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Terrence MacNally’s Love Valor & Compassion: a stunning emotionally charged production
Provincetown’s rightful claim to being so instrumental in the birth of the American Theater seems even more secure now that David Drake has taken on the role of standard bearer. Since he stepped into role as the Artistic Director of The Provincetown Theater earlier this year he has started to fill the place with…
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I Couldn’t Get It Up
Queerguru recently reviewed Hot Gay Time Machine an hilarious cabaret in London from two hyperactive homos in leopard print bodysuits. Now its two stars Toby Marlow and Zak Ghazi-Torbati have released a new music video with one of the best numbers from the show about how they realized they were gay. It’s called I Couldn’t…
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Paul Flynn’s GOOD AS YOU : From Prejudice to Pride: 30 Years of Gay Britain is a terrific read
In his review of 30 years of gay, pop culture, Paul Flynn begins with an auspicious moment in 1984 and the confluence of two, groundbreaking songs. “Smalltown Boy” by Bronksi Beat and “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, were released in the same year. The former was an achingly beautiful take on the pressures of…
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Remembering TOMMY NUTTER the rebel Tailor of London in the 1960’s
The writer Lance Richardson has put together an intriguing biography about Tommy Nutter, a tailor who in the 1960’s reshaped the silhouette of men’s fashion, in Savile Row the most renowned street in London for bespoke tailoring. Most of the reminiscences in the book are from Nutter’s brother David, who made his name as celebrity photographer in…
