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THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jordan Seavey’s HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA is an intimate, candid portrait of a contemporary gay relationship, and it’s magnificent theater

• By drediman
• November 16, 2016
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Michael Urie and Robin De Jesús in “Homos, or Everyone in America” at the Labyrinth Theater Company

This past weekend, I had the privilege of catching Jordan Seavey’s new play Homos, or Everyone in America via the adventurous Labyrinth Theater Company. The play is an intimate, almost uncomfortably candid portrait of a contemporary gay relationship, with all its inevitable ups and downs. Mr. Seavey has written his play in the same prismatic style that has characterized recent “relationship” plays like Nick Payne’s Constellations and Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life. These plays take full advantage of theater’s ability to play with time and space. I believe that with Homos, this nonlinear approach to theatrical storytelling has reached a new level of seamlessness. That’s high praise.

The production is directed by Mike Donahue with intense intimacy, which heightens the impact of Mr. Seavey’s play. In the tiny Bank Street Theater (the West Village venue long utilized by the Labyrinth), it’s as if you can hear the characters think and breath. As the two lovers, Robin De Jesús and Michael Urie are simply magnificent. There’s obvious chemistry between them, and their moments of heartache and compassion make for piercingly beautiful theater.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA
Off-Broadway, Play
Labyrinth Theater Company
1 hour, 45 minutes (without an intermission)
Through December 11