With the moon in Gemini and the sun in Sagittarius, we’re finding a balance between sorting through the little details and steps, and establishing an overarching vision for our future.Īt the same time, it’s easy to feel mentally distracted or pulled in different directions under these moonbeams. You may also feel called to take action on one of your ideas, or perhaps witness something you dreamed up around the new moon in Gemini (on June 18) now come to fruition. Thanks to Gemini’s dichotomous nature (it’s the sign of the twins, after all), you may come to important decisions ready and willing to consider all possibilities. During this full moon in Gemini, ongoing conversations and discussions may reach a climax. Ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication and information, Gemini is a mutable air sign known for its curiosity, versatility, and ability to chat and charm. Highlighting the Sagittarius-Gemini axis, this lunation will turn our attention toward our communication, dissemination of information, and perspective. ROCK THIS BEAR! Meet Jaime Santiago, Mr.We’ve only just entered Sagittarius season, but it’s coming in hot: A full moon in Gemini arrives on November 27 at 4:16 a.m.ONLY HER HAIRDRESSER KNOWS FOR SURE? A New Insight Into Marilyn Monroe's Last Days.WHAT'S BETTER THAN PANCAKES? "PANCAKES IN PARIS"!.PAPA KNOWS BEST! An Interview With Mark Anthony "Papa Bear" Caruso!."THE STRONG ONES" ("LOS FUERTES"): Movie Review.SEX WORK/SEX PLAY Gets World Premiere in NYC!.THE AFTER DARK DIARIES: BLUE MOVIE in March, Candy Samples Gets BITTERSWEET in April, POOR LIFE CHOICES on 4/20, and new classic EIGHT TALES OF PEDRO on Cinco de Mayo!.and Loving It! Ivo Dimchev Comes To NYC's La Mama! SUE MATSUKI'S HEP HAPPY HOLIDAY at Pangea!.Francis’ sexual feelings culminate with a seduction scene (partially off-stage) that’s more odd than sexy. (Francis makes constant remarks about how he is “fat”, but given Reid’s trim physique, we have to assume Francis may be suffering from body dysmorphia before there was a name for it.) Francis, however, is resistant to Judith’s affections, partially because… well, he has romantic inclinations towards the blandly attractive Randy. We learn later that Francis and the posturing intellectual Judith had a fling during the semester, and Judith still harbors an unlikely crush on Francis: She sees through the young man’s sullen disposition and low self-esteem to envision a kindred spirit. Embarrassed by his working class background and his blue-collar dad ( David Nikolas), Francis is reluctant to let the siblings stay over– but his father (also named Francis, but called “Fran” for short) insists that the presumably rich “white kids” stay. Soon afterward, the soon-to-be birthday boy finds his already tense world disrupted by the surprise arrival of two Ivy League classmates: the well-to-do WASP brother-sister team of Randy and Judith Hastings ( Zane Michael and Canning Robb, respectively) from Boston. Francis unsuccessfully tries to cover up the neighborhood noise pollution with Maria Callas records. That’s no competition, however, for the sound of his screechy, trash-talking next-door neighbor, the boozy widow Bunny Weinberger ( Ilana Kresch). Francis ( Charlie Reid), home on summer vacation from Harvard, is awoken in his shorty shorts by a cacophony of urban “music”: the garbage trucks, breaking glass, and people yelling in the streets. The play opens at 6AM on the day before Francis Geminiani ‘s 21st birthday. The setting of Gemini is the common space between two adjacent backyards in South Philly. As a result, theater attendees in 2018 will probably find this THIS Gemini more funny than audiences did 41 years ago. But the frequent absurdity of Innaurato’s script reminds us, again, that this show was patently made with the sole purpose of making us chuckle– even as one character threatens suicide and another almost becomes a casualty of an ornery piano. A true piece of “vintage vice”, Innaurato’s piece was written before the dawn of the hyper-sensitivity that would make us feel guilty about laughing at the play’s “politically incorrect” one-liners about ethnicity, class, weight, sexuality, and more. But most importantly, Gemini is a flashback to when comedy was played for strictly for laughs– and damn the consequences! Yes, there is heart beating underneath the bawdy humor, and we can all relate to the human side of the characters underneath their eccentric personas. Indeed, the play is endearingly dated, as evidenced by the costumes and a few vintage set pieces (a rotary phone, an old-school pocket camera, et cetera…). Koy Productions’ new incarnation of Gemini, directed by Daniel Roberts and now playing at The Lion Theatre at New York City’s Theatre Row, keeps those famous lines intact… and delivers many more laugh-out-loud moments throughout its running time.
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