• Issue Archive for
  • Jul 15-21, 2009
  • Vol. 22, No. 18

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  • The Little Dog Laughed is a smart satire about a closeted actor in love

    The Little Dog Laughed is a smart, sophisticated satire about a gay Hollywood actor who wants to come out, but who is pressured by his flamboyant and high-powered lesbian agent to stay in. It's also about the relationship this actor has with a young New York hustler, and about the woman this hustler has been intermittently sleeping with. Douglas Carter Beane's play is scathingly original, fearlessly explicit -- it includes full male nudity -- and about as wise about Hollywood cynicism as anything I've come across since I read Theresa Rebeck's Free Fire Zone. It's also the occasion for two wonderful performances: Julie Rowe as super-cynical agent Diane, and Nick Horan as ambivalent prostitute Alex. The play is very funny, very in-the-know, and focused on an area of Hollywood anthropology ignored by other Lotusland dramas like Hurlyburly and Speed-the-Plow. Author Beane is a formidable writer, whose wit is as sharp as any other contemporary playwright's. Even if you're not interested in gay mores among the glitterati, you'll find lots to admire in this ever-eloquent comedy.

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