Singer/songwriter/producer Paul Michael releases his debut album Pain & Love on all streaming platforms today. His beautiful queercentric electronic opus features collaborations with other LGBTQ+ vocalists like the R&B artist Janockeil as well as the London based synth-pop artist Zhero. The Queer Reviews editor spoke exclusively with Paul Michael about his inspirations and musical heroes. James... Continue Reading →
Developed as a part of Pipeline Theatre Company’s PlayLab, non-binary writer and director Sam Max's darkly comic Coop opens Off-Off-Broadway tonight at Paradise Factory in the East Village. Produced by a queer and femme led creative team, the play stars Latinx, transmasculine actor Lio Mehiel as Avery, a girl who has been isolated from the... Continue Reading →
This week The Queer Review's Eric Langberg sat down with his friend, gay pop artist Vardaan Arora, to discuss his latest single Drama, a delightfully catchy bop about the pleasures of gossiping with your best friends. Vardaan spilt the tea on all things Drama, a collaboration with nicopop co-written by fellow pop singer Emily Vaughn,... Continue Reading →
With Matthew Lopez's multi-Olivier winning The Inheritance now in its final weeks on Broadway The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with composer Paul Englishby about creating the play's achingly beautiful music. Scoring for theatre, film, television, dance and opera, Englishby is perhaps best known for his BAFTA-nominated work on BBC's Luther starring Idris Elba. His jazz inflected... Continue Reading →
Nicolas Cage and the word “bonkers” have formed a pact in so many films, they have both achieved National Treasure status. We love a film that goes off the rails, especially when it features Cage unhinged. Pair him with Richard Stanley, a notoriously offbeat personality himself who hasn’t directed a feature film in decades, in... Continue Reading →
[Everything is true. The names, however, have been changed to protect the innocent and the not-so-innocent] He doesn’t appear the least bit nervous. He sits calmly, steady legs, arms casually placed on each knee. He has a direct stare and flippantly casual responses to every question posed to him. You’d think a pair of burly,... Continue Reading →
Mike Taveira releases his new pansexual pop anthem Curious today along with the official music video featuring RuPaul's Drag Race's Monét X Change and Sonique, model Arisce Wanzer and George Todd McLachlan from Showtime's Shameless. Taveira released his debut single Heart last year, which landed on Billboard Pride's Queer Necessities playlist and quickly racked up over 100 thousand streams. Growing up without any openly pansexual figures... Continue Reading →
Author Stephen Bourne was at London's British Film Institute last night to discuss his new book Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV and kindly offered The Queer Review the below extract from his talk. When the theatre company Gay Sweatshop was founded in the 1970s it quickly established a reputation for the... Continue Reading →
The 19th annual Tribeca Film Festival will open at New York City's iconic Beacon Theatre on April 15th with the world premiere of Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President. The political theme of the film will set the stage for a festival offering works that celebrate the power of change. Grammy-winning director Mary Wharton's documentary catalogues... Continue Reading →
As the UK homelessness crisis worsens, a new play, No Sweat, uncovers the often forgotten LGBTQ+ displaced youth finding temporary shelter in gay saunas. Working with young LGBTQ+ homeless and ex-homeless people in London Vicky Moran has created a work that shines a light on 24% of the UK’s homeless youth population. Combining experiences from some... Continue Reading →
