posted Thursday, April 9, 2015
Most everyone knows the story, whether by way of John Waters or John Travolta, or the really cool kids by way of Divine. It’s toured live on stages everywhere, and was a feature film box office hit. The 1950’s are so in the past, and change is in the (h)air! It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and […]
posted Wednesday, April 8, 2015
After unanimous rave reviews, sold out performances and standing ovations in New York and across Australia, Spiegelworld is proud to bring its all-new show EMPIRE to Toronto starting September 1, 2015. Produced by Spiegelworld and presented by evenko, EMPIRE smashes the boundaries of circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque, reinventing the genres for a 21st century […]
posted Friday, March 27, 2015
This evening I attended the opening night of Tranny: A Musical Comedy. I immediately found the title somewhat offensive and held little hope for the show in its entirety. Despite being a Trans* woman reviewer, I couldn’t quite comprehend how an offensively titled “musical comedy” about one Tran* woman’s professional transitions as an entertainer was […]
posted Wednesday, March 11, 2015
After six successful years as Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Artistic Director, Brendan Healy will be stepping down in September of 2015. Mr. Healy has programmed the 2015-2016 Season at Buddies, which will be announced April 29 and he is thrilled to be directing the first show of the year. Healy first joined Buddies in […]
posted Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Cabaret Company presents My Dinner with Casey Donovan, the newest work by Sky Gilbert (Hackerlove), running at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace from March 12-22, 2015. What happens when you bring a porn star to dinner? Find out as a young gay man in the early 1970s, who’s afraid to come out to his parents, […]
posted Thursday, February 12, 2015
Wednesday afternoon I got VERY last minute notice that I had complimentary tickets to see the opening night of “Marilyn: Forever Blonde”. Of course I went in to high gear to make myself at least reasonably presentable to the world, and fought my way through (thankfully) less than usually tragic traffic, which normally separates my […]
posted Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Snowflakes are falling, malls are busy with holiday shoppers, and the rum and eggnog are being pounded back. It’s the time to celebrate with friends and family because we are right in the middle of the Christmas season. Feeling like adding a little queer festivities into your plans? Then join Open Air Productions for Snow […]
posted Monday, October 27, 2014
In person, Belle Jumelle reminds me of nothing so much as the love child of a sexy Powerpuff girl and Adele. As she sits across from me in the coffee shop we’ve chosen to meet at while she’s on her break, it’s a little hard to reconcile the beautiful, but recognizably corporate professional, with the […]
posted Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Gay Play Day, an annual festival of LGBTQ theatre, is now in its third year at the Alumnae Theatre studio space. The festival is a platform for both novice and emerging LGBTQ writers to have their works produced and seen by local audiences. This year’s festival features five short plays by local playwrights. Gay Play […]
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