Ian McKellan
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Preview of Stephen Soderbergh’s ‘THE CHRISTOPHERS’ starring the indefatigable 86-year-old theatrical knight Ian McKellan
The (queer) world is a very lucky place, knowing that the grand old queer theatrical knight Sir Ian McKellan shows no sign of slowing up his work schedule despite being 86 years old. Just last Queerguru’s Kareem Tabsch reviewed Sir Ian in AN ARK at The Shed on Off Broadway (see here) and now we…
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“Virtually Skeptical, Emotionally Moved” AN ARK AT THE SHED : a review by Kareem Tabsch for QUEERGURU
I am the first to admit that I have rarely, if ever, been bowled over by anything in the realm of virtual reality, augmented reality, or the like. The technology itself can be interesting enough, and there have certainly been works that piqued my interest—Traveling While Black being one I found brilliant—but I generally do…
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Scotland’s Pitlochry Theatre will debut OUT IN THE HILLS. a three-day celebration of LGBTQ+ theatre, music, and dance.
Barely some 40 miles south of Balmoral Castle in Scotland is the town of Pitlochry. Thanks to the nearness of Queen Victoria’s favorite residence, the town soon became a tourist attraction. At the center of this is the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a large performing arts theatre that was conceived in the late 1940s by John Stewart,…
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Two New (very innovative) Hamlets at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
There are not one, but two, very unique interpretations of Shakespeare’s great tragedy HAMLET being performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. Sir Ian McKellen has taken the stage as Hamlet for the third time in his career but this time in a collaboration with ballet dancer and choreographer Peter Schaufuss. . McKellan…
