iTom Shuffle opens in LA Tonight!

My first paid acting gig after college was a show called "The Fabulous Adventures of Captain Queer!" In it, I played the male equivalent of an ingenue - I pranced about in my underwear and was tied to metaphorical train tracks while the titular hero saved the world from homophobic baddies. All of my intial LA connections and friendships were formed through Prince Gomovilas, the playwright of Captain Queer.

In fact, I would not be living in LA today if it weren't for San Francisco queer theater. At the moment, I've got a little piece of SF theater sitting across the room from me. Tom Orr, one of my cast mates from Take Me Out is staying with me over the run of his one man show "iTom Shuffle."

Tom takes music and melodies from broadway hits and Disney movies and throw his own hilarious and raunchy brand of lyricism on top. The show is laugh out loud funny while still providing moments of startling depth. I saw iTom Shuffle in SF as a third date with my girlfriend and it was shortly thereafter that we became an item. So if you want to support a deserving theater artist, or just take your current relationship to that next level, see the wonderful Tom Orr in:

iTom_shuffle

written & performed by Tom Orr
directed by F. Allen Sawyer

After a sold-out workshop production of his new solo show, iTom_shuffle, last summer at San Francisco's The Garage, Tom Orr is getting his act together and taking it on the road.

First stop: HOLLYWOOD!



Since 1997, award-winning San Francisco lyricist-playwright-singer-dancer-actor-comedian and "musical comedy cabaret porn star" Tom Orr has been entertaining Bay Area audiences with his smart, satirical parodies, i.e. "Dirty Little Showtunes!", his critically-acclaimed, crowd-pleasing cult hit revue that's had successful runs in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Houston & the 2006 Minneapolis Fringe Festival. A native son of the San Fernando Valley, he is making his Los Angeles debut after 15 years of professional theatre on both coasts.

February 21-March 1, 2008 • 8 Performances Only!
8pm Thursday • 10pm Friday & Saturday • 3pm Saturday Matinee
Tickets: $20 • Caution: Nudity & Adult Language

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27974