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Interview: Drew Droege Spills All About “Messy White Gays”
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A witty actor known for performances in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and, onstage, in the hit spoof Titanique, Drew Droege is...
Safety Dance: Secrets Surface, Forcing the ‘Our House’ Family to Face Facts
TOSOS (“The Other Side of Silence”)
Presents the World Premiere of
Barry Boehm’s "Our House"
Directed by Mark Finley
Starring Christopher Borg, Tim Burke, CJ DiOrio, Jalen Ford,...
Desire to Know: Questioning the Mind Behind the Intimate, Immersive “Dirty Books”
BY ANDREA ALTON | Mara Lieberman’s inventive and timely play Dirty Books explores the First Amendment, censorship, and the world of underground erotica—and it’s...
Songs, Santa, Smut: Drag Icon Jackie Beat’s Holiday Show is Set to Sleigh
Hey, NYC! Good news for those who bristle upon hearing “Happy Holidays!” and other equally empty seasonal platitudes: Jacie Beat (the reigning queen of...
Subversive and Charming Trans Performer Daphne Always is ‘Trying to Ride the Mechanical Bull...
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One of the NYC performance scene’s most original inhabitants, Daphne Always—by her own definition—”blends music, standup, burlesque and drag” for...
Arts on the Outs: In-Person Events of Interest, Jan. 24-31, 2026
The Big Johnson / A film by Lola Rocknrolla / Screening Twice Daily Through Thursday, January 29 at Quad Cinema (4 West 13th Street,...
Poems, Paintings, Prohibition: ‘The Gay Harlem Renaissance’ on View Through March 8
Note: The following, having originally published here, is reprinted with the author’s permission.
BY TRAV S.D. | Some years we manage to lean into Black...
Stellar Cast, Solid Material, Non-Stop Laughs: ‘Oh, Mary!’ Earns its Standing O
Note: This review is a reprint of 08/12/2024 content from ChelseaCommunityNews.com, our sister publication. Oh, Mary! is still playing; info here.
REVIEW BY TRAV S.D....
‘RUMIPALOOZA’ Tribute’s Tantalizing Tidbits Give Giddy Glimpse Into Glittery, Gender-Defying, Off-Grid Enigma
RUMIPALOOZA: Trolling For Dick in Argentina & MORE
Thursday, January 22, 7pm
At the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
2nd floor, LGBT Community Center (208 W....
With Interviews & Reviews, Pizzoli’s ‘Passionate Outlier’ Captures the Essence of Gay Writers &...
WRITTEN & REPORTED BY MICK MEENAN | The Stonewall Uprising that followed a June 28, 1969 NYPD raid on a Christopher Street gay bar...
