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December 12-18, 2002 artpicks Santa Claus is Coming Out
Actor and Emmy-nominated writer (for children's programming) Jeffrey Solomon returns to town this week with the show he presented at the 2002 Fringe Festival, Santa Claus is Coming Out. The show, if you couldn't gather from the title, deals with the revelation of Jolly Old St. Nick's affair with an Italian toymaker named Giovanni Geppedo. The Christian Right, as you may imagine, is none too pleased to find out this fact -- not to mention that Mrs. Claus is really just a fame-hungry actress serving as Santa's beard -- so, led by crusader Mary Ellen Banfield, the "Light a Fire For Family Values" campaign sets out to bring Santa down and risks robbing kids the world over of their beloved icon, not to mention their Christmas presents. Solomon plays all of the characters in the piece, over a dozen total, including a macho elf, Santa's agent and what Solomon describes as an "Eminem-style rapper," whom one can only assume does not have very nice things to say about Mr. Kringle. The satire goes on for 80 minutes of holiday mayhem. It's good semi-clean holiday fun, so get over to The Adrienne this week and help Santa don his gay apparel. Wed.-Sun., Dec. 18–22, $17, The Playground at The Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom St., 877-238-5596. 
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