Author Archives: Emily Garside

The Boys in the Band is known for being the “first gay play”. Obviously not the first by any stretch it was however the first commercially successful, and if you will ‘mainstream’ gay play. It also was one of few to reach that status before the AIDS epidemic hit, and changed the gay community, andContinueContinue reading “The Boys in the Band (Review)”

It’s taken me two weeks to write this. Two weeks since I personally said goodbye to this production, and to this play for whoever knows how long. Long before I got on a plane and traveled halfway across the world for it, I asked myself how do you say goodbye? To a production that’s spentContinueContinue reading “The World Only Spins Forward”

“More Life” Revisiting revival It’s a rare luxury to revisit any theatre production later in its life. More so to see an evolved production. That’s what visiting Angels on Broadway feels like. They are of course the same production…but not. This is a production that has ‘flown home’ and now exists before a home crowdContinueContinue reading “More life! Angels in America on Broadway”

It’s taken me two weeks to write this. Two weeks since I personally said goodbye to this production, and to this play for whoever knows how long. Long before I got on a plane and traveled halfway across the world for it, I asked myself how do you say goodbye? To a production that’s spentContinueContinue reading “The World Only Spins Forward- saying goodbye to Angels”

It’s taken me two weeks to write this. Two weeks since I personally said goodbye to this production, and to this play for whoever knows how long. Long before I got on a plane and traveled halfway across the world for it, I asked myself how do you say goodbye? To a production that’s spentContinueContinue reading “The World Only Spins Forward- saying goodbye to Angels”

The Boys in the Band is known for being the “first gay play”. Obviously not the first by any stretch it was however the first commercially successful, and if you will ‘mainstream’ gay play. It also was one of few to reach that status before the AIDS epidemic hit, and changed the gay community, andContinueContinue reading “The Boys in the Band”

The next few blogs will be recapping my recent New York trip. None are real ‘reviews’ for various reasons.The first because it was a benefit reading for The New Group. Announced just a few days before I left, and in a wildly reckless scramble for tickets I booked. A scramble from the plane, to hotelContinueContinue reading “The Destiny of Me (The New Group Benefit Reading)”

Six months ago I did a rash thing and booked tickets for Angels on Broadway. I say a rash thing, the moment we knew it was going to New York my Mum immediately said ‘we’ll have to go’. I’m starting this blog, written just an hour before I leave for the airport, by saying howContinueContinue reading “More Life! (one last time)”

This blog is going to be about Angels, and why being the most nominated play in Tony history is important. But it’s also a little bit personal. The Tony’s have book-ended my Theatre Nerd career, and so my research career.When I was 18 I flew to New York the night the Tony’s were happening. ItContinueContinue reading “More (Tony award) Life!”

This blog is going to be about Angels, and why being the most nominated play in Tony history is important. But it’s also a little bit personal. The Tony’s have book-ended my Theatre Nerd career, and so my research career.When I was 18 I flew to New York the night the Tony’s were happening. ItContinueContinue reading “More (Tony award) Life!”