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Gay Life Magazine
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and Western New York
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Reviews: 2008
Publisher: Duane Booth
The What, Where,
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Western New York
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Since 1998
Publisher: Tim Moran
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2007
Thrill Me
by Stephen Dolginoff
Starring
Stephen Dolginoff and Joseph Demerly
Directed by Robert Waterhouse
Musical Direction by Michael Hake
This
one was a coup for The New Phoenix Theatre... the Buffalo premiere of
the
acclaimed "chamber musical" about the famed Leopold and Loeb
murder
case from the 1920s, for two actors and a piano. The concept may sound
bizarre
but it worked. (No, there was no big production number when they killed
Bobby
Franks.) It helped that it starred two actors who were obsessed with the
subject.
We used a historical photo of the killers for the playbill and
poster design and made it look like an old True Detective
magazine. The
production starred the author, who was playing the role
of Nathan
Leopold for the fourth time. The show was a triumph.
An interview with playwright/star Stephen
Dolginoff can be found here.
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