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Michael Childer’s star studded ONE NIGHT ONLY celebrates New York, New York

  The Show may be called ONE NIGHT ONLY but we know its inimitable gregarious producer Michael Childers has been eating, sleeping, and thinking about it since the final curtain call of the last show a year ago.  It’s a major highlight in Palm Springs’s social calendar as it not only brings such a starry … Continue reading

Michael Clark : Cosmic Dancer

No young queer about town in the late eighties or early nineties could fail to have noticed the cherubic presence (a very, very naughty cherub mind you) of Michael Clark on the cultural landscape. The outlandish costumes (crotchless, latex or sleek and hypermodern creations) alongside daring collaborations (Leigh Bowery/Derek Jarman/Sarah Lucas/Alexander McQueen/Vivienne Westwood/The Falll) were … Continue reading

Michael Clark : the British iconoclast who brought punk ballet to the masses : in Conversation with Les Child

  Hailed as “British dance’s true iconoclast”,  the most notable of all his successes of queer Scottish choreographer Michael Clark who emerged in the 1980s as a prodigy at London’s Royal Ballet School, was bringing punk ballet to the masses.   The list of the people he has collaborated with since then reads like an inevitable … Continue reading

Michael Urie hangs out with Barbra Striesand to talk about her dolls

  Michael Urie just reprised his role in Buyer & Cellar  a one-man play by Jonathan Tolins for which he won a Clarence Derwent Award for his performance  as well as a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in 2013.  The play is a comedy that follows Alex More, a struggling gay actor working in Los Angeles, who is down on … Continue reading

Michael White : The Last Impresario Dies

Michael White , the man who Anna Wintour  once described as ‘the most famous man you’ve never heard of‘ has just died aged 80 years old. White was a celebrated British theater impressario who introduced London to art ‘happenings’ with Yoko Ono, contemporary dance with Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch, discovered the ground-breaking ‘The Rocky Horror … Continue reading

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