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Monday, April 14
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Source: CBC News , Broadway World , St. Catherine's Standard , Calgary Herald Nathan Cuckow, left, and Chris Craddock, as Feminem and T-Bag, are creators and stars of the gay hip hop opera Bash'd. photo: Bash'd blogspot A gay hip hop opera that opened in an Alberta gay bar with a serious look at anti-gay violence first started as a couple of rap parodies about bath houses and parodies. It grew into a rap-operatic love story that toured the fringe festival circuit in Canada and is now headed for the cradle of rap, New York City. Bash'd!, performed by Edmonton actors Chris Craddock...
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Sunday, March 30
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune , Washington Post , Washington Blade Two recent stories of gay veterans help illustrate the pretzel-logic required of service members trying to abide by the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. One of the stories is told proudly by the Marine vet himself. The other is shrouded in questions of journalist's policy and family feelings. One is the story of a soldier who died serving his country. The other is the story of a marine who speaks loudly now so that other service members may someday be honest about an important part of their...
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Monday, March 24
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Source: Variety , Seattle Times SEATTLE -- This past week at Seattle's ACT Theater, Uzbekistan's Ilkhom Theater company presented a production of "White White Black Stork." The play involves murder, mystery and the redemptive power of art -- much like the remarkable story behind Ilkhom's current five-city U.S. tour. The idea for the tour was hatched three years ago, when ACT artistic director Kurt Beattie traveled to the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, one of Seattle's sister cities. "I was there for about two weeks," says Beattie. "And one thing that struck...
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Saturday, February 23
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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO -- About 50 people from Kalamazoo and across the state showed up Friday night in support of those attending a gay-themed play at Kalamazoo Central High School. Protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., who said last week they planned to picket the student production of "The Laramie Project," failed to appear. A handful of "nonvocal" local residents protesting the play were said to have been at the high school campus. "They didn't challenge us," said Santiago Lopez, of the Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality, who stood...
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Wednesday, February 20
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Source: Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO -- Emotions may run high inside and outside of Kalamazoo Central High School's presentation of Moises Kaufman's "The Laramie Project," which starts Friday. The play is based on more than 200 interviews Kaufman and others from the Tectonic Theater Project in New York did in Laramie, Wyo., after the October 1998 beating death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student. The killing is widely considered a hate crime based on homophobia. Westboro Baptist Church, a Topeka, Kan.-based congregation that has picketed gay-pride events...
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Monday, January 07
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Source: Times (London) Despite fears that the 2012 Olympics would neuter arts funding, many companies breathed a sigh of relief when, in October, the Government awarded the Arts Council a £1 billion settlement. What has ensued, though, is the biggest shake-up of its client lists in the Arts Council’s 60-year history. So what will it mean for theatre? And will the outcome really be just, after the council’s regional divisions make their final decisions between January 15 and the end of the month? Related in Q: London's premier LGBT theater sacrificed for 'new renaissance' of arts UK...
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Friday, January 04
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Source: Guardian and Stage Britain may be about to produce "the greatest art yet created", ushering in a "new Renaissance" comparable with that in 15th century Italy, according to a policy review to be published by the government next Thursday. But it will probably see that new era without London's leading producer of lesbian and gay plays which faces a total cancellation of public funding. Supporting Excellence in the Arts , written by Sir Brian McMaster, a former director of the Edinburgh International Festival, was commissioned by the culture secretary, James Purnell...
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Saturday, October 27
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Source: Sunday Herald Rikki Beadle-Blair in his play Metrosexuality A LEADING gay writer has accused Scotland of failing to adequately tackle homophobic bullying after 50 schools in and around Glasgow turned down his powerful stage play about the issue. Rikki Beadle-Blair, who wrote a film about the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York and Channel 4's 2001 comedy drama Metrosexuality, claimed teachers were "frightened" that his production, Fit, would encourage young people to confront their sexuality. Beadle-Blair, 46, thought the show would be welcomed after successfully showing it to...
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