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Article: Mapa on the spot: as they rehearse their latest stage collaboration, director Chay Yew gives comedian Alec Mapa a gay grilling. (theater).(Interview)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2003
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Alec Mapa has lent his talents to art (Broadway's M. Butterfly) and commerce (CBS's short-lived sitcom Some of My Best Friends), but he shines most brightly in his hilarious one-man shows, such as I Remember Mapa and Drama! He is performing both shows through February 9 at the Mark Taper Forum's Ivy Substation, located in Culver City, on Los Angeles's west side. For those who haven't seen the Filipino-American actor's fabulous work firsthand, The Advocate invited Mapa's collaborator, openly gay playwright and director Chay Yew, to interview his leading man.
Yew: I think names are revealing of one's character. I've always been thankful I wasn't named Dick or ...