Tag Archives: Broadway

Web Site Story

A Broadway-style look at social media.

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Remembering June 1969

Yesterday the cast of Hair, the chorus boys from West Side Story, and the vogueing houses slated to perform at tomorrow’s Love Ball all gathered on the stairs of the new TKTS booth in Times Square to remember the night 40 years ago that sparked the Stonewall Rebellion. In the red headband behind the sailor is openly gay Hair star …

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The 2009 Tony Awards

ABOVE: Hair producer Oskar Eustis accepts the award for Best Revival of a Musical with this: “Peace now, freedom now, and [indicating his ring finger] equality NOW. Justice forever!” That’s Mr. Broadway 2009, Anthony Hollock on the right. What a strange beast was this year’s Tony Awards. The “most expensive opening ever” (above left) was indeed spectacular – but audio …

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Cheyenne Jackson At NYC Marriage Rally

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TODAY: Massive Pro And Anti-Gay Marriage Rallies Set For Manhattan

The NYPD has been advised to prepare for 10,000 – 20,000 Hispanic evangelicals rallying outside Gov. Paterson’s Manhattan office today at 1PM for their self-described anti-gay protest. LGBT folks and our allies are urged to show up too, “not in a fight against our dissenters, but in a gesture of support for Governor Paterson, who has supported us.” Gay organizers …

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Sunday: NYC Marriage Equality Rally!

Via press release: This Sunday, May 17, stars of Broadway and Television will come out to perform and rally in support of love, peace and marriage equality. Please join us from 5:00pm – 7:00pm ET on Sixth Avenue at 44th street in Manhattan as we let the sunshine in. “I am thrilled that we are able to come together as …

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2009 Tony Awards Noms Announced

The nominations for the 2009 Tony Awards have been announced. Billy Elliot leads the pack with a record-tying 15 nominations. Below are a few of the top categories. Complete list here.Best PlayDividing the Estate, Author: Horton FooteGod of Carnage, Author: Yasmina RezaReasons to Be Pretty, Author: Neil LaBute33 Variations, Author: Moisés Kaufman Best MusicalBilly Elliot, The Musical Next to Normal …

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Broadway Friday

-Gay funnyman Seth Rudetsky will host the 2009 Broadway Touring Awards on Monday at the Hilton Theater. Liza Minnelli among the presenters.-The limited engagement of Waiting For Godot had its official opening last night at Studio 54 starring Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin, John Goodman and John Glover.-The soundtrack to Big Gay Musical will be released on July 14th.-PBS will broadcast …

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Bea Arthur, 86

Legendary stage and television star Bea Arthur died at her home this morning at age 86. Family members say the Tony and Emmy winner had been battling cancer, but no other details are yet available. Below, I’ve compiled some of my favorite Bea Arthur television moments. Make sure you play the clip with Rock Hudson in which he and Bea …

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Broadway Beauty Pageant 2009

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the third annual Broadway Beauty Pageant where five male Broadway stars competed in the categories of talent, swimsuit, and question & answer. Emceed by four-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh and celebrity judged by Seth Rudetsky, SNL’s Ana Gastayer, Tony winner Beth Leavel, and playwright Charles Busch, the evening was a fundraiser …

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NOM Auditions – The Spoof

Another clip from the touring cast of Mary Poppins. These just get better and better. Wait for the end.

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Monday: 2009 Broadway Beauty Pageant

For over the rainbow glittery gayness, how about an event that combines barely-clad boys, show tunes, tiaras, and public service for homeless LGBT youth? This Monday the Ali Forney Center presents their annual Broadway Beauty Pageant. Handsome hunks from your favorite Broadway shows are competing to raise money for the Ali Forney Center, an organization that provides shelter and services …

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Broadway Takes On NOM

I know I just said I was done with these parodies, but along comes this clip from the touring cast of Mary Poppins. “It is like a flood in the living room and the whole family is being washed away by the wiles of Satan and his dark army of homos.”

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Broadway Backwards 4 Recap

The Broadway sites have posted their coverage of Monday’s Broadway Backwards 4, the annual all-star fundraiser for the NYC LGBT Center in which classic showtunes are given a gay twist. Above is Broadway World’s Walter McBride’s shot of Cheyenne Jackson bottoming for Sandra Bernhard. McBride has many more photos here. Go to Theater Mania for a great photo recap by …

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Broadway Backwards 4

Last night Horshack made me cry. For realz. At Broadway Backwards, the fourth annual NYC LGBT Center fundraiser show which featured a galaxy of Broadway stars, it was Welcome Back, Kotter’s Ron Palillo’s skit about Prop 8 that had me in tears. Another highlight was Florence Henderson’s raunchy take There Is Nothing Like A Dame from South Pacific which featured …

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Broadway Friday

-The economy is taking its toll on Broadway with nine shows already closed in the new year, including Hairspray, Grease, Boeing-Boeing, Young Frankenstein, Spamalot, and 13. Seven more shows are slated to close by the end of February. -Gavin Creel will star in the revival of Hair, set to open March 6th at the Al Hirschfeld. -Bradford Louryk will star …

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Eartha Kitt, 81

Eartha Kitt, the bawdy, sexy, sultry performer whose name will forever live in the pantheon of gay icons, died today at 81. Actress and “Santa Baby” singer Eartha Kitt has died. Kitt, 81, died Thursday in New York City, her publicist confirmed to CNN, after being treated there for colon cancer. Her daughter Kitt Shapiro was by her side. Known …

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Wicked Composer Won’t Boycott LDS

Stephen Schwartz, the composer of the Broadway smash, Wicked, says he will not take part in any boycott of the Mormon Church and will continue to allow his work to be licensed. “I have not withdrawn the use of my songs by the BYU Young Ambassadors and do not intend to do so,” Schwartz said Monday in an e-mail. “They …

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Pinklisting The Mormons

Ex-Mormon Jon Powell wants all of Broadway to refuse to license their work to the Mormon Church. Powell has talked with one artist in particular, Stephen Schwartz, the composer of the musical “Wicked” which the Young Ambassadors wants to use in their show. Powell says, “For me that material is so blatantly hypocritical… the use of it in the Young …

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Show Queen Alert!

The grand dame of Broadway, Patti Lupone, will make a “surprise” appearance at Splash tonight at 9pm. Lupone will be introduced by Michael Urie, who plays her son on Ugly Betty. Lupone is promoting her new CD, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, which is a live cabaret act she did at gay disco Les Mouches in Chelsea in 1980, every …

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