Love Is A Dirty Word at VS. Theatre Company

Love Is A Dirty Word

VS. Theatre Company
5453 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles

Our country is riven by lines that separate us into groups of identity, affinity, and ideology. And to some extent, perhaps more than we'd like to admit, it's our ability to fit neatly into boxes that determines who loves us, and exactly how lovable we are. How does a little black boy born in Jackson, Mississippi make a home outside the lines? LOVE IS A DIRTY WORD is a solo with music and an intimate account of this universal search for belonging.

Thru - Jul 16, 2017

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-739-4411

www.vstheatre.org

Love Is A Dirty Word Reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...When it comes to a conflicted identity, actor-playwright Giovanni Adams grew up in Jackson, Miss., saddled with a daunting trifecta: being black, Baptist and gay. The struggle to fit those fragments into a coherent life provides the narrative arc of "Love Is a Dirty Word," his moving and ultimately inspiring new solo memory play at VS. Theatre."

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- Philip Brandes

Stage Scene LA - Highly Recommended

"...Plenty of actors have stories to tell, and plenty of those may be as solo-show-ready as Giovanni Adams' tale of growing up black and "sissy" in Jackson, Mississippi, but few end up as exquisitely written, stunningly performed, and strikingly designed as the Yale University grad's World Premiere Love Is A Dirty Word."

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- Steven Stanley

Joe Straw #9 - Highly Recommended

"...Becca Wolff, the director, does an outstanding job of letting Adams be free, doing what he needs to do, but guiding him nevertheless in a show that is both simple and brilliant. There are a lot of similarities in style between this play and Dear Evan Hansen, and oddly enough with Hamilton, which makes this show a completely enjoyable evening. "

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- Joe Straw

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...Love Is a Dirty Word, takes the form of "finding a way in the world," a way toward the unquestionable value of Black America. The story has a rangy itinerary, including episodes at an Ivy League college, success as a coxswain on a crew, liberative studies in Prague, relations with women and men - in NYC, in Compton, and a return to the Mississippi home."

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- Gray Palmer

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