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Matthew López’s THE INHERITANCE “the most important American play of the century. ” regional premiere at The Round House, Bethesda
Back in 2018, when Matthew López’s drama THE INHERITANCE had its world premiere in London, the august conservative newspaper, The Telegraph, hardly known for its hyperbolic headlines, declared it “the most important American play of the century. Set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to…
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Limón Dance Company one of the worlds greatest dance companies celebrates its 80th Anniversary
This year The Limón Dance Company (LDC) will celebrate its 80th Anniversary with a bold, intergenerational program that honors eight decades of revolutionary modern dance by its founder, José Limón, and amplifies the voices of today. From José Limón’s foundational works to powerful new commissions, this celebratory engagement delves deeply into questions of masculinity, identity,…
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Turn Back Time : Queerguru reviews Antony Hickling’s ONE DEEP BREATH from 2014
The first film Queerguru reviewed by the award-winning experimental filmmaker ANTONY HICKLING was Little Gay Boy back in 2013. We mused then that maybe one day he would assume the mantle of the late great Derek Jarman, and the more we see Hickling’s work, the more we think we were right. This British/French independent filmmaker…
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‘From Buggery to Blasphemy: Gay News UK’ Revisited by Bob Workman and Keith Howes
In London in the 1970’s (yes, some of us are that old!), the burgeoning gay community, still reeling from the fact that in 1969 homosexuality was finally decriminalized (well, for men 21 and over) and they were desperate to find ways/avenues to celebrate being queer. In those days, almost a decade before personal computers started…
