David Pevsner
An interview with gay actor David Pevsner
GREGG SHAPIRO | Contributing WriterGreggShapiro@aol.com
I first met out actor and writer David Pevsner when we were both “theater jocks” at Niles East High School in Skokie, Ill. We didn’t have a gay-straight alliance back then, so the theater department served that purpose.
Since that time, it’s been a delight to watch Pevsner’s career take off. He’s appeared off-Broadway, on television, in movies and even maintains a popular Only Fans page.
He wrote songs for Naked Boys Singing, including “Perky Little Porn Star.” His revealing memoir Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance and Show Tunes, was published in 2021. In 2012’s Scrooge & Marley (Dark Star Pictures), his first lead role in a feature film, Pevsner took on one of the most reviled but redeemed characters in literature — Ebenezer Scrooge — in a contemporary gay retelling of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
David was gracious enough to answer a few questions about Scrooge & Marley, which has recently been reissued on DVD and digital.
Dallas Voice: What drew you to the role of Scrooge in Scrooge & Marley? David Pevsner: At first, I saw the opportunity to work in Chicago. My family was still there, and I thought it would be great to spend time (with them).
As far as the role, I never thought of myself as the guy to play a typical Ebenezer Scrooge, but I loved the take on the character. He’s built this whole world for himself that has no real connection to anyone or anything except business. Yet in his earlier incarnation, we see him so full of love and wonder. How he gets back to connecting on a human level is the story here, and I found it so relatable. I love him throughout because even at his
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