Somewhere close to the halfway point in Ryan J. Haddad’s autobiographical one-man show, “Hi, Are You Single?” a streaming coproduction by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company of Washington, D.C., and IAMA Theatre Company in L.A. I found myself thinking, “There’s no way this guy doesn’t have a boyfriend.”
In another context, my musings on this topic would probably seem impertinent, but the premise of Haddad’s hourlong performance, filmed on Woolly Mammoth’s stage in November before a small audience of masked staff members, is that ever since he came out at 16, he has been desperate for a boyfriend, any boyfriend at all. So desperate that once he sat outside the restroom at a gay club and asked to the men who passed, “Hi, are you single?”
Theatre Review: Hi, Are You Single? by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in partnership with I Am A Theatre Production (IAMA)
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Ryan J Haddad Looks for Love in Hi, Are You Single?, Streaming February 1
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Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale star in a reading of Jon Robin Baitz’s two-hander about the disintegration of a marriage. Available through Saturday. Free; donations accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. broadwaycares.org
“Holocaust Remembrance”
Musicians from New West Symphony are joined by pianist Daniel Vnukowski and Jerusalem String Quartet for works by Brahms, John Williams and others. 3 p.m. Sunday. $25; season pass, $160. newwestsymphony.org
“L.A. Omnibus: Lost in Translation”
Syrian American spoken-word artist Omar Offendum takes the stage at Royce Hall in the fourth entry of this showcase for local artists presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. 7 p.m. Thursday. Free. cap.ucla.edu