Online Theater during the COVID 19 Lockdown is getting bolder and better. This week sees a star-studded World Premiere reading of Neil LaBute’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya, perhaps the most poignant of Anton Chekhov’s masterpieces: This bitterly comic meditation on frustrated love and the pitiful wages of self-sacrifice in late-19th-century Russia stars out gay actor … Continue reading
It maybe be hard for some of us to take in but 2020 actually marks the 40th anniversary of America’s first AIDS case. Since then, almost 700,000 people have died, the LGBTQ community has been stigmatized by the virus, and we are still without a cure. To help us remember all those that we … Continue reading
The music video “Cry” by the L.A based Acoustic folk-pop group, Faultlines was filmed with a group of friends right before the world shut down from COVID-19. Ashley Morgan, one of the lead vocalists in the band, makes a stunning solo (and in my opinion, breakthrough) performance. Her range and tone are simply divine. Full … Continue reading
There are at least two new queer movies hitting our screens for the holiday season. The first we know about is on HULU and is “Happiest Season” a star-studded rom-com starring three openly gay actors. It’s the tale of two closeted lesbians who are about to get engaged when they go home for Christmas … Continue reading
The Paul Taylor Dance Company’s annual New York seasons have been one of the highlights of the City’s cultural scene since 1977. This year however the Covid Lockdown has changed all that but instead they are holding a virtual benefit which looks like it’s going to be a fabulous one-off Event Modern Is Now: … Continue reading
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