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Jim Caruso’s “Hot Mic!”
WRITTEN & REPORTD BY JIM CARUSO | Hi! This is Jim Caruso, and this column is called “Hot Mic!”
If you’d been sitting with me...
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...
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...
Roundup: Will Drag Queens Leave Trump’s America?
WRITTEN & REPORTED BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Drag and trans folk have been particularly oppressed by Trump’s GOP, which somehow pegs any man in...
Monthly “After Dark” Party at Julius’ Brings Disco’s Thumping Giddiness Back!
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | No, it doesn’t magically turn into the legendary disco Studio 54, but once a month, the long-running Julius’ bar at...
Dylan Mulvaney Update–And Other Queer Gossip
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Making lemonade out of spilled beer, trans star Dylan Mulvaney
has turned her bizarre 2023 experience as the controversial Bud Light...
On the Road (Again!), with Sherry Vine
BY SHERRY VINE | On the road again! I actually have a parody of that song, of course, called Takin’ Loads Again. Gross? Yes....
The 150 Best New Drag Names: Try One On!
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I love a good drag name because it not only encompasses clever wordplay, but it can also be refreshingly...
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...
PTown Report ’26: Drag Queens, Pedicab Hunks, and Joy Behar!
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The gay gem of the ocean, Provincetown, Massachusetts, is a utopian resort town where drag shows, seafood, and tourists combine...
