Taboo is closing. But it's a really good, completely entertaining show with marvelous performances and some of the best songs in town. The latter are by Boy George -- the ones that made him a star and others. But I guess Rock Freaks are not the cup of tea for visitors from Iowa. Taboo's an unapologetically, unabashedly gay show, and it seems the tourists are not ready for it. But they miss the great singing and acting of Euan Morton, Raul Exparza, Liz McCartney, Denise Summerford, the hilarious Jeffrey Carlson, and George O'Dowd (Boy George himself) and the rest of the Broadway-level singers and dancers. The book by Charles Busch forgets who the protagonist is and wanders in Act Two, but it's still a show to see. Perhaps Rosie, who lost ten million on the production, will throw in another half million and reopen at a mid-size house. I think it could have a long run without the Broadway costs.
