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COOKIE : Soho Playhouse NY TWO NIGHTS ONLY heartbreakingly intimate and darkly hilarious
Cookie is a one-person, five-act tragicomic play that blends vaudeville’s theatricality with the raw intimacy of backstage confessions. It follows Cookie Jackson, a magnetic performer who captivates audiences with humor, wit, and dazzling showmanship. Yet, beyond the footlights, they wrestle with trauma, identity, and the struggle to reclaim their own story. Set in a symbolic…
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Cole Steffensen writer, comedian and gay villan talks about NAUTI & NICE his nautical queer comedy show
Cole Steffensen is a writer, comedian, and gay villain based in Brooklyn. He regularly performs stand-up and sketch comedy across New York City and Brooklyn. He is co-host of a hilarious new queer variety show, where comedy collides with the true—and delightfully scandalous—stories of New York’s queer maritime past. And it’s all happening at South…
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Queerguru’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE MOVIES @ OUTshine Miami’s LGBTQA+ Film Festival
Queerguru’s Editor-In-Chief first arrived in Miami (where he still resides for the winter months) in 1998 which is the same year that OUTshine, Miami’s LGBTQA+ Film Festival, was born. So he’s been convinced ever since that it was done for him! And here almost 30 years later both are going strong, but now QUEERGURU…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ODD FISH a beautiful, and rare, queer film from Iceland
Queer storytelling is constantly evolving in the right direction, and it’s been good to see the latest crop of new films increasingly focus on queer life in smaller towns and villages around the world rather than the more obvious big urban centres. Another welcome development, particularly for trans characters, is for the queer story not…
