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Review

The film opens as NYC gossip columnist Michael Musto fidgets in the audience of what looks to be one of the worst plays ever. He runs up the aisle and tells the usher urgently that he needs a "Big Gay Musical," and that’s what we get! NYC actors Paul (Daniel Robinson) and Eddie (Joey Dudding) are stars in previews for a new Off-Broadway play, "Adam and Steve: Just the Way God Made Them". In this musical gay version of the story of creation, God is a roly-poly happy fellow in a toga with a big "G" on a glitzy necklace. Adam and Steve are blissful in the Garden of Eden when religious zealots interrupt their idyllic existence.

The film mixes elements of the staged musical with the stories of Paul and Eddie. Paul has been looking for "Mr. Right" with no success, and he finally decides to look for "Mr. Right Now" instead. Eddie’s conservative religious parents announce that they are coming to see Eddie’s big premiere — which looks like it’s going to be Eddie’s big coming out as well. As the two new friends share stories, Eddie confesses that he’s a virgin, and Paul reveals that his heart has been broken one time too many. A "Mostly Sondheim" night at a piano bar gives us a chance to experience some wonderfully touching numbers on life and love, and gives host Paul the opportunity to meet a guy with a crush on him. On stage, in the play, we get to see scantily clad angels sing and dance, the wonderful "new" version of Genesis, a bizarre televangelist couple and a conversion camp the recalls the RuPaul-managed camp in But I'm a Cheerleader. Relentlessly upbeat and packed with delicious musical numbers, Casper Andreas and Fred M. Caruso’s The Big Gay Musical is a wonderfully big gay way to celebrate!

 -- Scott Cranin