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Rocketman : Elton John enjoys a moment of self love
Rocketman, the tumultuous story of spangly superstar Elton John is a biography, a musical and a showcase of his back catalogue. A failure at one of them is saved by an outstanding achievement in the other two. Reginald Dwight (Taron Egerton) born a suburban nobody, changes his name to Elton John and leaves behind…
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Bathtubs over Broadway : the secret world of Industrial Shows
Thank goodness there are still a handful of obsessive compulsive eccentrics in the world who both enlighten and delight us all with some fascinating project that we would otherwise never ever know about. Steve Young a head writer on David Letterman’s TV Show had created a segment for the Late Night Host where he…
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Joe Cardona and The Gay Men of Mariel
Filmmaker/.writer Joe Cardona the 2018 Winner of Oolite Arts ‘Ellies Award’ talked to QUEERGURU about his planned documentary THE GAY MEN OF MARIEL which was his winning entry. N.B. Mariel refers to the mass emigration of Cubans to the US in 1980
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Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens : a richer and more diverse Inheritance
Elegies for Angels, Punks AND Raging Queens ☆☆☆☆ Union Theatre, London In a year in which The Inheritance claimed every kind of London theatre accolade it’s a tough job to put on an AIDS crisis era play without inviting comparison. Happily, when contrasted rather than compared, Elegies sets its own standard. It is different…
