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Don't Take Your Lesbian Moms to Hooters

The Canadian musical comedy My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, which became the hit of the 2009 Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival in July, will be expanded for a run beginning Nov. 7 at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto, reports Playbill News. The new version will include a larger cast and new songs, in addition to the existing number, "Don't Take Your Lesbian Moms to Hooters."

The musical was written by David Hein, a son of lesbian moms, and his wife Irene Carl Sankoff. Other songs include: "If You Love Me," "You Don't Need a Penis," "Straight White Male," and "A Short History of Gay Marriage in Canada." (If that's not enough to get you excited about it, consider that Hein apprenticed for two years in a Muppet Music studio in NYC, working for Jim Henson, Disney and Sesame Workshop.) Here's the description from the new production company, Mirvish Productions:

Based on a true story, My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding tells the story of a mother and her teen-aged son. The mother feels lost in life, wrestling with her identity. A new job brings new opportunities and with it a chance to truly find herself, discovering her sexuality, rediscovering her faith and coming out as a lesbian to her son, ex-husband and homophobic Jewish mother. My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding is for every mother who has ever come out to her children as a lesbian... and a Jew. It is for every girlfriend who has met her future lesbian in-laws... at Hooters. And it's for everyone who's ever been in love.

Sounds like it's almost worth braving the cold of Toronto in November to go see it. Of course, one of the previous shows that Mirvish discovered at the Toronto Fringe and helped develop was The Drowsy Chaperone. It found its way to New York and won five Tonys. Maybe I'll just wait until MMLJWW hits warmer climes. Below, a video of Hein performing the song, "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding," before he made it into a full musical.

Tags: david hein, entertainment, gay, glbt, lgbt, moms, motherhood, my mother's lesbian jewish wiccan wedding, parenting

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Comment by Hausfrau on August 18, 2009 at 5:35pm: When I went to Toronto a few years back, it was in March...for a convention of law firm marketing directors. MMLJWW in a marginally warmer month seems much better.

Comment by The Oracle on August 19, 2009 at 12:17am: I never had a burning desire to visit Toronto before. But now I do.

Comment by StitchyWench on August 19, 2009 at 8:00am: What's a little cold?

Comment by kanachick on August 19, 2009 at 8:59am: Oh for heaven's sake. Toronto is so full of hot air it never gets cold.

The play looks fun!

Comment by kommishoner on August 19, 2009 at 1:59pm: I dream that one day my little queerspawn will make something as awesome as this.

Comment by Teacher Tom on August 22, 2009 at 6:18pm: Ha! Several years ago I got into a discussion with a group of moms who insisted that Hooters was the BEST place to take the kids: the food was good, the waitresses attentive, and no one cared how the kids acted. Two of them were lesbian moms.

Don't Take Your Lesbian Moms to Hooters

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