Exclusive Interview: Daniel Waters on writing “dark, f***ed up Christmas movie” Batman Returns

"I'm a queer icon, who knew?!" Jokes screenwriter Daniel Waters as he discusses the strong queer following for Batman Returns and Heathers. Waters is also known for the 2032-set sci-fi Demolition Man, which predicted a President Schwarzenegger, and the under-appreciated screwball action-comedy Hudson Hawk starring Sandra Bernhard as the villainous Minerva Mayflower opposite Bruce Willis'... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Billions & Elsbeth star Daniel K. Isaac – “I became much freer as an actor once I came out & accepted who I was”

Actor and writer Daniel K. Isaac is known for giving smart, nuanced, and playful performances and has a quietly commanding presence on stage and screen that draws the viewer in. Let's face it, those dreamboat good looks and that killer smile don't hurt either. Alongside creating his own work, such as his playwriting debut Once... Continue Reading →

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Theatre Review: Tartuffe (New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway) ★★★★

First performed at Versailles in 1664—and subsequently banned in France by the Church and the police for several years—centuries on, Molière’s Tartuffe still delights and feels bitingly relevant with its observations about human nature in Lucas Hnath's sharp and spicy rhyming verse adaptation directed by Sarah Benson, receiving its world premiere Off-Broadway at New York... Continue Reading →

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Ballroom icons & CATS: The Jellicle Ball stars Junior Labeija & Chasity Moore honored at The Center’s 5th annual World of Red Ball

On World AIDS Day 2025, Monday, December 1st, The Center celebrated resilience, unity, and remembrance with its 5th annual The World of Red Ball: Rulers of the Red World in New York. Ballroom icons and stars of CATS: The Jellicle Ball, Junior Labeija and “Tempress” Chasity Moore, were each honored with the Ballroom & Beyond... Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn’s Powerhouse: International festival lineup includes Red Hot Presents TRAИƧA — A Live Experience

The Powerhouse: International festival launching this fall at Powerhouse Arts (322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn), features large-scale performance works from around the world and includes a series of concerts by some of today’s most boundary-pushing musicians. Produced in a venue purpose-built for art and connection, the festival transforms the awe-inspiring Powerhouse Arts facility, a former power plant, into... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Kim David Smith on A Wery Weimar Christmas – “it’s all about being too poor for presents, too atheist for Jesus & too naughty for Santa”

Award-winning cabaret star and actor Kim David Smith returns to New York's Club Cumming on Sunday, December 14th for his fabulously queer annual holiday celebration, A Wery Weimar Christmas, courting festive cheer amid the glitter, doom, and decadence of 1920s Berlin. Featuring the original holiday tunes "A Wery Merry Weimar Christmas," and "Don't Let Krampus... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Jack Ferver on their latest dance-theatre work My Town – “this piece has a lot of mystery even to me”

Writer, choreographer, and performer Jack Ferver's genre-defying performances interrogate and indict psychological and socio-political issues, particularly in the realms of gender, sexuality, and power struggles. Weaponizing spectacle and stark naturalism, character and self, humour and horror, their performance practice is rooted in the shattering effects of trauma, and the numerous selves that can arise from... Continue Reading →

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