When a Georgia native named Freddie settles down on a chair near the wrought ironwork of a Southern veranda, carefully adjusting the rings on his fingers as he recalls his turbulent childhood, he likely doesn't realize the metaphorical aptness of his location. Freddie, one of the characters in "Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South," E. Patrick Johnson's earnest, studiously poignant, humor-leavened solo show, suffere…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:35PM on October 26, 2011