Orlando
FROM HERE : the new musical from Orlando celebrating queer joy, coming out, chosen family, and compassion in the face of cruelty.
Just opened Off Broadway is a new musical FROM HERE. On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire around 2 AM in Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub, where more than 300 people were inside. The attack marked one of the deadliest against the LGBTQIA+ community in the nation’s history. The musical is based on this…
Must See Theater : TAYLOR MAC starring in Sarah Ruhl’s ORLANDO at NY’s Signature Theater
Queerguru needs a very good reason to leave sunny Miami for a bitterly cold New York but here is an excellent one……Taylor Mac. The genius actor/performer/writer is a self-described “fool” and “collagist” who puts together forms and costumes to create a complex and sometimes contradictory look and sound. As he has resisted categorization by…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY : Paul Preciado’s homage to trans/non binary lives
Orlando, My Political Biography is a fantastic, award-winning documentary film by Spanish philosopher/director Paul Preciado. The documentary is a homage to trans/non-binary lives and Virginia Woolf’s classic 1928 novel, Orlando, A Biography. The original novel is based on the wild family history of Woolf’s lover, the aristocratic poet and novelist, Vita Sackville-West. The…
Greetings From Queertown : the story of how ‘Pulse’ changed Orlando for ever.
We may not remember our boyfriend’s birthday, let alone your anniversary, but the one date that every member of the LGBTQ+ community remembers is where they were when ‘Pulse’ happened. It was such a callous and horrendous act of hate that ended so many lives of our brothers and sisters who were just…
