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Aaron Bear talks about YES I AM: THE RIC WEILAND STORY
Queerguru is frequently drawn to Seattle as it is the home of such an extraordinarily wonderful and unique queer culture that is so unlike any other US city. With Dina Martina as its unofficial patron saint, there seems to be no end to the talent that emerges from there. We were back there again…
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Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation : reviewed by Andrew Hebden
For those of us who might be outrageously, but fairly, accused of being more interested in mentioning that we have read Truman Capote or Tennesse Williams than actually reading them, this is the perfect documentary. Its mixture of biography, gossip, observations, and anecdotes in their famously distinct voices conveys a sense of both their…
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Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY gets a star studded production
I was always taught, and always teach, that drama occurs in the present tense – that theatre’s most valuable asset as a mode of storytelling lay in its presentation of the here and now, a story unfolding before you. This production/adaptation of Wilde’s classic novel makes the bold decision to deliver a retrospective narration: Dorian…
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Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed AIDS drama HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN to be revived
22 years after he starred in the original production of Beautiful Thing writer Jonathan Harvey’s acclaimed play HUSHABY MOUNTAIN, Brit actor Nick Bagnell is about to now direct its revival. This new online production of Harvey’s acclaimed AIDS drama will have an openly gay cast. It’s the story of Danny a young man, waiting…
