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Husband caught with gay lover on ‘What Would You Do?’
diners were faced with decisions beyond the menu


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Customers in an Atlanta barbecue restaurant had to choose whether to destroy a four-year marriage because of a cheating husband’s secret affair with a gay lover on the latest episode of “What Would You Do?” on ABC.
Actors depicting a husband and wife were seated near unsuspecting diners to pretend that it was their anniversary. After appearing like a happy couple, the wife gets up and leaves the table. While she’s gone another man enters the restaurant and kisses the husband making it clear that they are in a relationship. The husband tells the man he needs to go because his wife is there and when the wife returns she has no idea that her husband is having a secret affair.
Reactions to the situation were varied. No one appeared homophobic about the affair but were more interested that there was an affair at all.
One woman decides to approach the husband and convince him to tell his wife he’s cheating. Another man keeps quiet, but can’t help laughing to himself. A husband and wife are shocked by the situation, but decide to not get involved.
One woman tries to get the husband to reveal his secret saying he owes it to his wife and to his boyfriend if he really loves him. When the husband still won’t share, the woman tells the wife he is having an affair with a man.
Watch how it plays out below.

The 13th annual Hagerstown Pride Festival was held at Doubs Woods Park in Hagerstown, Md. on Saturday, June 21.
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Theater
āHunter S. Thompsonā an unlikely but rewarding choice for musical theater
āSpeaks volumes about how sad things land on our countryā

āThe Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musicalā
Through July 13
Signature Theatre
4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, Va.
$47 to $98
Sigtheatre.org
The raucous world of the counterculture journalist may not seem the obvious choice for musical theater, but the positive buzz surrounding Signature Theatreās production of Joe Iconisās āThe Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musicalā suggests otherwise.
As the titular, drug addled and gun-toting writer, Eric William Morris memorably moves toward his characterās suicide in 2005 at 67. Heās accompanied by an ensemble cast playing multiple roles including out actor George Salazar as Thompsonās sidekick Oscar āZetaā Acosta, a bigger than life Mexican American attorney, author, and activist in the Chicano Movement who follows closely behind.
Salazar performs a show-stopping number ā āThe Song of the Brown Buffalo,ā a rowdy and unforgettable musical dive into a manās psyche.
āPlaying the part of Oscar, Iām living my Dom daddy activist dreams. For years, I was cast as the best friend with a heart of gold. Quite differently, here, Iām tasked with embodying all the toxic masculinity of the late ā60s, and a rampant homophobia, almost folded into the culture.ā
He continues, āMy sexuality aside, I like to think that Oscar would be thrilled by my interpretation of him in that song.
āOur upbringings are similar. Iām mixed race ā Filipino and Ecuadorian and we grew up similarly,ā says Salazar, 39. āHe didnāt fit in as white or Mexican American, and fell somewhere in the middle. Playing Oscar [who also at 39 in 1974 forever disappeared in Mexico], I pulled out a lot of experience about having to code switch before finally finding myself and being confident just doing my own thing.
āAs we meet Oscar in the show we find exactly whereās heās at. Take me or leave me, I couldnāt care less.ā
In 2011, just three years after earning his BFA in musical theater from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Salazar fortuitously met Iconis at a bar in New York. The pair became fast friends and collaborators: āThis is our third production,ā says George. āSo, when Joe comes to me with an idea, there hasnāt been a moment that I donāt trust him.ā
In āBe More Chill,ā one of Iconisās earlier works, Salazar originated the role of Michael Mell, a part that he counts as one of the greatest joys of artistic life.
With the character, a loyal and caring friend who isnāt explicitly queer but appeals to queer audiences, Salazar developed a fervent following. And for an actor who didnāt come out to his father until he was 30, being in a place to support the community, especially younger queer people, has proved incredibly special.
āWhen you hear Hunter and Oscar, you might think ādude musical,ā but I encourage all people to come see it.ā Salazar continues, āQueer audiences should give the show a shot. As a musical, itās entertaining, funny, serious, affecting, and beautiful. As a gay man stepping into this show, itās so hetero and I wasnāt sure what to do. So, I took it upon myself that any of the multiple characters I play outside of Oscar, were going to be queer.
Queer friends have seen it and love it, says Salazar. His friend, Tony Award-winning director Sam Pinkleton (āOh, Mary!ā) saw Hunter S. Thompson at the La Jolla Playhouse during its run in California, and said it was the best musical heād seen in a very long time.
āSince the workās inception almost 10 years ago, I was the first Oscar to read the script. In the interim, the charactersā relationships have grown but otherwise there have been no major changes. Still, it feels more impactful in different ways: Itās exciting to come here to do the show especially since Hunter S. Thompson was very political.ā
Salazar, who lives in Los Angeles with his partner, a criminal justice reporter for The Guardian, is enjoying his time here in D.C. āIn a time when there are so many bans ā books, drag queens, and travel ā all I see is division. This is an escape from that.ā
He describes the Hunter Thompson musical as Iconisās masterpiece, adding that itās the performance that heās most proud of to date and that feels there a lot of maturity in the work.
āIn the play, Thompson talks to Nixon about being a crook and a liar,ā says Salazar. āThe work speaks volumes about how sad things land on our country: We seem to take them one step forward and two steps back; the performance is almost art as protest.ā
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Senior living and healthcare organization holds fifth annual march at Falls Church campus

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