A gay version of Wilde's 'Earnest'
At the start of Mauckingbird Theatre Company's opening night of The Importance of Being Earnest, artistic director Peter Reynolds announced that his company is the only one presenting classics through a queer lens. By the end of Friday's performance at the Off-Broad Street Theatre, you knew why: When anything beneath a play's surface becomes its most salient feature, a price is paid, as other theatrical elements are …