{"id":91509,"date":"2023-06-04T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=91509"},"modified":"2023-06-04T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T18:04:09","slug":"fking-men-oubliette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2023\/06\/04\/fking-men-oubliette\/","title":{"rendered":"F**king Men &#038; Oubliette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw the US premiere of <strong>Joe DiPietro<\/strong>\u2019s gay adaptation of <strong><em>La Ronde<\/em><\/strong> at West Hollywood\u2019s <em>Celebration Theatre <\/em>back in 2009, I remember being impressed by the witty writing.&nbsp; The <em>Waterloo East Theatre <\/em>asked DiPietro for an update, and he\u2019s again come up with a winner.&nbsp; <strong><em>F**king Men<\/em><\/strong> is playing to sold-out houses, and is as insightful and sharp as ever.&nbsp; It\u2019s clever, touching, funny, and provocative.&nbsp; There remain a few references from the previous version that seem dated (including a discussion about Ecstasy).&nbsp; But with this talented cast of four, the show\u2019s in good hands with nary a weak link, to say nothing of the slick production.&nbsp; It\u2019s allegedly closing on June 18<sup>th<\/sup>, so grab your tickets quickly\u2026if you can.<\/p>\n<p>I also saw a new musical called <strong><em>Oubliette<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 which is French for a pit that prisoners are thrown in with no way out\u2026except straight up.&nbsp; Think of <strong><em>Silence of the Lambs<\/em><\/strong> (\u201cPut the lotion in the basket\u201d).&nbsp; My impression of the show is surely colored by the fact that the venue (<em>The Other Palace<\/em>) was FREEZING!&nbsp; Frankly, I couldn\u2019t wait to leave \u2013 I was virtually hypothermic!&nbsp; The story concerns a peasant boy who is thrown in an oubliette along with some other prisoners and is trying not to go mad.&nbsp; But is it too late?&nbsp; This show has an ending that kinda came out of nowhere and somewhat perplexed me.&nbsp; Not sure what I thought because I couldn\u2019t wait to leave, but the performances were good and the imaginative use of the theatrical tundra was impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw the US premiere of Joe DiPietro\u2019s gay adaptation of La Ronde at West Hollywood\u2019s Celebration Theatre back in 2009, I remember being impressed by the witty writing.&nbsp; The Waterloo East Theatre asked DiPietro for an update, and he\u2019s again come up with a winner.&nbsp; F**king Men is playing to sold-out houses, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91510,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91509\/revisions\/91510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}