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For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire

For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Madboots Dance, Sean Dorsey Dance and Ishmael Houston-Jones offered dark, often beautiful works of queer dance theater for Pride month.
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Final Bow: Justin Mortelliti and Julius Anthony Rubio, the Gay Couple from Escape to Margaritaville

Final Bow: Justin Mortelliti and Julius Anthony Rubio, the Gay Couple from Escape to Margaritaville | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The Jimmy Buffett musical has the most fully realized ensemble characters on Broadway.
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Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend

Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A Drag Cabaret Benefitting the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus - FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Burning Bright: Torch Songs on Pride Weekend. An evening of Pride, love, desire and song hosted by Mama Mela and Ellia J. Garlands. These drag queens will be reinterpreting what a Torch Song is and means in 2018 through a uniquely queer lens. Under the musical direction of James Horan, the talented cast also includes PhilEsha De Lox, Gigi St. Croix and the newly crowned Miss Gay United States, Aaliyah Martinez. Also joining the cast is a very special guest: NYC pop recording artist & transgender superstar, Mila Jam! There’s no better way to live out loud this Pride than with the queens of the NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN’S CHORUS!

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New York is huge of pride and bringing everyone together and this event is a perfect example is the two. 
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San Domino review at Tristan Bates Theatre, London - 'fascinating slice of queer history'

San Domino review at Tristan Bates Theatre, London - 'fascinating slice of queer history' | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Fuelled by Mussolini's obsession with maintaining a pure and healthy race, known and suspected homosexuals were rounded up and sentenced to exile on islan

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How Landmark LGBT Movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Became an Opera

How Landmark LGBT Movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Became an Opera | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

E. Annie Proulx wrote the libretto. Composer Charles Wuorinen and director Jacopo Spirei reveal how they set Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger’s tragic gay love story to music.

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Richard Skipper Celebrates New York With Pride on June 24th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre 1PM Brunch Show

Richard Skipper Celebrates New York With Pride on June 24th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre 1PM Brunch Show | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Russ Woolley Proudly Presents Richard Skipper Celebrates Last Show of this Season 1 PM Brunch Show Laurie Beechman Theater As we Celebrate Pride, we celebrate Michael Kirk Lane, Sue Matsuki, Mariea…
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WHAT’S A GUY TO SELL?! Former QVC Host Dale Guy Madison Brings Revival of One-Man Show to Hollywood Fringe Fest for Pride Month

WHAT’S A GUY TO SELL?! Former QVC Host Dale Guy Madison Brings Revival of One-Man Show to Hollywood Fringe Fest for Pride Month | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Former QVC Host Dale Guy Madison Brings Revival of One-Man Show to the Hollywood Fringe Festival For National LGBT Pride Month - What’s a guy to sell?! Well, back by popular demand, former QVC host Dale Guy Madison brings back a revival of his one-man show, “My Life in Three Easy Payments,” to the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June for National LGBT Pride Month. The festival runs from June 7-24, 2018 at various venues in the heart of Hollywood. For more information, visit HollywoodFringe.org.

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How ‘217 Boxes’ Reveals John E. Fryer, the Man in the Mask Who Changed LGBT Rights Forever

How ‘217 Boxes’ Reveals John E. Fryer, the Man in the Mask Who Changed LGBT Rights Forever | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A new play explores the life and legacy of Dr. John E. Fryer, whose brave 1972 speech led to the American Psychiatric Association declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder.

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James McArdle on performing in 'Angels in America', the most Tony-nominated play in Broadway history

James McArdle on performing in 'Angels in America', the most Tony-nominated play in Broadway history | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
The Scottish actor dove headfirst into morally ambiguous character, Louis.
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Photo Flash: World Premiere of Joe Gulla's GAY.PORN.MAFIA at the New York Live Arts Theater

Photo Flash: World Premiere of Joe Gulla's GAY.PORN.MAFIA at the New York Live Arts Theater | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Presented in association with The Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Joe Gulla's 'GAY.PORN.MAFIA', directed by Brian Rardin, had its World Premiere at the New York Live Arts Theater this past Saturday, April 14th.
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Play about silenced 1920s gay poet rivets Moscow theatre audiences

Play about silenced 1920s gay poet rivets Moscow theatre audiences | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Play tells story of poet Mikhail Kuzmin who disappeared into official obscurity during Soviet era
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All at once, Broadway is carrying a ‘torch’ for landmark gay plays of the 20th century

All at once, Broadway is carrying a ‘torch’ for landmark gay plays of the 20th century | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
What does it mean to have Kushner, Fierstein and Crowley back in the spotlight in 2018?
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Pride Films And Plays' HIS GREATNESS To Be Performed At International Dublin Gay Play Festival

Pride Films And Plays' HIS GREATNESS To Be Performed At International Dublin Gay Play Festival | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Pride Films and Plays' Chicago premiere production of Daniel MacIvor's HIS GREATNESS - inspired by a 'potentially true story' during the declining days of Tennessee Williams - will be performed at the 15th Annual International Dublin Gay Play Festival, to be held May 7-20, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. The entire original cast of last fall's production will travel to Dublin and will perform the play from May 14 - 19, with two performances on May 19th. In MacIvor's play, a great American playwright, his trusted and loyal assistant, and a young Canadian street hustler find themselves together for two days in a hotel room in Vancouver as the playwright is about to premiere a new play that he hopes will reinvigorate his career. The ensuing battle for power, love and loyalty is frequently funny, engagingly dark and ultimately moving.  Danne W. Taylor will repeat his role as
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Review: In ‘Log Cabin,’ It’s Gay vs. Trans as the Rainbow Crumbles

Review: In ‘Log Cabin,’ It’s Gay vs. Trans as the Rainbow Crumbles | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

A quippy Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars in Jordan Harrison’s shapeless look at what happens when the LGBT alliance starts to turn on itself.

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Why are there no superstar gay male stand-ups?

Why are there no superstar gay male stand-ups? | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
While many comics should be household names – Scott Thompson, James Adomian and Guy Branum, for starters – the gay community would rather line up for an eighth-place Drag Race queen than see one of them
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VIDEO: A Letter to Harvey Milk - Theatrical Talkback

Join us to learn some of the back story, as well as production stories, from the cast of A Letter to Harvey Milk.

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How illusionist Vitaly Beckman prepares to wow audiences with his magic

How illusionist Vitaly Beckman prepares to wow audiences with his magic | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Vitaly. A magician who’s even made his last name disappear. Illusionist Vitaly Beckman: born in Russia, raised in Israel, lives in Vancouver, resembles Seinfeld, and debuts in New York’s Westside Theatre. June 13 “Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders” opens.
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Special Pride Kickoff Night for A Letter to Harvey Milk – June 12, 2018 in NYC

Special Pride Kickoff Night for A Letter to Harvey Milk – June 12, 2018 in NYC | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Join us June 12th for our Metrosource and #ILoveGay Pride Kickoff for a night at the theatre at the 7pm show of A Letter To Harvey Milk. This show takes you on an emotional exploration of both the LGBTQ and Jewish cultures and the trauma that can come from authentically being who you are… regardless of who you are! This innovative musical gives hope in a world where intolerance is prevalent. We have joined forces to see this queer musical and there will be a talkback afterwards with the cast. Hope you can join us in celebrating who we are with this fabulous night out at the theatre!

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'The Boys in the Band' Theater Review

'The Boys in the Band' Theater Review | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells head the ensemble of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking 1968 play 'The Boys in the Band,' about gay New Yorkers gathering for a birthday bash where the barbs flow as freely as the booze.

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Sprawling epic of gay life The Inheritance to transfer to West End

Sprawling epic of gay life The Inheritance to transfer to West End | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Matthew Lopez’s sold-out two-part play at the Young Vic will move to the Noël Coward Theatre in September
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New Gay History Epic by Andrew Lippa to Receive World Premiere

New Gay History Epic by Andrew Lippa to Receive World Premiere | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Lippa's Unbreakable will play San Francisco's Nourse Theatre.
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Don’t Cry for Me Argentina! Performing Arts Streaming Service Cennarium Brings Theatrical Productions Online

Don’t Cry for Me Argentina! Performing Arts Streaming Service Cennarium Brings Theatrical Productions Online | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

Five performances filmed live in Buenos Aires showcase Argentinian performers, writers, musicians, choreographers and other talent.

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Richard Skipper Celebrates Peggy Lee, Liberace & Friends

Richard Skipper Celebrates Peggy Lee, Liberace & Friends | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it

As we Celebrate (Russ' Birthday!), we celebrate Leanne Borghesi, David Maiocco (as Liberace), David Sabella, Jim Speake*, Chuck Sweeney (as Peggy Lee), AND Those Girls* (Karen Mack, Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Wendy Anne Russell) Tickets are now on sale! Reserve TODAY and Let's Celebrate!

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Gay Choreographer Comes Out... As Comedian

Gay Choreographer Comes Out... As Comedian | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Comically inclined choreographer Jamie Benson joins forces with Peoples Improv Theater (PIT) to present Gay Stuff on May 15, 2018, from 10-11pm ($8 tickets). Benson, and his outsider comedic team, are debuting 3 sketches, 2 stand-up sets, and some sassy/stupid walks for the PIT's Striker main stage. Gay Stuff will dissect internalized homophobia, oppressive bro prerogative, and marginalizing gay cliches, but like, with dick jokes.
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Seth Sikes: The Songs That Got Away at Feinstein’s/54 Below

Seth Sikes: The Songs That Got Away at Feinstein’s/54 Below | LGBTQ+ Movies, Theatre, FIlm & Music | Scoop.it
Seth Sikes will return to Feinstein’s/54 Below in The Songs That Got Away, an all-new show singing Judy Garland songs he hasn’t yet performed in his previous tributes to the legend, plus some that …
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