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Mark Denny<br />
THE DESERT ROSE PLAYHOUSE TO PRESENT<br />
“THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD”<br />
Ryan Dominguez<br />
Tim McGiveney as Steve & Phylicia Mason as Cheryl<br />
Jeremy Johnson<br />
Rancho Mirage, CA - The Desert Rose Playhouse, the Valley’s live stage<br />
company serving the LGBT community will present Paul Rudnick’s comedy<br />
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told. The production will open <strong>November</strong> 15,<br />
<strong>2013</strong> for a five-week run closing on December 22, <strong>2013</strong>. Performances are<br />
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2 PM.<br />
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told is the Paul Rudnick’s<br />
re-imagination of the Old Testament – from a gay point of<br />
view. Adam & Steve (played by Ryan Dominguez and Tim<br />
McGivney) and Jane & Mabel (played by Wendy Cohen<br />
and Lorraine Williamson) are the world’s first gay men and<br />
women. Adam’s curiosity causes them to be banished from<br />
the Garden of Eden, so they decide to invent civilization<br />
and start by having brunch.<br />
The foursome befriend the animals on Noah’s Ark (including<br />
a very horny rhino played by Jeremy Johnson), are enslaved<br />
by a Fabulous Egyptian Pharaoh (played by Mark Demry) and<br />
his Amazonian guards (played by Toni Molano and Phylicia<br />
Mason), and meet up again at The Nativity in Bethlehem.<br />
Act Two brings us to present day New York City on<br />
Christmas Eve where one of the lesbians has a miracle<br />
baby. All this is overseen by the Stage Manager (Terry<br />
Huber) who may well be God. The play is an affectionate<br />
and very funny re-visit to classic Bible stories that looks<br />
at love and faith and the The Desert Rose Playhouse is a<br />
project of Desert Rose Productions, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit<br />
public benefit corporation. The Most Fabulous Story<br />
Ever Told continues Desert Rose Productions’ mission to<br />
produce and present literate, relevant and entertaining<br />
plays and musicals to LGBT and Gay-Friendly theatregoers<br />
in the Coachella Valley.<br />
Tickets are $28 for Friday and Saturday evening<br />
performances; $25 for Sunday matinees and are on sale<br />
now. To order go online at www.desertroseplayhouse.org or<br />
call 760-202-3000.<br />
Sundays at 2 PM.<br />
Photos by Craig Bryer<br />
Lorraine Williamson and Wendy Cohen<br />
Wendy Cohen
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