Overview
Peter and Madeline have been friends since they were teenagers in Queens. They have Manhattan apartments and separate, unsatisfactory sex lives. Though more loving than most couples, they are incompatible: He is gay. Maddi is overweight and drawn to men who treat her badly. He hides behind snappy retorts and skepticism. Maddie's alcoholic mother, Peter's father, lovers, pickups, and friends with AIDS move through their lives. A homeless teenager, a thief, and a poet who would rather be called a whore than a hustler because he doesn't try that hard, address the audience to throw everyone's problems into perspective.