Lovesport by Tony Padilla, A Play For The Modern Age On March 26th 2017, I attended the Palm Springs Woman’s Club’s Pearl McManus Theatre and watched the show Lovesport. The play takes place in the present, 2017, in Josh and Marty’s house which is near San Francisco. One night after a party, Josh and Marty invite Gary and Ben over and they all hang out and talk. During this time, Ben and Josh talk to one another about how they feel about their relationships with his boyfriend or husband and Marty and Gary do the same. Later, Ben tells Gary he wants a divorce and Josh tells them that Marty had an affair and he now is HIV positive. Then, Ben and Gary leave and the audience is left wondering if they will end up back together or will end up going
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Gazpar Ascencio who played as Ben in the show. One thing that he did really good was how he exploded when he said that he wanted a divorce. The way he did made it look like he had all of this bottled up rage from the marriage and let them all out. Another way he made his performacne great was the way he acted with his spouse, Gary. He came off as a bit distant toward him and even though he claimed to be in love with him, before he told him that he wanted a divorce, it was clear that he was not satisfied with his relationship. Also, the way he consistantly keeps pushing to find out the skeletons in Josh and Marty’s relationship comes off as very realistic. However, I had some issues with the way he performed as his character. One problem that I had was after he went outside with Josh to smoke, he comes back and his hair is not combed any more and it stays that way for the entire show. This causes him to often move his hair out of his eyes throughout the show and it was really distracting. Another problem that I had with his performance is he did not seem like he was doing much when he was not talking. I prefer to have people act in the background to look like they are clearly listening to a person, but that is just my personal preference. In the end, he performed
Gazpar Ascencio who played as Ben in the show. One thing that he did really good was how he exploded when he said that he wanted a divorce. The way he did made it look like he had all of this bottled up rage from the marriage and let them all out. Another way he made his performacne great was the way he acted with his spouse, Gary. He came off as a bit distant toward him and even though he claimed to be in love with him, before he told him that he wanted a divorce, it was clear that he was not satisfied with his relationship. Also, the way he consistantly keeps pushing to find out the skeletons in Josh and Marty’s relationship comes off as very realistic. However, I had some issues with the way he performed as his character. One problem that I had was after he went outside with Josh to smoke, he comes back and his hair is not combed any more and it stays that way for the entire show. This causes him to often move his hair out of his eyes throughout the show and it was really distracting. Another problem that I had with his performance is he did not seem like he was doing much when he was not talking. I prefer to have people act in the background to look like they are clearly listening to a person, but that is just my personal preference. In the end, he performed