It’s hard to believe that Reichen Lehmkuhl was ever thought to be ugly. In his autobiography, Here’s What We’ll Say, he writes of a note that a girl left in his middle school locker: “She went on to tell me I was ugly, disgusting, and to top it off, a total geek.” He then discusses how he was considered unattractive even as he entered the United States Air Force Academy.

Sitting across from the man backstage at St. Luke’s Theatre, where he’s starring in Anthony J. Wilkinson’s comedy My Big Gay Italian Wedding, finds Lehmkuhl to be the antithesis of the school girl’s assessment. He” good looking…Strike that… He’s very good looking… Strike that, too… He’s extremely handsome… No, that doesn’t quite describe him either… He’s absolutely the personification of male beauty.

Yes, that’s it! His skin is smooth and clear. There isn’t a blemish or shaving nick to be found on his face. His green eyes are both intense yet kindly, and his features rival anything that Michelangelo sculpted: only Reichen Lehmkuhl isn’t composed of Carrara marble. He’s a warm, caring, and intelligent individual who is making his stage debut in this Off Broadway production. In fact, the audience gets to see how chiseled and beautiful he is early in the play when he performs a scene clad only in his tightie whities.

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