Becoming A Man at Loeb Drama Center

Becoming A Man

Loeb Drama Center
64 Brattle St. Cambridge

For fifty years, P. Carl lived as a girl and then a queer woman, building a career and a loving marriage while waiting to realize himself in full. When he decides to affirm his gender at a pivotal political moment in America, his transition puts everything at stake.

Thru - Mar 10, 2024

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 617-547-8300

www.americanrepertorytheater.org

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Becoming A Man Reviews

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WBUR - Highly Recommended

"...The story is marked by visits in and out of psych wards, trauma, and more, but the narrative, like life, is lined with love, friendship, pain, discovery, and finally, euphoria. After living nearly 50 years as Polly, Carl must figure out what it means to be a good man and navigate the world as a good son and husband. It’s this work that anchors the illuminating play."

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- Jacquinn Sinclair

The Arts Fuse - Recommended

"...In this world premiere production, Becoming a Man has been given a cinematic approach, including flickers of doc-u-drama. Short scenes make their point and are then given a kick in the pants. (The minimal set is movie-friendly; the characters are dwarfed by large images projected on screens set at an angle behind them.) Storytelling economy has its merits — the 90-minute production moves at an agreeably quick clip. But the price is to smooth out the drama’s emotional highs and lows. Carl tells us that his courageous decision, made at the age of 50, was a matter of ‘life and death.’ But the despair doesn’t stick around too long; it is as if the pain is an autobiographical inconvenience. Tellingly, the evening’s most compelling scene spotlights the exhilaration of empowerment: it is a memorable image — connected with swimming — of having become comfortable in your own skin."

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- Bill Marx

New England Theater Mirror - Recommended

"...“Becoming a Man” functions largely as a non-linear narrative of P. Carl’s journey and female-to-male transition from Polly to Carl. It opens with a bearded Carl (Petey Gibson) catapulting onto a minimalist stage, declaring that his decision to transition from female to male was the best move of his 50-year-old life."

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- Michael Hoban

The New England Theatre Geek - Recommended

"...Becoming a Man shows us how much more empathy we must muster for our trans and non-binary siblings in humanity. People are chaotic. It’s not enough to tolerate each other. Everyone deserves the right to pursue their happiness in our shared cultural and social spheres (within reason)."

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- Kitty Drexel

Becoming A Man at Loeb Drama Center

Becoming A Man

Becoming A Man Reviews

WBUR - Highly Recommended

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New England Theater Mirror - Recommended

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