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Jim Parsons & Greg Berlanti producing more Queer History
Queer producers Jim Parsons and Greg Berlanti have announced that they are going to make a new TV series called EQUAL that will profile some of the most important leaders and activists in the fight for LGBTQ rights. The four-part mini series for HBO will feature Harry Hay the founder of the Mattachine Society…
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Daniel Lismore ‘a living work of art’ creates crystal clad costumes for the Opera
English National Opera’s Artistic Consultant Daniel Kramer who is staging a revival of Harrison Birtwistle’s iconic masterpiece THE MASK OF ORPHEUS had the inspired idea of inviting artist/designer Daniel Lismore to design the costumes. Lismore, once described by Vogue as ‘England’s most outrageous dresser‘ has used 400,000 Swarovski crystals so that each of the…
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Queerguru’s Jonny Ward checks out a new recording of beloved Brit Camp Comedy Up Pompei
UP POMPEI The Shaw Theatre “Titter ye not!” The eternal cry of camp icon Frankie Howerd. Welcome to ancient Rome, where the steps of the Forum are peopled by nubile slave girls and a range of outrageous characters including Lurcio’s owner, Ludicrous Sextus the Senator, his wife Ammonia, his son Nausius and his…
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Happy 94th Birthday Dame Angela Lansbury
Happy 94th Birthday Dame Angela Lansbury. You hit Hollywood running up in 1945 by picking up a Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nomination for your performance in GASLIGHT and have never stopped dazzling us ever since. You played both Elvis Presley and Laurence Harvey’s mother in movies even though they were both older than you,…
