On Saturday, March 24th at 7:30pm, The Rochester Gay Menâs Chorus will present the second concert of their thirty-fifth season, Two Boys Kissing.
Based on David Levithanâs Lambda Literary Award-winning book, Joshua Shankâs Two Boys Kissing tells the stories of two gay teenagers who attempt to break the world record for the longest kiss, another young couple falling in love, and a teen whose sexual orientation is discovered by his conservative parents.
Called an âengaging pi...
On Saturday, March 24th at 7:30pm, The Rochester Gay Menâs Chorus will present the second concert of their thirty-fifth season, Two Boys Kissing.
Based on David Levithanâs Lambda Literary Award-winning book, Joshua Shankâs Two Boys Kissing tells the stories of two gay teenagers who attempt to break the world record for the longest kiss, another young couple falling in love, and a teen whose sexual orientation is discovered by his conservative parents.
Called an âengaging piece of choral theatre,â Two Boys Kissing will feature actors as the central characters and narrators, as the chorus comments upon the action. The work âis for anyone who's fallen in love, for anyone who's been hurt by love, for anyone who has lost a loved one, and for anyone who still believes in love and still believes in hope.â
The themes of family, first love, identity, bravery, belonging, and loss are central to this powerful work, which will be a collaboration between the Rochester Gay Menâs Chorus and Blackfriars Theatre.
Commissioned and performed by the Twin Cities Gay Menâs Chorus for their 35th anniversary two years ago, we are thrilled to be sharing this with the Rochester Community for ours.
Stage Director Danny Hoskins (Blackfriars Artistic Director) and Music Director Robert Strauss (RGMC Artistic Director) combine forces with forty singers, 9 instruments, and 6 wonderful actors - Mark Brummitt, Justin Burr, Stefan Cohen, Eddie Coomber, Nicholas D. Rogers, and Scott Shutts - to present this once-in-a-lifetime performance.
Tickets are available from chorus members, at Parkleigh, Equal=Grounds, Vittorio Menswear, or at our website, www.thergmc.org.