Readings and WorkshopsGarrett Clayton and Charlie Thurston to Lead Lavender Men Reading at Circle in the SquareThe Roger Q. Mason play, pondering the queerness of Abraham Lincoln, is the latest title in the Circle Series.
By
Ryan McPhee
August 22, 2019
The Circle Series will continue at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre with a reading of Roger Q. Mason's Lavender Men. Charlie Thurston (Goodspeed's Cyrano), Garrett Clayton (Hairspray Live!, King Cobra), and Mason will lead the cast as Abe Lincoln, his legal assistant Elmer Ellsworth, and narrator (and Mary Lincoln stand-in) Taffeta.
The one-night-only event will take place August 26, with proceeds going to the Circle in the Square Theatre School. Lovell Holder will direct, having previously helmed a reading at Los Angeles' Skylight Theatre.
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