

Saving The Rio is just the beginning
The Rio Theatre stole my heart years ago with a little Force and a few scantily clad Jedis. Purveyors of independent theatre, The Geekenders, were staging a burlesque retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope, and I realized how much I needed sexy Stormtroopers in my life. I now depend on the The Rio for a regular fix of the city’s finest, sometimes freakish, stage performances. From androgynous, glitter-smeared Batman villains to circus performers doing things to their bodies you r