Following the hit Off-Broadway run of Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) in the summer of 2024, Tony-winning co-directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch’s imaginative reinterpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical theatre classic, set it in the pulsating world of New York’s Ballroom scene, is now taking Broadway... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Daniel Talbott & Andrew Klaus-Vineyard on their doc celebrating Palm Spring leather bar Welcome to Tool Shed “it’s like a community center with a side of kink”
An official selection in the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival's American Pavilion, co-directors Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard's Welcome to Tool Shed is an impactful look at queer history, the challenges our community currently faces, and where we go from here. At the center of the documentary short, made with an... Continue Reading →
Pucking hilarious – Theatre Review: Heated Rivalry The Unauthorized Musical Parody (The Culture Club, Off-Broadway) ★★★★
When I hear the words "musical parody" my sphincter tends to tighten, but just a few bars in watching Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody—now playing Off-Broadway at The CuIture Club—I knew there was nothing to fear, and immediately loosened up. Now, let's leave the butt references to the show...they are bountiful. With book, music,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: The Four Seasons co-creator & star Tina Fey “it was really important to me to have a gay couple as part of this friendship group”
The Four Seasons, adapted from Alan Alda's beloved 1981 film by series creators, showrunners, executive producers, directors, and writers, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, returns to Netflix on May 28th for an eight-episode second season. Kerri Kenney-Silver as Anne, Marco Calvani as Claude, Tina Fey as Kate, Colman Domingo as Danny, and Will... Continue Reading →
NewFest Pride 2026 lineup sizzles May 28th-June 1st in NYC & virtually across the US
NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, continues its tradition of kicking off Pride month in the city with its sixth annual five-day NewFest Pride summer series featuring in-person screenings nd events, with select titles streaming virtually throughout the US from May 28th to June 1st, 2026. Adam Shankman’s zany Stop! That! Train!, starring... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: End of the Rainbow (Soho Theatre Walthamstow, London) ★★★★
Jinkx Monsoon shines as the iconic Judy Garland in a breathtaking performance. I remember when Jinkx Monsoon debuted as Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago on Broadway in 2023. Reporting on the reaction to her first night on The Great White Way from this side of the pond it was clear that Monsoon’s star power far... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Tony-winner Reed Birney on starring in provocative Blue Film “people are grateful for a cinematic experience where they actually feel something”
Writer-director Elliot Tuttle makes his assured debut feature with Blue Film, marking the arrival of a bold new voice in queer cinema. Despite being overlooked by some major US film festivals like SXSW and Sundance, perhaps due its potentially controversial themes, the intense and intoxicating film has become one of the year's most talked about independent... Continue Reading →
2026 Cannes Film Festival Dispatch Day 5: Paper Tiger, Hope, & Jim Queen
From an American Mafia movie to a jaunt through Paris' gay district via a high-octane sci-fi Korean action-thriller, Cannes is offering a little bit of everything today as I took in two In Competition titles and a supremely queer animated midnight selection. Paper Tiger. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. Paper Tiger ★★★ 1/2Directed by James... Continue Reading →
Cannes 2026 Film Review: Flesh & Fuel (Du Fioul dans les artères) ★★★★1/2
When oil spills upon a wet surface, the opposing two fluids clash and when reflected in the sunlight a radiant iridescent glow is produced. Any parking lot, truckstop, or industrial sectors of our world are filled with these subtle moments of beauty. An interaction between two forces that unveil an elegance in the most innocuous... Continue Reading →
2026 Cannes Film Festival Dispatch Day 4: All of a Sudden, Sheep in the Box, & Flesh & Fuel
Away from the today's film offerings—featuring soulful performances, android children, and gay long haul truckers—my self-made The Substance jacket caught the attention of its filmmaker, Coralie Fargeat, who posted a snap to Instagram that she'd been sent of me proudly sporting it as I scurried along La Croisette from one screening to the next. All... Continue Reading →
