Gift-giving season is underway and so many choices are kick-ass — while others are just plain ass.

A hit on the gay film festival circuit back in 2005, the short “Dare,” written by openly gay native Philadelphian David Brind and directed by straight Adam Salky, captured an intense sexual encounter between high-schoolers Ben (Adam Fleming) and Johnny (Michael Cassidy).

So exactly how does one go from composing music for film and television to traveling with Broadway productions like “Cabaret” and “42nd Street” to starring in gay porn before moving on to house flipping?

No need to ask, as Tom Judson answers all of those questions in his new one-man show, “Canned Ham,” which lands in New Hope on Dec.

It’s that time of year again.