bad Taste a Bad Name
by Michael Dale - Feb 25, 2007

'I write plays for people who hate theatre,' says playwright Doug Stone. Well, if I had to spend my time watching plays of the embarrassingly low quality of his Tupperware comedy it wouldn't be long before I fit comfortably within his desired demographic.

Photo Flash: Sealed for Freshness in Previews
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2007

Sealed for Freshness, the new Tupperware comedy written and directed by Doug Stone, began performances at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street) on Thursday, February 15, 2007

Casting Announced for Off-Broadway's Sealed for Freshness
by BWW News Desk - Feb 12, 2007

Casting is complete for Sealed for Freshness, the new Tupperware comedy, written and directed by Doug Stone. Performances begin at New World Stages on Thursday, February 15, 2007