Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter‘If I could stop history in its tracks, maybe I would. But I can’t, Carson. You nor I can hold back time.‘ Thus speaks the stoic Earl of Grantham when he is rumored to have to leave his precious Downton Abbey for good. Most of the US and a fair percentage of viewers back in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOpenly gay composer and lyricist William Finn’s stunning Tony Award winning show Falsettos that he wrote with James Lapine is actually made up of the 2nd two parts of a musical trilogy about one man’s journey that started out so full of hope. It’s the story of Marvin who quits his wife and young son … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWe may be spoilt for choices with so much culture now being streamed online right now, but here is one real treat we would not dream of missing. This Friday, July 17, PBS’s Great Performances will present the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019 production of George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward’s Porgy and Bess. Directed by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe word from the UK is that the National Theatre’s very first film is something of a smash hit. In its 5-star review, The Guardian called this Romeo and Juliet ‘an ingenious triumph”. This production of Shakespeare’s classic love story was created solely for the screen and it was shot on a single stage, over … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you are having serious withdrawal symptoms waiting for the Netflix original series The Crown to come back with the much awaited season two, and are missing the British Royal Family, we have just come across something that we think you will love too. Last Sunday PBS’s Masterpiece Theater showed their stunning new controversial drama King … Continue reading