Bobby Conte: The Broadway Star Comes Home
Bobby Conte: The Broadway Star Comes Home

Before starring in 'A Bronx Tale' and other Broadway shows, Bobby Conte, who brings his solo concert "Along the Way" to A.C.T.'s Strand Theater Feb. 11, got his start in theater here in the Bay Area.

by Jim Gladstone | Feb 7, 2023

Mark Morris Dance Group's 'The Look of Love' - Sam Black Returns to his Roots
Mark Morris Dance Group's 'The Look of Love' - Sam Black Returns to his Roots

Cal Performances welcomes back Mark Morris Dance Group for the Bay Area premiere of Morris' "The Look of Love: An Evening of Dance to the Music of Burt Bacharach." Company Director and Berkeley native Sam Black discussed his work with Morris.

by Philip Mayard | Feb 7, 2023

Tom Crewe's 'The New Life' - Wilde Times in Britain
Tom Crewe's 'The New Life' - Wilde Times in Britain

Tom Crewe's debut novel, "The New Life" (Scribner), has been rightly praised as historical fiction at its finest. The irony, richly deserved, is that its two main protagonists, John Addington and Henry Ellis, never met in real life.

by Tim Pfaff | Feb 7, 2023

Betty Fresas: Repping Latin Culture in the Castro
Betty Fresas: Repping Latin Culture in the Castro

"Betty's look is very regular girl, very approachable, very easy," said San Francisco-based drag performer Betty Fresas, host of Media Noche at the Midnight Sun. "But she's super colorful!"

by Christopher J. Beale | Feb 7, 2023

Lady Bunny - New York Drag Star Lands at Oasis
Lady Bunny - New York Drag Star Lands at Oasis

Fans of Lady Bunny, the New York drag star known for giant wigs, can look forward to her song parodies and routines in her new show, "The Greatest Ho on Earth," at Oasis on February 10 and 11.

by Jim Provenzano | Feb 3, 2023

Harvettes: One Last Night at Harvey's
Harvettes: One Last Night at Harvey's

It was the last dance, the last night, and last call for Harvey's bar and restaurant on 18th and Castro on January 28, as drag queens and singers entertained the audience at a benefit for the now-unemployed staff members.

by Photos by Steven Underhill | Jan 30, 2023

Winter's Tales; New Books Part 2
Winter's Tales; New Books Part 2

Continuing on our Winter Books picks, here comes part two, which contains even more provocative reading material than the first group. Enjoy tales of thrillingly engrossing wartime queer love, conversion camp survival, and speculative foreign lands.

by Jim Piechota | Jan 31, 2023

Chingwe Padraig Sullivan: Queer Native American Actor in SF Playhouse's 'Cashed Out'
Chingwe Padraig Sullivan: Queer Native American Actor in SF Playhouse's 'Cashed Out'

In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Chingwe Padraig Sullivan reflected on growing up in New England and pursuing a career in theater as a queer Native American. Sullivan costars in the cast of "Cashed Out," currently running at SF Playhouse.

by Jim Gladstone | Jan 31, 2023

'Clyde's' - Lynn Nottage's Diner Comedy at Berkeley Rep
'Clyde's' - Lynn Nottage's Diner Comedy at Berkeley Rep

The beautifully balanced ensemble of five actors who play the owner and staff of a truck stop diner in "Clyde's" are provided with a bumper crop of fresh, zesty dialogue by Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.

by Jim Gladstone | Jan 31, 2023

Pick-up Programs: The Lavender Tube on Viewing to Cure Winter Doldrums
Pick-up Programs: The Lavender Tube on Viewing to Cure Winter Doldrums

Dry January and post-holiday doldrums can leave us aching for a pick-me-up and that's where queer TV comes in. 'Traitors,' 'Poker Face,' 'Velma' and more shows get some homocentric focus on sharp-view.

by Victoria A. Brownworth | Jan 24, 2023


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