Monday, May 25, 2015

Interview with Harvey Fierstein, by Michael Portantiere

A gay icon talks about his reconceived role of Uncle Winston in the new Broadway musical A Catered Affair, for which he wrote the book.

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Broadway Hunks on Parade, by Michael Portantiere

Anthony Rapp hosts the second annual beauty pageant to find the hottest, most talented guy on Broadway.

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The Year in Gay Theater

The recent Broadway stagehands' strike briefly cast a pall over the Big Apple, but before that happened, there was lots of great theater going on in New York—much of it involving openl…

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Mr. Hair Wins Broadway Beauty Pageant, by Michael Portantiere

Anthony Hollock, one of the tribe in the smash-hit revival of Hair, won the crown in this year's Broadway Beauty Pageant at Symphony Space.

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Broadway Bares 19.0 Rocks Roseland, by Michael Portantiere

This year's edition of the hotly anticipated annual event featured such notable participants as Daniel Reichard, Gavin Creel, Allison Janney, Michael Urie, Sutton Foster, and Mo Rocca.

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Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland

The Great White Way's best performers bare (almost) all for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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A Week With Mamet, Sondheim, and Shakespeare, by Michael Portantiere

Notes on the starry revival of American Buffalo, the Public Theater production of the new/old Stephen Sondheim musical Road Show, and a terrifically sexy and violent Actors' Equity showcase presentation of Macbeth.

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Nudes is Good News for Broadway Box-Office

From Hair to Equus, nudity has long been a staple of Broadway theater.

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Broadway Backwards 4

Whoopi Goldberg, Mario Cantone, Alan Cumming, Cheyenne Jackson, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, Florence Henderson, and a host of other stars give their all for The Gay Center.

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It's Time to Try Defying Inequality; photo feature by Michael Portantiere

Major Broadway, film, and TV stars come together with political types and other notables at the Gershwin Theatre in opposition to Prop. 8 and in support of gay marriage.

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Review: "Yank!" Sings of Gay Soldiers in Love by Tim OLeary

Yank! succeeds on just about every level that a musical can.

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Live Sex Onstage!, by Michael Portantiere

Three current Off-Broadway shows feature simulated sex scenes that leave little to the imagination.

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Broadway Backwards Gets Pretty Gay, by Michael Portantiere

Sometimes, you have to take a step "backwards" to move forward. That's the lesson of Broadway Backwards, the annual concert in which the men of Broadway sing songs traditionally sung by women, and vice versa. Here are photos of some of the highlights from this year's event, held on Monday.

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Nicholas Rodriguez Talks Life, Love and "Oklahoma!" by Wayman Wong

Nicholas Rodriguez is best known as Nick Chavez, the out-and-proud soap stud of ABC's One Life to Live. For his role in the first gay love triangle on American daytime TV, he was honored wit…

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Go, Billy Elliot!, by Michael Portantiere

Billy Elliot has opened on Broadway, and you should do a grand jeté to the Imperial Theater; Roundabout scores with a revival of David Rabe's Streamers.

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The Ritz, reviewed at AfterElton.com

The Ritz is one of the gayest comedies ever written, even though most of the central characters happen to be straight. The Roundabout Theatre Company's current revival demonstrates further that this is Terrence McNally's masterpiece.

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards