What seems like a safe choice—a classic play on the National Theatre’s biggest stage, the Olivier—quickly proves to be far more radical. From early on, it’s clear that Indhu Rubasingham’s first commission as Artistic Director isn’t just a play, it’s a mission statement for the National Theatre’s next era. Clare Perkins and company in National... Continue Reading →
Rules to live by... #1 Be kind to yourself and others. #2 Focus on what you can control. #3 Don’t hook up with that headless torso DL guy from Grindr no matter how desperate you are. Yes, I’m looking at you, don't do it! #4 If you ever find yourself in a zombie apocalypse, make... Continue Reading →
Mihir Kumar is currently starring in one of New York's most talked about plays of the year—Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury—in an extended run at Studio Seaview through December 13th, 2025, following a sell-out world premiere stint at Playwrights Horizons this summer. The play, which marks Kumar's stunning Off-Broadway debut, sees... Continue Reading →
Fairyland, the screen adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s memoir of growing up with a gay dad in San Francisco during the 70s and 80s has finally hit theaters. I eagerly awaited this film as that time and place means a lot to me. As a kid from small town Ohio, I have vivid memories of seeing... Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. I really didn’t like the late, great William Hurt’s performance in the 1985 film, Kiss Of The Spider Woman. I don’t care that he won the Oscar, I found him way too mannered, affected, and “playing gay” the entire time. Hurt should have won two years later for his... Continue Reading →
Three decades ago, Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking Rent was birthed Off-Broadway in Manhattan's East Village at the storied New York Theatre Workshop. Now an equally timely, poignant, and empowering new musical is setting that venue ablaze each night with defiant and uplifting queer joy. Boasting fierce creative credentials, Saturday Church has a book and additional lyrics... Continue Reading →
Carmen Emmi's Sundance Award-winning debut feature Plainclothes, starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey, is now playing in New York and Los Angeles and expands to more cities over the coming weeks. Set in upstate New York in 1997, Blyth plays a young undercover cop, Lucas, who is assigned to patrol a shopping mall restroom to... Continue Reading →
As we bid farewell to Summer, photographer Steven Menendez shares this stunning new photo series with The Queer Review shot in August, 2025 in Cherry Grove, Fire Island. Cherry Grove, Fire Island - August 2025. Photo credit: Steven Menendez. Steven Menendez: In this photo essay, I set out to explore and celebrate the beauty of... Continue Reading →
Adapted from Damon Cardasis' 2017 film of the same name, that starred Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (a creative consultant and producer on the show), this exhilarating new musical at New York Theatre Workshop features a book and additional lyrics by Cardasis and Fat Ham's James Ijames, music and lyrics from pop icon Sia, with additional music... Continue Reading →
When writer-director Carmen Emmi's visually striking and emotionally resonant feature debut, Plainclothes, world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film garnered a raft of enthusiastic reviews and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for its acting ensemble. Leading that award-winning cast is Tom Blyth (The Gilded Age) who plays a young... Continue Reading →
