We Are Gathered, Till Death Do Us Part

‘We Are Gathered’ a powerful contemplation of queer equality

‘We Are Gathered’Through June 15Arena Stage1101 Sixth St., S.W.$70-$110Arenastage.org Aptly billed as a queer love story, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s terrific new play “We Are Gathered” (now at Arena Stage) dives deeply and fearlessly into the many facets of a same-sex connection and all that goes with it. McCraney’s tale of two gay men’s romance unfolds entertainingly over two acts. Wallace Tre (Kyle Beltran), a tense architect, and his younger par…

We Are Gathered, Till Death Do Us Part

I need to review Tarell Alvin McCraney’s new play, and I’ve got the jitters. But why? I loved Choir Boy at Studio a decade ago. I swooned over Moonlight, the Best Picture winner that writer-director Barry Jenkins adapted from McCraney’s unpublished memoir. What, pray tell, am I so afraid of?  If you find this sort of sincere but ponderous prevarication grating, you might not have the patience We Are Gathered, the talented Mr. McCraney’s world pr…