A state law seeking to bar anyone under 18 from “sexually oriented” live shows content has a chilling effect
The audience howled and clapped and hooted with delight at the ad-lib by David Lugo, playing the pricelessly smarmy Narrator in “The Rocky Horror Show,” a 50-year-old musical that suddenly has the knickers of Texas politicians in a twist. See, “Rocky Horror” features — yes, horrors! — male actors in wigs and sparkly eye shadow and body-hugging female garb .In Texas, a man or woman in drag, or an actor wearing nothing at all, has become a potential subject of criminal prosecution.
As the law makes its way through the courts, a chilling effect is already apparent, according to local arts leaders and owners of some entertainment venues. Richard Montez, who with his partner David Gamez produces adults-only drag shows in San Antonio and is a plaintiff in the ACLU suit, said their business had to cancel events in the wake of S.B. 12 for fear of incurring criminal sanctions when they perform outdoors, potentially in public view.
, is a fixture of the Dallas theater scene. Since its founding by artistic director Jeff Rane in 2001, the company has produced dozens of plays and musicals for gay, straight and gender-fluid audiences.“Because we have had success and we have paved the way, if you will, and been pioneers on how to do it, now many of the theaters in the area are doing LGBTQ material in their seasons,” Rane said. But even in Dallas, tensions can boil over.
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