Temperamentals

Playing until August 23rd, The Temperamentals is the true story of the creation of American's first gay rights group.

Ryan J. Davis: Off Broadway Shows To See 2009

"The Temperamentals," which suffers from some of the same faults as "Next Fall" but has the distinct advantage of being intelligent and, up to a point, unpredictable.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

No sooner does "The Temperamentals" become an episode of "Great Gays in History" than it grows painfully preachy, but until then it's a sharp-witted snapshot of a life that few who didn't live it can imagine.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

The five main characters of "The Temperamentals" are the founders of the Mattachine Society, one of America's first pro-gay organizations, and in the first act Mr. Marans introduces us to these cautious, ever-watchful men, portraying them so shrewdly and sympathetically that you want to know much, much more about the way they lived then.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

The five main characters of "The Temperamentals" are the founders of the Mattachine Society, one of America's first pro-gay organizations, and in the first act Mr. Marans introduces us to these cautious, ever-watchful men, portraying them so shrewdly and sympathetically that you want to know much, much more about the way they lived then.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

I know that critics are supposed to review the show they saw, not the one they'd rather have seen, but I wish that Mr. Marans had dumped the second act of "The Temperamentals" and turned the first act into a full-length black comedy of manners about life in the Eisenhower-era closet.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

The Temperamentals: A fascinating Mad Men-esq look at Harry Hay, an often forgotten character in gay history, and the early Los Angeles gay rights movement.

Ryan J. Davis: Best Theatre of 2009 2010

I know that critics are supposed to review the show they saw, not the one they'd rather have seen, but I wish that Mr. Marans had dumped the second act of "The Temperamentals" and turned the first act into a full-length black comedy of manners about life in the Eisenhower-era closet.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

No sooner does "The Temperamentals" become an episode of "Great Gays in History" than it grows painfully preachy, but until then it's a sharp-witted snapshot of a life that few who didn't live it can imagine.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010

"The Temperamentals," which suffers from some of the same faults as "Next Fall" but has the distinct advantage of being intelligent and, up to a point, unpredictable.

Dude, Where's My God? Terry Teachout 2010