Lizard Boy director Brandon Ivie (left) and composer/star Justin Huertas (right) in rehearsal, making musical-that-isn’t-a-musical theater magic. brandon ivie
Lizard Boy, the new musical-that’s-not-a-musical at Seattle Repertory Theatre, begins humbly, as all epic fables must. Luke Skywalker was a farm boy, Bilbo Baggins was a homebody, Jesus Christ was the son of a carpenter, and Trevor—”the Lizard Boy of Point Defiance”—is a lonely gay kid with a skin condition, sitting in his room and creating his first Grindr profile.
“Hear me out,” he tells the drawing of Spider-Man taped to his wall (next to images of Godzilla, Wolverine, and Jinkx Monsoon), explaining that he just wants to see if his old boyfriend is anywhere nearby…
