<p>From Shakespeare's gender-bending play <I>Twelfth Night</I> to the the critically-acclaimed Broadway hit <I>Angels in America</I>, from 17th century kabuki theater of Japan?performed by cross-dressing prostitutes?to the NEA-denounced performance art of Holly Hughes, theater has long been?as co-editor Alisa Solomon terms it?the queerest art.</p> <p><B>The Queerest Art</B> is a pioneering collection of essays by and conversations among a diverse range of leading theater academics and artists. The first anthology to bring scholars and makers of queer theater into direct dialogue, the volume explores such subjects as same-sex desire in Restoration comedy, the racialized impact of colonial Shakespeare, the cuerpo politizado of a performance artist in contemporary Los Angeles, and the nitty-gritty of getting a queer show presented in Peoria. <B>The Queerest Art</B> rereads the history of performance as a celebration and critique of dissident sexualities, exploring the politics of pleasure and the pleasure of politics that drive the theater.</p> <p>Lively and accessible, <B>The Queerest Art</B> will be useful to scholars, students, artists, and theater-goers alike interested in what makes queer theater . . . and what makes theater queer.</p><p>Contributors include: Jill Dolan, Brian Freeman, Randy Gener, George E. Haggerty, Holly Hughes, Ania Loomba, Tim Miller, José Esteban Mu-oz, Deb Parks-Satterfield, Lola Pashalinski, Everett Quinton, David Román, David Savran, Laurence Senelick, Don Shewey, Carmelita Tropicana, Valerie Traub, Paula Vogel, Doric Wilson, and Stacy Wolf.</p>