" If you're a straight actor playing gay, who better to instruct you than your own gay twin brother? Perhaps no one, though don't expect him to go easy on you.
In the case of [title of show], now playing at Signature Theatre, that is exactly the scenario. James Gardiner, who is straight, plays Hunter, a gay man with Broadway ambitions. His gay twin, Matthew Gardiner, is in charge as the show's director. But don't cry nepotism -- both say their working relationship is no cakewalk.
Rather, these two 26-year-olds take their theater work seriously. One wonders if the womb they shared may have been lined with pages ofPlaybill. Their gay-straight divide cannot dilute their shared passion for the stage. While Matthew rules the roost at Signature, James's musical, Glory Days, made it to Broadway. And, more or less, it all started years ago in a suburban D.C. basement, with the 6-year-old twin tots discovering their innate theater legs through Broadway soundtracks, at the same time other kids their age were probably playing in mud or destroying Barbie dolls.
Living distinct though parallel lives, director and actor may also see art imitating life -- and something of themselves -- in [title of show]. "
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