Queer love survives, scales and all, in Off-Broadway’s ‘Lizard Boy’
Lizard Boy(a Prospect Theater Company production at Theatre Row) is made from a combination of indie folk rock, Pacific Northwest vibes, superhero comic books, and gay pop culture from RuPaul’s Drag Race to Grindr slang.
The musical centers on Trevor (Justin Huertas), whose discomfort with his lizard skin (the result of a childhood encounter with a dragon) keeps him mostly at home alone, where he composes songs, plays his cello, and draws Spider-Man and Jinkx Monsoon.
But during the local Monster Festival (think Seattle-specific Comic Con), Trevor ventures out and manages to meet a boy, Cary (William A.
Williams), who genuinely likes him for who he is. They also encounter Siren (Kiki deLohr), a rock singer with an agenda of her own.Laurie Metcalf stars in Levi Holloway’s new play about a couple who stumbles on a house full of ghostly girls.
