Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTwo years shy of its 5oth Anniversary, Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play The Boys In The Band has been revived for a run in London’s Park Theatre. Originally opening off-Broadway just a year before the Stonewall riots which would signal a major shift in the start of the the first throes of ‘gay liberation, although the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterCourtney Act first burst on to US TV Screens in season six of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, but by then the dragqueen/singer was already quite famous in her native Australia. She first came to prominence competing on the first season of Australian Idol in 2003 which landed her a recording contract with Sony. Courtney may not … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterProvincetown’s Peregrine Theater Ensemble is offering a rare opportunity to see and hear one of the most beautifully poignant ‘musicals’ that evolved about the AIDS pandemic. Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens was inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, and is a song cycle with … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of London’s leading Fringe Theatres ….. The Kings Head …. is marking the 50th Anniversary of the UK’s partial decriminalization with a series of plays under the banner QUEER 17. Their current production, hot from a very successful run at the Edinburgh Festival and clutching rave reviews is Rob Ward’s GYPSY QUEEN. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterNow that the Lockdown restrictions are being lifted across the US at least, theaters are beginning to open up again. Including the Epiphinay Theater in Fort Lauderdale who are about to mount a new production of Nunsense Amen. When the original version opened on Off-Broadway in 1985 for four days at Manhattan‘s Duplex and remained … Continue reading