Tag: LGBTQ actor

Exclusive Interview: Misia Butler on his heroic trans character in Netflix’s Greek mythology series KAOS “I find it really empowering to see someone so strong in his identity”

Charlie Covell, creator of the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated The End Of The F***ing World, is about to unleash KAOS on Netflix: their eight-episode, bold, darkly comic, contemporary—and frequnetly queer—take on Greek mythology, launching Thursday, August 29th. Epic in scope, the series follows the steady unraveling of the cruel and capricious King of the Gods, Zeus... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Sacha Polak & star Vicky Knight on Teddy Award-winning queer drama Silver Haze

Filmmaker Sacha Polak and actress Vicky Knight first collaborated on the acclaimed feature Dirty God about an acid attack survivor, which world premiered at Sundance in 2019 and saw Knight named a Breakthrough Brit by BAFTA and receive both Best Actress and Most Promising Newcomer nominations at that year's British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Silver... Continue Reading →

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Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics launches Dorian Theater Awards to honor Broadway & Off-Broadway

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced this week that it is expanding its mission to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, across a variety of inaugural categories, beginning with the 2022-2023 theater season. Following GALECA’s established Dorian film and TV honors, its Dorian Theater Awards will celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+ themed productions. While... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: The Play That Goes Wrong Off-Broadway stars Kolby Kindle, Trevor Braun & Clyde Voce “not only can we hear the laughter, we can feel the joy from the audience”

If you like to laugh, get yourself to the unrelentingly hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong Off-Broadway forthwith. A ticket to the hit show comes with a high dosage of medicinal grade laughter, much of it courtesy of its current cast including LGBTQ+ actors Trevor Braun, Clyde Voce, and Kolby Kindle who recently spoke with... Continue Reading →

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Theatre Review: Anthony Rapp’s Without You (New World Stages, Off-Broadway) ★★★★

As Anthony Rapp reflects at the start of his poignant one-man show Without You—breaking from the opening bars of "Seasons of Love"—it's been half a lifetime since he originated the life-changing, career-defining role of videographer Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson's Rent. The seminal La Bohème-inspired "rock opera" (a phrase that Rapp admits initially "didn’t exactly... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Jose Colon & Cooper Koch on queer body-horror Swallowed “it’s not flashy nudity it’s part of the story”

With Sundance award-winning filmmaker Carter Smith's sexy and unsettling queer horror Swallowed now available on demand and digital in the US, two of its stars, Cooper Koch and Jose Colon, speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about how they got involved, shooting in a cabin in the woods in rural Maine, working... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Philemon Chambers & Michael Urie on starring in Netflix’s first gay Christmas rom-com Single All The Way

Ahead of the launch of Netflix's first gay Christmas rom-com, Single All The Way, on Thursday December 2nd, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke with the movie's screenwriter Chad Hodge, and stars Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Coolidge, and Jennifer Robertson. Today we share our final Single All The Way interview with the film's leading men... Continue Reading →

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