Email Author Brandon K. Thorp

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "The Last Temptation"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "George Rekers is a Homosexual"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 6, 2010

  "Thinks Rekers Said..."

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published February 22, 2007

  "Booze & Theater"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 2, 2007

  "A Marvelous Pity"

• 2008 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published July 5, 2007

  "Scared Little Animals"

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2010 Stories by Brandon K. Thorp

• Oliver! at Actors' Playhouse

  published December 16, 2010

  There are plenty of good reasons to see David Arisco's production of Oliver! at Actor's Playhouse, the most obvious being that the play... More >>

• Fizz explores Coke appeal at Coral Gable's New Theatre

  published December 9, 2010

  What does Coca-Cola have to say about America — the immigrant experience, globalization, progress versus tradition, gods versus science?... More >>

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  FGO's Turandot: Ridiculous and beautiful

  published November 18, 2010

  FGO's Turandot: Ridiculous and beautiful More >>

• The House of Yes and No Exit depict two versions of hell

  published November 11, 2010

  The House of Yes and No Exit depict two versions of hell More >>

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  A Behanding in Spokane at GableStage: Violence is all that matters

  published October 28, 2010

  A Behanding in Spokane at GableStage: Violence is all that matters More >>

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  The Color of Desire: Actors' Playhouse trades subtlety for flash

  published October 14, 2010

  The Color of Desire: Actors' Playhouse trades subtlety for flash More >>

• Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials

  published September 30, 2010

  Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials More >>

• 50 Words at GableStage explores ordinary tragedies

  published August 26, 2010

  50 Words at GableStage explores ordinary tragedies More >>

• City Theatre's 2010 Summer Shorts festival picks lame plays

  published June 10, 2010

  City Theatre's 2010 Summer Shorts festival picks lame plays More >>

• This week in theater: Offstage violence and sweaty predators

  published June 3, 2010

  This week in theater: Offstage violence and sweaty predators More >>

• Unreasonable Doubt in the Gables needs work

  published May 27, 2010

  Unreasonable Doubt in the Gables needs work More >>

• Man Up

  published May 20, 2010

  Long before he hired a gay escort, George Alan Rekers tried beating the gayness out of little kids. By Penn Bullock and... More >>

• Meaning and Malice

  published May 20, 2010

  David Mamet's Oleanna, when treated with even half of the passion and smarts evident in Max Pearl's blistering Pinecrest Rep production,... More >>

• How George Alan Rekers and his rent boy got busted by New Times

  published May 13, 2010

  How George Alan Rekers and his rent boy got busted by New Times More >>

• This week in theater: A schizo romp through a schizo world in Distracted

  published May 13, 2010

  This week in theater: A schizo romp through a schizo world in Distracted More >>

• Marco Ramirez's pulpy supernatural thriller Broadsword gets a glam workover at the Arsht Center

  published May 6, 2010

  Marco Ramirez's pulpy supernatural thriller Broadsword gets a glam workover at the Arsht Center More >>

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  Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"

  published May 6, 2010

  Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy" More >>

• This week in theater: Two quarreling Jews and a deadly showerhead

  published May 6, 2010

  This week in theater: Two quarreling Jews and a deadly showerhead More >>

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  GableStage and the New Theatre on plucking your eyes out

  published April 29, 2010

  GableStage and the New Theatre on plucking your eyes out More >>

• M Ensemble Tackles Mammy and Other Black Stereotypes

  published April 15, 2010

  The "straw man" fallacy is pernicious, and it goes something like this: You say, for example, that drug laws ought to be relaxed. I accuse you... More >>

• Stage capsules

  published April 8, 2010

  The Bartered Bride By Bedrich Smetana. April 9 and 10. New World School of the Arts, College Opera Theatre, Gusman... More >>

• Alliance Theatre Lab's Orphans gets loving treatment

  published April 1, 2010

  Alliance Theatre Lab's Orphans gets loving treatment More >>

• SoBe Arts kills Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

  published March 25, 2010

  SoBe Arts kills Shakespeare's Twelfth Night More >>

• Horses, sexual angst, and first-rate acting in New Theatre's thrilling Equus

  published March 11, 2010

  Horses, sexual angst, and first-rate acting in New Theatre's thrilling Equus More >>

• Stage capsules

  published March 4, 2010

  A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings Through March 14. By Gabriel García Márquez; adapted by Nilo Cruz. The... More >>