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Peppermint to host ‘Dreaming the Queer Future’ virtual discussion on Zoom

Peppermint to host ‘Dreaming the Queer Future’ virtual discussion on Zoom | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A conversation about trans and gender nonconforming representation in the theater, Dreaming the Queer Future, will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, October 19, beginning at 6 pm. Presented by National Queer Theater (an innovative theater collective dedicated to recognizing generations of LGBTQ artists and providing a home for current ones) in partnership with the […]

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Donja R. Love and Carmen LoBue Are Bringing Black Queer Lives Center Stage and Changing Theater

Donja R. Love and Carmen LoBue Are Bringing Black Queer Lives Center Stage and Changing Theater | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Black queer playwrights Donja R. Love and Carmen LoBue talk racism, joy, resistance, and why theater must be radically restructured to foster Black talent and tell Black stories.

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In virtual 'Borders,' the radical realism of a gay meetup on Grindr

In virtual 'Borders,' the radical realism of a gay meetup on Grindr | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

New York's Dirty Laundry Theatre live-streams a stage play with satisfying verisimilitude.

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Michael Urie to reprise Buyer and Cellar role for livestream benefit

Michael Urie to reprise Buyer and Cellar role for livestream benefit | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Michael Urie, who originated the role of Alex More in 'Buyer and Cellar' Off Broadway before taking the show to London and on tour, will take part in a livestream benefit performance of the comedy on Broadway.com and YouTube.

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'Happy Birthday Doug' makes gay parties look like 'The Real Housewives'

'Happy Birthday Doug' makes gay parties look like 'The Real Housewives' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Want drama, gossip and theatrics? Then head to a gay birthday party! That’s where writer-performer Drew Droege set his latest off-Broadway solo show, “Happy Birthday Doug,” a come…

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Featuring Chicken & Biscuits, a New Comedy Filled with Heart, Soul and a Little Bit of Shade

Featuring Chicken & Biscuits, a New Comedy Filled with Heart, Soul and a Little Bit of Shade | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Chicken and Biscuits, a new comedy filled with heart, soul and a little bit of shade, by composer-playwright and actor Douglas Lyons (Beautiful), will receive its launch production at Queens Theatre, Feb. 28-March 22.

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‘Trevor the Musical,’ a show about a bullied gay teen that premiered in Glencoe, to open in New York

"Trevor the Musical," a show adapted from the Oscar-winning short film "Trevor," debuted at Writers Theatre in Glencoe in 2017 and is now getting a new staging off-Broadway.

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‘The Inheritance’ on Broadway: An Epic Story of Gay Ghosts, for Good and Bad

‘The Inheritance’ on Broadway: An Epic Story of Gay Ghosts, for Good and Bad | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

One of the buzziest plays on Broadway, ‘The Inheritance’ spins epically and soapily through time to tell a powerful, if flawed, story about the power of LGBTQ history and healing.

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Leonard Soloway's Broadway

Leonard Soloway's Broadway | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

An exciting insider's look at Broadway and the business of show business in a career spanning more than 70 years. Leonard Soloway's Broadway pulls back the curtain of one of the most admired and loved Broadway producers and general managers through interviews, photos and other archival material. Leonard's productions have collected more than 40 Tony Awards, 21 Drama Desk Awards and 3 Pulitzer Prizes.

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Genderqueer/trans Actor Plays Blanche DuBois

Genderqueer/trans Actor Plays Blanche DuBois | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

An immersive new staging, featuring the first Genderqueer actor in the iconic role of Blanche DuBois - A Streetcar Named Desire - May 7 – 25 at MISTER ROGERS in Brooklyn - The Coven & Precariat Productions, in association with Wolfpack Theatrics, present a history-making new production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, featuring a genderqueer/trans actor in the iconic role of Blanche DuBois.

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Jenn Colella Takes Us on a Walking Tour of BroadwayCon 2019

Jenn Colella Takes Us on a Walking Tour of BroadwayCon 2019 | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Colella hangs out with fans and Broadway pals at this year's convention.
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'Torch Song' Revival Follows Young Gay Man's Fight For Love And Acceptance

'Torch Song' Revival Follows Young Gay Man's Fight For Love And Acceptance | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award-winning "Torch Song Trilogy" is back on Broadway, renamed "Torch Song" and rewritten into two acts.

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My Parsifal Conductor - A Wagnerian Comedy by Allan Leicht

My Parsifal Conductor - A Wagnerian Comedy by Allan Leicht | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Off-Broadway performances begin on September 25, 2018 at Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side YMCA

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‘The Boys in the Band’: A Time Capsule of Art and Identity

‘The Boys in the Band’: A Time Capsule of Art and Identity | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

William Friedkin’s 1970 film version of Mart Crowley’s unflinching play about gay Manhattanites, featuring the original theatrical cast, commemorates a fine ensemble and the brilliance of Crowley’s work.

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Rodney Hicks and Azure D. Osborne-Lee on ‘Pride Plays’ and Fighting for Black Queer Change in Theater

Rodney Hicks and Azure D. Osborne-Lee on ‘Pride Plays’ and Fighting for Black Queer Change in Theater | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

In the first of a two-part series on Black queer playwrights with work in the “Pride Plays” season, Rodney Hicks and Azure D. Osborne-Lee discuss racism, theater, and change.

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Will Theater Come Back? What Will It Look Like When It Does?

Will Theater Come Back? What Will It Look Like When It Does? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

From Broadway to black-box stages, theaters have shuttered for the foreseeable future. Playwright Matthew Lopez imagines the next act.

berto's curator insight, April 26, 2020 4:22 PM
Not only movie theaters will take a hit from this pandemic. But music theatre and broadway are losing money every single day because they have to keep there doors shut. The live theatre and its musical performances require an audience of tens to hundreds per show. Because of COVID 19 broadway and other music theatre related business will most likely shut down if this prolongs any further.
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Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York

Where to Celebrate Sondheim in New York | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

What’s a birthday celebration without tribute concerts, new commissions and revivals of three classics? Here’s how to join the party, live.

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‘Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,’ play based on award-winning podcast, opening in New York

‘Making Gay History: Before Stonewall,’ play based on award-winning podcast, opening in New York | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Voices of early LGBTQ civil rights history are about to take center stage in Greenwich Village, just blocks from where the Stonewall Riots took place more than 50 year ago. “Making Gay History: Before Stonewall” -- a new play adapted from Eric Marcus’ “Making Gay History” books and podcast -- opens Friday at New York University’s Provincetown Playhouse for an eight-performance run.

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Olivia Levine in UNSTUCK

Olivia Levine in UNSTUCK | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A new solo-show about the intersection of OCD and queer identity - January 30 – February 23 at The Tank in Midtown - After a sold-out run in August, Olivia Levine’s solo-show, UNSTUCK, returns to The Tank for a limited engagement. The production runs January 30 through February 23 with opening night slated for January 30. UNSTUCK is written and performed by Levine and follows her journey with OCD from childhood to adulthood. Molly Rose Heller directs.

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Joe Gulla in The Bronx Queen

Joe Gulla in The Bronx Queen | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Joe Gulla in The Bronx Queen on December 27th at 9:30pm. Playwright/actor/reality star Joe Gulla, best known for his award-winning shows, Bronx Queen Trilogy, Garbo, Gay.Porn.Mafia, Sleeping With The Fish, and his sold-out engagements at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, makes his Feinstein’s/54 Below debut with The Bronx Queen.

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What Generations of Gay Men Hand Down in ‘The Inheritance’

What Generations of Gay Men Hand Down in ‘The Inheritance’ | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

The professional and personal have blurred for young cast members of Matthew Lopez’s play, which offers a communion with victims of the AIDS crisis.

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The World Premiere of Post-Apocalyptic Play Jack of Cups

The World Premiere of Post-Apocalyptic Play Jack of Cups | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Experimental Bitch Presents (EBP) is pleased to announce their 2019 mainstage production, the post-apocalyptic play Jack of Cups by Gabriel Rodriguez. The World Premiere runs May 31 – June 8 at The Flea Theater, with opening night slated for June 1 at 7:00 pm. Jack of Cups is directed by Rodriguez and Madeline Wall. Original music composed by Lukas Papenfusscline.

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Charles Busch’s New Phase Isn’t Drag. It’s Green Paisley

Charles Busch’s New Phase Isn’t Drag. It’s Green Paisley | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Busch’s latest cabaret show, “Native New Yorker,” brings a change of sartorial style and the music of the 1970s to Feinstein’s/54 Below.

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How Many ‘Gay Plays’ Can Broadway Sustain? Michael Urie is 'Sad and Baffled' Over ‘Torch Song’ Closing

How Many ‘Gay Plays’ Can Broadway Sustain? Michael Urie is 'Sad and Baffled' Over ‘Torch Song’ Closing | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

In a candid interview, 'Ugly Betty' star Michael Urie talks about why 'Torch Song' failed to find a big enough Broadway audience, taking it on tour, and why he waited to come out.

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Midnight for New York’s 1960s Gay Community?

Midnight for New York’s 1960s Gay Community? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A review of "Midnight at the Never Get," a play with a lot of history.

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