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Win FREE TICKETS to Sister Act on Broadway!
HAIL, MARYS!
If you’re looking for high-energy entertainment, music you can dance to and just a great night out, you can’t miss SISTER ACT, Broadway’s sinfully addictive sensation!
This feel-amazing smash features an electrifying new score by 8-time Academy Award® winner ALAN MENKEN (Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) mixing the sounds of disco, soul, funk, R&B and Broadway.
Direction is by 4-time Tony® winner JERRY ZAKS (La Cage aux Folles, A Funny Thing…, Guys and Dolls).
Join Broadway’s fiercest diva and all her single ladies for a night you won’t forget… at SISTER ACT!
For more information go to on Sister Act online.
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THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!
The Winner is NATHAN MANSKE! Enjoy the show Nathan!
SISTER ACT!
Now at BROADWAY THEATRE. 1681 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10019
The 2011 Audience Choice Award Winner!
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Broadway hero for August…Mr. Gay USA Eddie Rabon
GAY LIFE NYC.org and
Michael Cavnaugh have selected the Broadway Hero of the Month for August….
Eddie Rabon. He does Broadway Bares every year, Is an Assistant Dean for a performing Arts School and the current, Mr. Gay USA.
GayLifeNYC.org sat down with Eddie and talked about his win last year, and his many accomplishments in the theatre world. – And he is very very involved with Broadway Cares / Broadway Bares.
Watch Eddie on the YouTube interview.
Check out GayLifeNYC.org for ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AND AIDS HEALTH RESOURCES!
Nick Adams and Priscilla Launch Felicia Says….
QUEEN OF THE DESERT is the HOTTEST ticket on Broadway! And of course, you know we adore Nick Adams, one of its stars!
They recently launched a new fun viral tool on their Facebook page where fans can see Felicia’s (played by Nick Adams) quote of the week and easily Retweet it to their friends.
Felicia always has something sassy to say, and the quotes are fun and entertaining.
Nick on Felicia….”it’s interesting cause anytime anybody ever said like, “Do you have a dream role?” That’s what I would say is that “I wanted to originate a role and in a new Broadway show.” I think it’s been the most like exciting and freeing experience because I’ve had the liberty to sort of just play in and bring a lot of like what I thought I wanted to bring the role of Felicia… and our creative team, our director really allowed me to kind of have my own spin on it and bring a different energy to this part and then in the West End Production and what they had in Australia.
As actors, what we wanna do is to really feel like we’re creating character and not mimicking somebody else’s performance or fitting like a specific mold of a different actor, so to get to like build this person from the ground up has been awesome to know that, for always and like theatrical history that would have been my role. It’s Pretty great!”
AND CHECK THIS OUT –
Priscilla is launching ‘Safe Ride’ bar nights:
Join us for a bar-hopping trip to New York’s most popular LGBT hotspots by seeing Priscilla and showing a valid ticket stub to the ruggedly handsome cowboy Wily Jack, who will be found in the lobby following select shows.
Saddle up for a fantastic ride full of prizes, giveaways, enjoying fine wine and all out fabulousness! Each rider will receive a boa or cowboy hat and will toast with a glass of Wily Jack wine at each of the 2-3 stops which include some of the most popular New York gay and LGBT friendly bars and restaurants.
The Wily Jack® party bus will first departed from the Palace Theatre this past Saturday and now will be offered following Wednesday night and Saturday matinees through August 31.
Guests must be 21 years of age or older to participate. Offer is limited to the first 35 people per show, so hustle up…don’t mosey…and meet the man in black, Wily Jack.
Safe Ride Bar Nights on Facebook
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SEE ALSO Nick Adams VLOG at Broadway.com,
where he takes you behind the scenes of Priscilla.
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Mo’Nique has Cher and Amanda Lepore at Show Taping July 29-31
$15 !!!
I knew that would get your attention!
New Gay Talk Show
Tapes Live Pilot in NYC
“The HoMo’Nique Show”
July 29 – 31 at
The Laurie Beechman Theatre
* with Cher, Sarah Palin, stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Village People
cowboy, Michael Musto, Amanda LePore & more *
Oscar winner and acclaimed comedian Mo’Nique — as embodied by
RuPaul’s Drag Race sensation Stacy Layne Matthews — comes to NYC to
tape a gay version of her popular B.E.T. talk show for the very low
budget G.E.T. (the fictional Gay Entertainment Television). That is
the concept behind “The HoMo’Nique Show”, a live talk show parody
beginning performances July 29 at The Laurie Beechman Theater at West
Bank Café.
“The HoMo’Nique Show” will be hosted by drag star Stacy Layne Matthews
as Mo’Nique. Each show will feature a different roster of gay-positive
icons and performers. The guest star lineup (which is still in
formation and subject to change) is as follows:
Friday, July 29 at 7:30pm
– Carmen Carerra (from RuPaul’s Drag Race)
– Judy Garland (as embodied by Tommy Femia)
– Amanda Lepore (transgender icon, fashionista, and recording artist)
– Randy Jones (the original cowboy from The Village People)
Saturday, July 30 at 7:30pm
– Cher (as embodied by RuPaul’s Drag Race star Mimi Imfurst)
– Michael Musto (Village Voice gossip columnist and media personality)
– Sarah Palin (as embodied by Dorothy Bishop)
Sunday, July 31 at 7:30pm
– Jenn Harris (acclaimed star of the Off-Broadway hit Silence! The Musical)
– Colton Ford (singer-songriter, actor and former porn star)
– Stacy Layne Matthews (from RuPaul’s Drag Race, live via satellite).
A native of Back Swamp, North Carolina. drag star Stacy Layne Matthews made big waves on season 3 of RuPaul’s Drag Race standing out as one the token ‘plus size queens’. In one of the most memorable episodes, Matthews stole the show with a spot-on impersonation of Mo’Nique.
Entertianment Weekly’s Tanner Stransky wrote, “I was absolutely mesmerized when she was on screen…. Besides the spot-on makeup, hair, and sweat suit, SLM most magnificently managed to nail every single one of Mo’Nique’s ticks, like that nasty, snorty grunt she’d always cough out.”
Since appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race she has performed throughout the US including gigs in Alaska, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and Milwaukee. This past June, she made her
Off-Broadway debut in My Big Gay Italian Wedding.
“The HoMo’Nique Show” runs Friday July 29 – Sunday, July 31 at 7:30pm.
The Laurie Beechman Theater is located inside West Bank Cafe at 407
West 42nd Street — at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the
A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2 & 3 trains at 42nd Street).
Tickets are $15 plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
To purchase tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit
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Peter Nelson Joins Chicago and Talks to GayLifeNYC.org
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interviews the very handsome and talented Peter Nelson.
Peter got his first Broadway role his first three months in NYC. He is a fitness pole dancer, does charity work including Broadway Bares and is a super nice and smart man.
Born and raised Morman, he LOVES sweets and chocolates – but of course, spends lots of time in the gym.
He is moved to NYC just 3 months ago and has landed a role in CHICAGO!
Lots of hot pictures of him pole dancing!
Check out Peter Nelson and Michael Cavnaugh on YouTube
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Priscilla Wins a TONY and Nick Adams Goes Backstage
Nick Adams is back this week with a new episode of his Muscles and Mascara video blog, for Broadway.com.
In episode 13, he takes you to a gay pride rally in NYC, plus backstage for the all the Tony Award excitement! ( Did you see that performance with Martha Wash and the Priscilla cast, of “it’s Raining Men”?? WOW! If you missed it, here it is on YouTube.)
Also in this newest episode, Nick talks about his 28th birthday and his Fellowship/Award from the American Theater Hall of Fame as a “breakthrough performance” for his role in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Congratulations Nick!
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Broadway in Bryant Park THURSDAYS
A host of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows will take part in the annual free Thursday afternoon concert series, “106.7 Lite fm Presents BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK 2011,” which will kick off July 7 at 12:30 PM on the Bryant Park Stage.
The 11th annual presentation of lunch-hour performances will continue through Aug. 11.
Performances are scheduled for 12:30 PM-1:30 PM on Thursdays, July 7, 14, 21 and 28 and Aug. 4 and 11. Bryant Park is located behind the New York Public Library on 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets. Lawn seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The schedule for the concert series follows:
July 7 (Lite fm Emcee: Victor Sosa)
STOMP, Baby It’s You, Sister Act, Zarkana
July 14 (Lite fm Emcee: Delilah)
Chicago, Million Dollar Quartet, Catch Me If You Can, Newsical
July 21 (Lite fm Emcee: Helen Little)
The Addams Family, Billy Elliot, Memphis, Rock of Ages, Voca People
July 28 (Lite fm Emcee: Christine Nagy)
Anything Goes, The Phantom Of The Opera, The Fantasticks, Hair, Traces
Aug. 4 (Lite fm Emcee: Bob Bronson)
Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Rent, Wicked, Death Takes a Holiday
Aug. 11 (Lite fm Emcee: Rich Kaminski)
Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Judy Gold Back on the New York Stage June 30th
Judy Gold is pretty much your typical New York City Jewish mother of two, but funnier: she’s a comedian with 20 years in show business behind her, she dreams of creating her own sitcom, and oh yeah, she’s gay.
You know Judy, right? Judy Gold! For twenty years I’m telling you; twenty years she’s been performing stand-up all over the world! She’s won two Emmys for writing & producing The Rosie O’Donnell Show. She was a series regular in Margaret Cho’s 90s sitcom, All American Girl and she’s been in all kinds of other shows.
Plus she’s had her very own Off-Broadway one woman show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, based on interviews she did with Jewish ladies all over the United States, all mixed up with commentary about her own life as a lesbian mom of two sons. Two! This month, Judy’s back Off-Broadway appearing in the Vagina Monologues-esque love letter to clothing: Love, Loss and What I Wore, written by Nora & Delia Ephron.
JUDY IS BACK IN
NEW YORK THIS MONTH!
Judy Gold’s The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom will play Off-Broadway’s DR2 Theatre-
Emmy-winning actress will return to the New York stage June 30 in a brand-new show entitled The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom. The solo show, which was written by Gold and Kate Moira Ryan, will be directed by Amanda Charlton, who helmed the production’s earlier incarnation at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
The Judy Show also features songs by Gold and Ryan with additional material by Eric Kornfeld and Bob Smith. The Judy Show, according to Variety, “chronicles Gold’s current life as the lesbian mother of two as well as the avid television enthusiasms of her childhood.”
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The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom!
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Priscilla On Broadway Hits 100! And Nick Adams Tells All!
It appears that producer Bette Midler, has a hit on her hands! Following hit productions in Australia, London and Toronto, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened to critical acclaim on March 20 at the Palace Theatre and recently celebrated it’s 100th performance on Broadway. It’s the feel-good, happy joyous show of the year! Sequins and lights, feathers and fringe, it’s a spectacular big party, not to be missed!
Priscilla’s global success and now Broadway is growing at leaps and bounds. #1 Cast recording on Billboard charts; #1 selling new musical on Broadway this season; Priscilla recently joined the Millionaires Club with box office earnings!
Heck, Governor Cuomo even held his fundraiser at Priscilla last week and Australian actor Tony Sheldon (Bernadette) is up for a Tony this weekend. Sheldon says, “after 3 years of edits of changes and revisions, I think this is the PRIMO PRISCILLA!” – Sheldon has played the part Bernadette over 1,000 times in Australia and London alone! FYI …Tony Sheldon has been nominated for every award he’s eligible for on Broadway this season including Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards and a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He has been honored with a Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut. And his AUNT is 70’s pop star Helen Reddy.
We caught up with Nick last week, who took time to chat with BestGayNewYork.com about the show and other New York things….
BGNY: 20 dance-floor classics and a dazzling array of more than 500 outrageous costumes, 200 hats and headdresses and 72 wigs ! And you wear 21 costumes! WOW!
Nick: I have a dresser who helps me backstage. He is with me the entire show, but we sometimes have 4 people hidden in the bus helping me make a quick change. My favorite is the silver suit I wear atop the shoe.
I know, it’s crazy! When we started rehearsing the show – without even adding in the costumes or lighting – I lost like 15 pounds. It’s like non-stop dancing, cardio and sweating. It’s quite a workout, so I don’t have worry about about cardio – which I hate. And they wanted to me to lose a bit of my muscle – so that has been nice – not having to spend so much time at the gym!
And Nick comments on his co-stars Tony and Will : They are a dream team. I love those men like family. We are a family. The chemistry onstage is so true because we are thick as thieves offstage. I have never worked with such encouraging, inspiring actors. They make me better every night.
BGNY: How does it feel to create an original leading Broadway role?
Nick: Well, it’s interesting cause anytime anybody ever said like, “Do you have a dream role?” That’s what I would say is that “I wanted to originate a role and in a new Broadway show.” I think it’s been the most like exciting and freeing experience because I’ve had the liberty to sort of just play in and bring a lot of like what I thought I wanted to bring to it, and our creative team, our director really allowed me to kind of have my own spin on it and bring a different energy to this part and then in the West End Production and what they had in Australia.
As actors, what we wanna do is to really feel like we’re creating character and not mimicking somebody else’s performance or fitting like a specific mold of a different actor, so to get to like build this person from the ground up has been awesome to know that, for always and like theatrical history that would have been my role. Pretty great.
BGNY: Your first love is Broadway – that’s obvious. But I saw you in An Englishman in New York and Sex and the City 2 , you have done a couple soaps….Do you want to do more acting on film?
Nick: Oh, absolutely. I mean I grew up wanting to be an actor and my dream was to do Broadway shows. I don’t know, I just love live theater and I love that like instant sort of gratification of an audience sitting there and getting to see their response, that’s really exciting to me.
To be completely honest, I mean the most lucrative side of acting is with TV and film, financially. So, absolutely. I absolutely want to explore more of that. I just kept notching off goals, each show that I did sort of fulfilled some type of goal of mine. At times I feel like I’ve maxed out on the Broadway scene and it’s like, what else can I do to top this now? Which is mind-blowing to me that I’ve done it. So now I’ve just set some new sites on some other things. Broadway is always gonna be where I feel like home and my place, but I definitely wanna move into some areas that could help me pay my rent a little bit more.
BGNY: Now that you’ve done so much, is your goal list getting longer or shorter?
Nick: I think it gets longer, ‘cause I think each one unlocks a new possibility. It’s longer ‘cause when I was a kid it was like, “I wanna be on Broadway.” And then it was, “I wanna be starring in a Broadway show.” And now it keeps growing. I think it’s healthy though, keeps me motivated, keeps me pro-active.
BGNY: What about more singing?? I saw (heard) some YouTubes Video of you singing…Is there a Nick Adams CD possibly in your future? ( NY State of Mind and After Party 2 and OnTheOtherSide )Nick: Actually…potentially…there could be. I did a concert at Birdland, it was a one man show, they invited me to come do a night. It was so much work to put together, but yet so much fun and so rewarding. It was like an hour and half of me singing, with a three piece band and it was great. And that was maybe the first time I really thought about a cd or recording….I am not a song writer by any means. But a lot of people have expressed interest in me possibly doing something. I started out as a singer first and foremost as a kid. And now with Priscilla, it’s given me a chance to really show people what I can do. So who knows – we’ll see!
BGNY: As an out actor, do you look to Broadway leading men like Cheyenne Jackson for inspiration?
Nick: Absolutely —If there was a career I could model mine after, it would be Cheyenne Jackson because he is fantastic, incredibly talented, and active in the gay community. I’ve just started to dabble in some TV and film, and I think it’s sort of the natural way it goes. If you have a successful theater career, it’s a much easier transition. I’ve always just wanted to be an actor… in any genre. I’m hoping the opportunities open up even more than they already have. I aspire to be like Cheyenne because he comes from the ensemble and was an understudy and then a leading man. It’s so surreal this is actually what’s happened to me.
On opening night, he sent me this huge bouquet of orchids to my dressing room and this amazing card that’s taped on my vanity. When I was in college, I came to the city and I saw “All Shook Up” and Cheyenne was the star and I thought he was amazing and knew that’s what I wanted to do. So now, being in the same theater and having him send me those flowers, its just crazy how things work out.
BGNY: Since this is Best Gay New York – we’re always looking for what’s hot, what’s new, what’s next – any favorite place you want to share with us?
Nick: There is this new place, I have been raving about! It’s right in the theatre district, in Hells Kitchen, on 9th Avenue between 45-46th, and it’s called Ember Room. It just opened a couple months ago and is some of the best food I have ever had!
It’s sort of an Asian American Fusion sort of Barbeque…they have things like Chocolate Ribs, Red Chilli Sea Bass, Bacon wrapped meatloaf…everything is so beautifully presented and the flavor is unlike anything I have ever had. I have been there three times in the last week! I am trying to get through everything on the menu! And it’s reasonable – especially for this neighborhood. The other night we had 3 appetizers, 2 entrees and a bottle of Proseco, for under $100. The portions are hearty and the quality is amazing. I’m obsessed with the place!
BGNY: Obviously, theater keeps you in NY – do you love, love, love NY? Or could you see yourself anywhere else?
Nick: I love this city. I think even if I didn’t do this, I would still want to be here. When I was about 15 years old, I came here for the first time, and I knew I wanted to do theater and be an actor, but I had never been here. We drove here from Pennsylvania with my family, and the minute I could see the city, the minute the skyline came into view, I was just overwhelmed with this sense of…that’s my home, that’s where I am going to live. And I never get tired or over it here. If leave or go on vacation, I can’t wait to get back. Even though it can be hectic here and the energy like…maniacal at times…I guess I crave that. I love the warm weather and the beaches in Los Angels and California…and that is something I could definitely get into – but I could never not have a place here in the city. I think I will always have to have a place here.
BGNY: It’s the same thing for us when we come to NY – there is this ENERGY here.
Nick: Yeah, it’s like the center of the universe. I love it that someone can come to this city and make shit happen! It’s so crazy to think that I came here from this little small town and now doing the things I dreamt of as a little kid – and this is where I made it happen – and I think with any profession – you come here, and everything is at your fingertips. It really is a magical place. I love it here!
Thank you! Nick Adams for sharing your time with us!
Special links of interest –
For more of Nick Adams check out his blog.
Priscilla on Broadway Tickets, info and news
Plan a Party at Priscialla – use the exclusive Concierge Service!
Sneak peaks backstage at Priscialla from Broadway.com
and Nicks video blog Muscles and Mascara series – over 20 videos!
UNNATURAL ACTS – June 14th-July 10
A Riveting New Play Inspired by True Events
UNNATURAL ACTS is inspired by events that occurred at Harvard University in the spring of 1920, when a student’s suicide sparked a campus-wide investigation by a secret court of administrators aimed at purging the university of a group of homosexual students.
Classic Stage Company is proud to share the untold stories of these promising young men. Both intimate and epic, UNNATURAL ACTS explores themes of fear and societal intolerance that are as relevant today as they were 91 years ago.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! JUNE 14 – JULY 10 ONLY! DISCOUNT OFFER: $37.50 (reg. $60-$65) – all performances HOW TO ORDER:
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Achordial Brio – Innovative Classical Music from 7 Virtuosi
This is NOT your dad’s Classical Music! Founded with the goal of performing live with innovative compositions, styles, and techniques unique from classical music while retaining a foothold in the niche of New York City’s classical music realm, Achordial Brio combines the aforementioned ideas with the talents of seven virtuosi. These classically-trained musicians orchestrate their sounds, blending instrumental voices with influences from various genres, divergences in styling techniques, and energetic chord progressions. Voiding the prim feeling classical music can emote, genres of pop, jazz, indie, and even rock influence the composition process. This is done to help redefine the classical instruments’ capability in performance of sound, energy, and passion. Achordial Brio formulates an ebullient ensemble capable of representing the full scope of today’s musical diversity.
They can be seen around New York City and frequently perform at LGBT events. Pätrick Kiernan is a gay composer and musician based in NYC, with Achordial Brio.
Our Guest Author this week, C. GIBSON, recently had the pleasure to sit down with this talented (and cute!) young gay man to talk about his interesting work. Thier conversation follows below.
[laughs] First, I want to thank you for having me. Our affiliation to the events is through interest of the organization or request from someone within the organization. We’ve played for an HIV benefit at Splash, a variety show for Project Achieve, signed up for The Community Research Initiative gala in New Jersey. So someone at one function sees us and sometimes leads to an invite to play at another. We don’t play exclusively gay events only. Though, I’m most excited for playing at the Human Rights Campaign’s gala this year at the Waldorf. It’s going to be a highlight for me with Achordial Brio.
Do you write all the music for the group?
As of right now, yes. I am pushing Pete, our violinist, to create some works for us. He actually has a background in composition, unlike me. He’s incredibly talented and comes from a focus in genres I have elementary knowledge of. I’m really excited and curious to what he could write for us.
Do you have a process to your composition?
Honestly, I don’t most of the time. Music is very much a numbers game to me, and I have an affinity to prime numbers. I write a lot of things based around 1, 3, 5, and 7, either in chord or beat or cued by a measure number. I tend to create a general formula and then fill in accordingly based on how I want a piece to develop. With that said, I don’t go into writing a piece knowing what I specifically want. There tends to be a draft, revision, and completed score which then goes to rehearsal to be tweaked further.
Where do you see yourself branching out in music? Do you have ambitions to be a conductor?
Conduct? Heavens, no. [laughs] Conducting is best in someone else’s hands other than my own. Outside of playing or writing I suppose I would like to move into installing new artistic direction. I’d love to do something with a field marching band. I do have composition goals for a full scale symphony piece and perhaps a seven movement work made of seven concertos highlighting each of the instruments of Achordial Brio.
What do you see for the future of music?
I think the traditional classical standards played by musicians in their tuxes in a formal semicircle will always exist. With that being said, I also do believe there is a growing and widening interest for new contemporary music and music which is interactive to other senses, primarily with sight.
Where do you see Achordial Brio?
Just with the direction I think instrumental music will evolve into their future mainstream, I want Achordial Brio to have a space to workout what I’ve always wanted it to become. Think, Barbara Walsh’s version of Company where the pit musicians are more involved with the stage part of the show.
What is music to you?
Passion.
Could you please elaborate more?
You’re encouraging my sesquipedalian nature. [laughs] Music, to me, brings out a raw and grandeur feeling. It’s the soundtrack to all of my inner monologues and streams of consciousness. Scored melodies can provoke primal expressions including a range of joy, sadness, fear, and compounded combinations. Music can clear a polluted emotional state as quickly as a verse turns to chorus. Lyrics can validate. Chord progressions embody empowerment. Music has the power to orchestrate reflection to my darkest thought and simplistic view simultaneously. Music is enchanting. It’s premium. Music is a multifaceted entity on its own; a web of which I am often intertwined in. [pasuse] Music equates passion to me.
What has been your most interesting performance to date?
A single most interesting? [pauses] It’s hard to pick just one. I’ve been in a marching band that literally got into a brawl with disgruntled and belligerent Notre Dame football fans after a game on their field, or the time a fiberglass sphinx head swung down from the ceiling of stage we had dress rehearsal on and broke a rib of a tuba player, or tripping backstage only to look up from the ground at a smirking Vanessa Williams… [pauses] Actually, the most interesting performance I’ve been a part of was one that went off without an unforeseen event. I played in the Requiem for Fred Rogers. It was a moment where I got caught up on reflecting on my childhood and this man who was connected to it through television. I mean, come on, I grew up watching ‘Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood’, and there I was playing a piece commissioned because of his death and in honor of his life. It was a surreal performance, and thus my most interesting.
Let’s get in a few light questions. What do you listen to during a workout?
[laughs] For cardio I tend to repeat the soundtrack to The Hours and for any weights I listen to Justin’s, ‘Cry Me a River’ and Incubus’, ‘Dig’ on repeat. Though the library goes on shuffle eventually.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Hands down, my biggest pet peeve is being late. Whether I am unexpectedly held up or others are atrociously late beyond 10 minutes or do worse by cancelling at the scheduled time, I find it incredibly rude and disrespectful of an affected person’s time due to irresponsible scheduling.
What is your favorite word?
Spramp.
Are you single, taken, or dating?
[laughs] How boldly intrusive of you. I’m single.
You can see Achordial Brio
| May 23rd | 9:00pm | Red RoomRed Room | East Village, NY | $10.00 |
| June 27th | 9:00pm | Red RoomRed Room | East Village, NY | $10.00 |
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Thanks to C.Gibson for the interview.
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Nick Adams Raises $25,000 for the NYC Aids Walk
The AIDS WALK NYC took place this past Sunday and all the stars came out to support it!
Check out the super hot Matt Bomer from White Collar, The Cast of Modern Family, From The Event, Laura Innes, Michael Ruiz, Jack Mackenroth, Broadway Hunk, Nick Adams, and much more!
NICK ADAMS was Over $25,000 thanks to Nicks fans and readers of this site! Funds were still trickling in at press time! YAY!!
“I am so overwhelmed by peoples generosity, ” said Nick.
Michael Cavnaugh from GayLifeNYC.org did some great interviews!
Interview with MATT BOMER and NICK ADAMS
and there is a great piece of the Priscilla Cast performing!
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Broadway.com Announces Audience Favorites – Nick Adams Gets TWO!
Broadway Darling NICK ADAMS is getting more press than Betty White these days!
Broadway fans have had their say, picking their favorites of the 2010-2011 season at the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The winners were announced live at the Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center in a swanky, funny ceremony hosted by Vanessa Williams.
The revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying picked up four trophies including Favorite Musical Revival. Stars Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette each won two, including the shared Favorite Onstage Pair award.
Sister Act was named Favorite Musical, with War Horse being named the fans’ Favorite Play. Acting awards were also awarded to Sutton Foster (Anything Goes), Robin Williams (Bengal Tiger at the Baghad Zoo), Judith Light (Lombardi), Billie Joe Armstrong (American Idiot) and Nick Adams, who triumphed in two categories for his role as Felicia in Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Favorite Diva Performance & Favorite Breakthrough Performance.
“It was an incredible evening & star studded event with celebrity host Vanessa Williams and presenters such as Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster and Gavin Creel. I had a blast, was so honored to be awarded for my performance in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and was very grateful to share the evening with my family.” said Nick “Thanks to all who voted! !
See ALL of the winners at BROADWAY.com More on Nick Adams
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Broadway Bares XXI MASTERPIECE June 19th
MASTERPIECE
will be held on
Sunday, June 19
with two performances
at 9:30 pm & Midnight
at Roseland Ballroom,
239 West 52nd Street
in New York.
A benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES XXI: MASTERPIECE will offer up a modern-day burlesque show packed with museum-quality human canvases that would make an art critic blush.
It’s been said that “all art is erotic” and 200 of Broadway’s sexiest bodies will prove that to be true as the 21st edition of BROADWAY BARES takes you inside an auction too hot for Sotheby’s and Christie’s.
The most delectable dancers in New York will emulate the art world’s seductive nudes and give life to history’s sultriest sculptures. Handle these masterpieces with care or fig leaves, sunflowers and water lilies just might fall off into the crowd. Get your bidding paddles ready before these Broadway bodies of art are “going, going, gone.”
To see the New York Times’ exclusive first look at the posters for this year’s BROADWAY BARES and to read an interview with BARES photographer Andrew Eccles.
BROADWAY BARES XXI: MASTERPIECE is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, executive produced by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde) and will again be directed by Josh Rhodes (Sondheim: The Birthday Concert, The Drowsy Chaperone, Working at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago).
BROADWAY BARES, the hotly anticipated annual event combining the naughtiness of burlesque and the razzle-dazzle of Broadway, has been a smashing success since its inception in 1992. The event features the hottest male and female dancers on Broadway and has become one of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ signature events. The first Broadway Bares featured seven dancers performing choreographed stripteases on a bar and raised more than $8,000. In all 20 editions, BROADWAY BARES has collectively raised more than $7.5 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Tickets can be purchased online at Broadwaycares.org or by calling 212.840.0770, ext 268. For more information and merchandise, visit Broadwaybares.com.
Kick Off Gay Pride Month at Sex on the Beach! June 2nd
In the sea of contradictions that is the Spanish Caribbean, three characters of different gender and circumstances find that the best way to leave their respective countries is through practicing the oldest profession. The transvestite La Caramelo, the Hustler Brazo E’ Niño and the Cuban Escort Esperanza fight their demons in hilarious and dramatic ways by confronting the choices that have taken them to where they are and the dreams they are still not ready to give up.
This play was presented to great acclaimed in Spanish in January 2006 and won the HOLA (Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors) and was nominated for an ACE award. A new production is in the works under the direction of the Award Winning Director Alfred Preisser. The production stars Roy Arias.
BOYS NIGHT OUT!Thursday, June 2nd at 8PM
SPECIAL PRICING Only $29
Post-Show reception at THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE
Purchase $29 tickets today to Sex on the Beach (regularly $47.50) using the code LGBTSOTB01 and receive admission to a Post Show Sex on the Beach LGBT Night Reception Featuring Complimentary Drinks. Directly following the 8PM performance on June 2nd, head over to THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE (369 W 46th St) for a one hour open bar (beer, wine, well drinks and soda).
Come out, see a great show, enjoy some cocktails and mingle with your fellow theatre-goers.
Two Easy Ways to get your LGBT Night Tickets to Sex on the Beach
1. Click Here or visit www.smarttix.com and apply code LGBTSOTB01
2. CALL SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 and mention code LGBTSOTB01
Restrictions:
Offer valid for June 2nd at 8PM performance only. Regularly $47.50. Regular service charges apply to online and phone orders. Online and phone order service fees may apply. Offer not valid in conjunction with any other offer or on previously purchased tickets. Subject to availability and prior sale. All sales final. No refunds or exchanges. Offer may be revoked at any time. One party admission voucher is available per ticket purchased. Admittance to party is contingent on redemption of voucher and can only be redeemed for those 21 and over with valid ID. Voucher will be included in your ticket envelope from the box office. Open bar includes beer, wine, well drinks and soda.
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Hudson Taylor and Lea Delaria at Q TALK May 21
And this big straightie, loves gays and will be in NYC MAY 21 for the Q TALK SHOW.
Hudson Taylor, All-American Wrestler and Columbia University Wrestling Coach
Hudson Taylor is a three-time NCAA Division I All-American wrestler and Columbia University coach. He is the first three-time All-American in the University of Maryland’s wrestling history and holds several hall-of-fame records. Hudson’s career places him among the top-five pinners in NCAA history. He is currently training to compete internationally with an eye toward the Olympic Games.
Hudson, a heterosexual athlete and a committed LGBT advocate, is determined to eliminate homophobia in sports.
After wearing a gay rights sticker on his wrestling headgear during competitions, The Advocate named Hudson one of the “Top 150 Reasons to Have Gay Pride in 2010.” He has also been featured on ESPN as a leading LGBT ally and called “the most exciting wrestler in the world” by Sports Illustrated. In March 2011, PFLAG also awarded Hudson with the “Straight for Equality in Sports” Award at their 3rd Annual Gala in New York City.
In December 2010 Hudson founded Athlete Ally, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging athletes, coaches, parents, fans and other members of the sports community to respect all individuals involved in sports, regardless of perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
Through social networking campaigns, on-campus trainings and additional practical tools, Athlete Ally encourages athletes, coaches and others to eliminate all forms of homophobia in sports. As a guest lecturer and keynote speaker at schools and colleges across the country, Hudson emphasizes the athlete’s responsibility to lead in the fight for respect and inclusion in sports. Hudson has been featured live on MSNBC with Thomas Roberts to discuss Athlete Ally and the organization’s mission to challenge homophobia in sports.
In addition to his work with Athlete Ally, Hudson serves on the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Sport’s Project Advisory Board, led by Dr. Pat Griffin, Professor Emeritus in the Social Justice Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This initiative works with K-12 schools to create an athletic environment that encourages respect, safety and inclusion for all students and coaches.
Hudson is also authoring a book entitled, The Athlete Ally: Empowering a New Era of Leadership and Inclusion in Sports. A work in progress, The Athlete Ally will inspire and guide coaches, athletes, administrators, fans and parents to redefine sportsmanship and what it means to be an athlete and a leader.
Hudson draws inspiration for his advocacy from his great-great-great grandfather James Hudson Taylor, a 19th century British Protestant missionary to China who converted more than 18,000 people to Christianity. As a result of this lineage, LGBT-affirming Christian groups have turned to Hudson to discuss the intersection of respect and inclusion for LGBT individuals with Christian moral principles.
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ALSO IN THE HOUSE, ON THE SAME NIGHT –
The Amazing LEA DELARIA and Bobby Belfry
Qtalk takes place monthly at
New York City’s Metropolitan Room in Chelsea, located at 34 W. 22nd St., between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Time 9:30pm. You need to arrive by 9:00pm to guarantee your seat.
Cost $5 per person admission, plus two drink minimum.
Reservations are required. Please call 212-206-0440 or go to MetropolitanRoom.com for a reservation.
Qtalk, often described as “the Gay View” is much more fun, sassy and over-the-top. At the same time, Qtalk deals with very real issues, but manages to be entertaining and engaging. Qtalk’s live talk/variety show format is led by two hosts, Broadway and TV veterans Frantz Hall and Angie McKnight. The hosts tackle current events, fitness and lifestyle, punctuated by guest performances from Broadway, Cabaret, and the Pop world. During the show, the hosts invite the audience to ask questions or offer their opinions on specific topics on the table, often leading to some lively discussions and perhaps opening some minds.
For more information, go to Q TALK or Facebook.com/qtalk.
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Nick Cunningham Talks with Gay Life NYC.org
is GAY LIFE NYC’S
MAY HERO HOTTIE
OF THE MONTH!
Nick is another triple threat on Broadway. This adorable Aussie started his career at the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris!
He has worked with the PET SHOP BOYS, and has starred in the La Cage revival.
He chats with Gay Life NYC’s Michael Cavnaugh about his boyfriend, Reed Kelly, and his involvment with great charities like BROADWAY BARES.
Stop by and watch the Video of Nick –
and check out GayLifeNYC –
the NUMBER 1 resource
for HIV and AIDS Information
in New York City! AND very cool entertainment news and interviews!
LGBT ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS (LARA) 7th ANNUAL OUTMUSIC AWARDS May 23
THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN LGBT ENTERTAINMENT
IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER
THE LGBT ACADEMY OF
RECORDING ARTS (LARA)
WILL HOST
7th ANNUAL
OUTMUSIC AWARDS
AT IRVING PLAZA
MAY 23, 2011 AT 8 P.M.
Celebrating 20 years of music history while honoring and documenting the contributions of openly LGBTQ recording artists and performers in the music industry.
Originally scheduled for December 2010, the OUTMUSIC Awards were postponed due to economic difficulties. However, in response to the postponement, the organization has received overwhelming offers of support from companies and individuals in the community.
“So many openly gay recording artists and entertainers like Melissa Etheridge, Ricky Martin, Elton John, Ellen DeGeneres, Lance Bass and many others have exemplified courage to come out as an effort to erase the stigma associated with being openly gay in the music & entertainment industry,” says Diedra Meredith, chairwoman and CEO of OUTMUSIC –The LARA. “We continue alongside these entertainment greats with our mission to bring awareness to these artists’ contributions in the music industry and do away with the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy many have adopted. We are happy to support these individuals and our many Academy members by honoring and documenting the success each has achieved that would, often time, be overlooked with the 7th Annual OUTMUSIC Awards.”
The OUTMUSIC Awards ceremony is the biggest night in LGBT entertainment and only organization of its kind in the world. The highest and most prestigious honor in LGBT music, the 2010 OMAs will be hosted by Comedienne Tammy Peay with special appearance by Jonathan D. Lovitz and cast of Logo TV’s hit show “The Setup Squad”, Sahara Davenport of RuPaul’s Drag Race, cast from Logo TV’s the A-List, .
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting OutMusicAwards
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VOTE FOR NICK ADAMS – AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
Priscilla Queen of the Desert has been nominated
for several Audience Choice Awards!
After a week of fan voting, nominations have been announced for the 12th Annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, the only major theater prize chosen by Broadway theatergoers.
VOTE FOR NICK!!! Vote for his 3 categories and his show. HURRY – ENDS MAY 12TH!
Favorite Musical Favorite Diva Performance Favorite Funny Performance
and Favorite Breakthrough Performance
And if you have not seen it – GET TICKETS for PRISCILLA ON BROADWAY!
Our FAVORITE SHOW OF THE YEAR!! If you bhave seen it – GO AGAIN!
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Gay Pride Weekend Concert with Amanda Lepore, Cazwell, hostess Joey Arias and MORE
GAY PRIDE WEEKEND
WITH AMANDA LEPORE!
Saturday June 25th
Amanda Lepore’s LIVE show at NYC’s Highline Ballroom debuting her album “I…Amanda Lepore” with Cazwell, The Ones, Roxy Cottontail, Cherie Lily, Miss Lawrence (of Real Housewives of Atlanta) and more very special guests to be announced!!!
Hosted by JOEY ARIAS!
Limted $15 tix (only until May 20)
Get yours before the prices go up!!! Password: MARILYN
These are only $15 tix and are limited so please dont pass this code around. This is going to be such a kickass Gay Pride Weekend event – we’ll be releasing more artists in the coming weeks!
Click HERE for $15 tix with the code “Marilyn”
Thanks to Daniel Nardicio !
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