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Flame Con 2026 Sees Aspirants, Admirers, Insiders Meet & Merge
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | I attended the very first Flame Con in 2015. Back then, the check-in table had three kinds of pronoun badges:...
Trans Trio’s Ship-Shape Queering of Maritime Music is Seaport Concert’s Free Booty
Queer History: Chanteys and Sailors
Sunday, July 26, 2:30pm
At the South Street Seaport Museum (213 Water St, NYC)
Get free tickets here
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It’s...
HOT Festival is Here & Queer, at Dixon Place Through July 25
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Born lo these many years ago as a performance-space-cum-salon in the real life living room of fabulously supportive founder Ellie...
As The Hedwig Movie Hits 25, John Cameron Mitchell Tells All
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Based on the stage musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the famous...
Boys, Booze, Carbs & Kings: Murray Hill Hosts June 21 Brunch
International House of Drag Kings | 1pm, Sunday, June 21
At The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd St. NYC)
$20 General Admission
$35, VIP (admission, front seating,...
Chatting with the Chita Rivera Awards Nominees: Gotta Dance!
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I saw the late legend Chita Rivera in Broadway shows and cabaret concerts many times, and every time, it was...
Unitard at 25 is a Silver Lining for Troubled Times
Uni-Versary: 25 Years of Unitard
Written/Performed by Mike Albo, Nora Burns, David Ilku
Directed by Adam Pivirotto
Thurs., April 30, 9:30pm at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St.)
Tickets...
Drag Brunch Boasts Murray Hill-Approved Carbs, Comedy, & Kings
Murray Hill Presents:
International House of Drag Kings (a brunch spectacular)
Debut Performance: 1pm, Sunday, April 19
At The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd St. NYC)
$25 General...
Pretty Babies Tribute Band Beautifies the Forever-Radiant Reign of Blondie
The Pretty Babies Present:
The Rapture: A Night of Transcendent Blondie Songs
Tuesday, April 7, 9:30pm
At Joes’s Pub (425 Lafayette St., NYC)
Per-Person Tickets are $30 (inclusive...
‘The Listening’ is a Supernatural Feast for the Senses, Serving 30 Souls at a...
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “Live, sonic, supernatural storytelling” is the promise of The Listening, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it theatrical excursion set to materialize a mere 20...
