7 Stages’ first production under the leadership of Artistic Director Heidi S. Howard and Managing Director Mack Headrick is Atlanta playwright Topher Payne’s explosive comedy/drama “Angry Fags,” running through March 17.
This is a play that is already stirring a bit of controversy, partly because of the title. For example, WABE radio’s Myke Johns, in an interview with the playwright, mentions that “we can’t say the title on the radio.”
The fearless, prolific Mr. Payne is well aware of this; he comments on the power of the word in a telling essay in the theatre program. I think he would agree, in principle at least, with the late Gore Vidal, who once said, “Words are our masters, a lot more than deeds.” And, like Madonna, Mr. Payne is not afraid of causing a commotion.
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