Sex tips for straight women from gay men
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The how-to book Sex Tips for Straight Women from A Gay Man by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman was a 1997 instant best seller. Salon.com’s Courtney Weaver called it a “cannily entertaining romp through the nuts and bolts of sex from the male perspective.” This cult classic served as source material for a stage production of the same name. I saw the 3-character, audience-participatory show Friday night at the Ordway’s new Concert Hall in St. Paul.
Sex Tips is a love-related comedy that takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider “tips” come straight from the source: a gay male. The play is put at a local university auditorium where the English department holds its monthly meet-and-greet authors event. Robyn is the shy and studious moderator of the event and this month’s featured author is Dan Anderson of Sex Tips for Straight Women from A Gay Man. With the help of a hunky stage assistant named Stefan, Dan aims to turn this meet the authors event upside down with a highly theatrical, audience interactive, sex suggestion seminar.
More fun than a bridal party and far less queer than Tank Night at the Saloo
Groups of bachelorettes venturing out into the spring block scene on Lincoln Route have a new potential destination: “Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man,” the latest, direct-from-Las Vegas reminder that titles matter more than size, 75 minutes is plenty long enough for some to sit without a drink, and that people like to realize they are going to learn stuff before they pull out their credit cards.
This lively commercial attraction, which hopes for a long run in the old Victory Gardens vacuum at Greenhouse Theater Center, is derived from the bestselling how-to book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman. As such, it delivers a lovable queer man named Dan (played by Adam Fane), a straight woman named Robyn (Emma Jo Boyden) and a passive character named Stefan (Bradley Allen Meyer) who is probably optimal described as a male model with an erotic vibe, ready to submit his body to the further education of an audience rather more exuberant than most of the audiences with which I typically surround myself.
I’ve already repressed the plot, which involves some kind of seminar wherein graduate scholar Robyn, offering a nice of “Fifty Shades” vibe, is tutored by a
“Good laughs and a fun night out!”
"Big Laughs and Naughty Fun!"
- Las Vegas Magazine
"A laugh-out-loud hilarious and
wild show."
- Robin Leach, Las Vegas Review-Journal
"An uproariously funny series of interactive demonstrations, Sex Tips is one of the top date-night shows you'll see this year!"
- Theatermania
Voted Best Comedy for Couples, Sex Tips for Vertical Women from a Gay Man has been sharing its interactive, upbeat mark of comedy with theater audiences all across America for nearly a decade!
After becoming one of the longest running Off-Broadway comedies in history, and obeying a smash-hit residency in Las Vegas, this “uproariously funny” (The Tribune) reveal is back in the Big Apple every Friday and Saturday night at 8pm.
Hailed by Theatermania as “one of the best date-night shows you’ll see", Sex Tips has recently been showcased on television in three different life series whose stars performed in the show, including Kendra On Top, Actual Housewives of Recent York, and Shahs of Sunset. The popularity of this production is no surprise given its source material is the international best-selling book of the s
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THE STORY: When senior teaching fellow Robyn is a last-minute replacement moderator for a meet-the-author evening, she is surprised to find just how much the guide Sex Tips for Unbent Women From a Male lover Man upends her animation. With the help of the gay author himself, Dan, and a gorgeous male assistant, Stefan, this interactive, outrageously funny illustrate teaches Robyn and the audience a thing or two that might verify useful sooner than one may think.
“…it’s all a good, PG-13 laugh, a fun girls’ night out, a party show, a chance to whoop it up and shed one’s inhibitions while remaining in a somewhat dignified and safe environment.” —Chicago Tribune
“Big laughs and naughty fun!” —Las Vegas Magazine
“An uproariously funny series of interactive demonstrations, SEX TIPS is one of the best date-night shows you’ll see!” —TheaterMania.com
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Chapter One
Before we get into the actual tips, there are some preliminary things you should know. Homosexual men look at every sexual meeting as a once-in-a-lifetime performance. While women get gold stars for having meal in the fridge for the next morning, gay men know that their partners may not hang around that long. They crave everything to be perfect and undertake their best to design the most fabulous experience ever--whether they expect to see that person again or not. So while some of these tips may seem clear, they're worth keeping in mind.
Clean Up Your Act
A kind shower is always a good thought whether he smells like he just got back from the gym or not. In your old life it may not acquire mattered, because you were the broad receiver and he was the celestial body quarterback. But now that your hands, mouth and, yes, your nose will be in places they might not have been before--and for a longer time, at that--you'll want to be sure that he's squeaky clean. We're not saying that a natural manly scent isn't a turn-on, but no one wants to stick their deal with into an aged gym shoe. Spicy an