BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Thank God it was Friday. And thank heavens for an artist who came to slay, and did just that. Friday, June 14, in her fourth solo show to premiere at NYC’s Laurie Beechman Theatre, writer/performer BenDeLaCreme proved herself a kitchen sink creative force adept at blending videos, voice-overs, puppetry, bawdy burlesque, […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Sasha Spielvogel knows what it’s like to feel “other.” Her father escaped Vienna, fleeing the Nazis; her grandfather languished in two concentration camps. A modern dance artist in her sixties, Spielvogel had friends who were bullied for being gay and/or died of AIDS, and she watched the community come together to […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The second film about Rudolf Nureyev to hit the city this spring (the first being the The White Crow, a Ralph Fiennes-directed biopic), Jacqui and David Morris’s 2018 Nureyev is much the more powerful, entertaining, and affecting. A British production released abroad last September, it incorporates documentary film footage of the […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY MIKA TURBERVILLE | Black and Latinx trans people are dying at an alarming rate—being murdered for their very existence. In response to the murder of Muhlaysia Booker, who, at only 23, was shot just weeks after surviving a vicious assault—and in remembrance of the other numerous royal transgender women who have […]
BY TRAV S.D. | Today, June 5, is the birthday of Paul Swan (1883-1972). How fitting that it falls during PRIDE month! Swan was one of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century: painter, sculptor, model, dancer, choreographer, poet, movie actor, set and costume designer, and—for a few weeks in 1914–vaudevillian. Furthermore, he functioned […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Who needs snark when you have an abundance of sweetness? Who needs to be cocky when carry yourself with such confidence? RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 contestant Shea Couleé slayed at West 42nd Street’s Laurie Beechman Theatre last night, with a candid bio show that “RuVealed” intimate details on growing up, […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | “I didn’t know that make up could be a job,” said makeup artist James Vincent, at a preview of The Makeup Show. Mr. Vincent is the Director of Education and Artist Relations at The Makeup Show, an industry convention which took up four floors of the Metropolitan Pavilion, (125 W. 18th […]
A message from our content partners, at an awesome drag/fashion/pop-culture site, recently selected by The United States Library of Congress for inclusion in its LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive: Just when you think Awards Season is over, here come the WERRRK.com 2018 (-ish) Drag Awards, recognizing the best in drag, entertainment, fashion, and LGBTQ achievement! You […]
Note, this note from the producers of the show: “Hi all. Times Squares will be closing up shop for the time being at the Laurie Beechman. We are hoping to move to another venue. ‘Til then, if you made a reservation and have not yet received a refund, please DM Tim Cusack. Thanks for your […]
BY GERALD BUSBY | I first met Angel Martinez when he came to my home church, First Baptist in Tyler, Texas, to lead us in a revival meeting. Christian revivals, particularly among Baptists and Methodists, have existed in America since the late l8th century, with the advent of the Second Great Awakening. Besides reinvigorating believers […]