Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”

In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →

June 14, 2024 3

NYC drag queen Robyn Banks launches Black & Boujee a variety show of POC talent Feb 27th at Hush

As Black History month draws to a close, New York drag queen Robyn Banks looks to the future with the launch of a new variety show for POC talent, Black & Boujee, at Hush in Hell’s Kitchen on Sunday, February 27th at 7pm. Hosted by Banks and fellow drag artist Lola Michele-Kiki, the show will... Continue Reading →

February 18, 2022 0

Exclusive Interview: The Queen of Comedy Sandra Bernhard returns to Joe’s Pub for her annual holiday show

A downtown New York tradition that's as cherished as uptown's The Rockettes and the Rockefeller tree returns this holiday season with Sandra Bernhard's run at the intimate Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. The Chelsea-dwelling legendary actor, comedian, singer, author, radio host, and fashionista brings her all-new show of musings and music, Soul’d Out, to... Continue Reading →

November 4, 2021 4

Exclusive Interview: the cast of HBO’s BETTY on season 2 “there’s a golden age happening right now with girls skateboarding”

Based on creator Crystal Moselle’s 2018 Sundance hit Skate Kitchen, Betty—inspired by the experiences of a diverse group of young women navigating the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City—returns to HBO for a second season this Friday June 11th at 11pm ET/PT, and also streams on HBO Max. Set and filmed during 2020... Continue Reading →

June 9, 2021 0

Theatre Review: Camp Morning Wood – A very Naked Musical (Asylum Theatre, New York) ★★★

Camp Morning Wood: A very Naked Musical, which opened Off-Broadway on Friday night at New York's Asylum Theatre, lives up to its title, and then some. It's camper than a row of tents and joyously body-positive, with a nearly continuous display of male nudity from the fearless and fully committed ensemble cast who seem just... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2021 0

Book Review: Shooting Midnight Cowboy – Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel ★★★★

I'm not going to call Midnight Cowboy a masterpiece, that is a word that gets thrown around too much (like luxury it has lost it has lost all meaning.) Midnight Cowboy is better than that. It is a perfect film. All of the elements: the script, the direction, the casting, the costumes, the cinematography, the... Continue Reading →

April 21, 2021 0

SXSW Online 2021 Film Review: Disintegration Loops ★★★★

As someone who has lived in Manhattan throughout the pandemic, the black and white shots of the vacant city streets and landmarks which open David Wexler's Disintegration Loops—world premiering at SXSW Online 2021—struck me as one of the most evocative works I've seen so far that captures a sense of what being here was like... Continue Reading →

March 24, 2021 0

Sundance 2021 Film Review: Searchers ★★★

Filmmaker Pacho Velez, who made 2017's exceptional archive footage doc The Reagan Show, turns his camera on himself and a diverse cross-section of his fellow New Yorkers looking for dates online in Searchers. The film's effective visual conceit places us as viewers behind the screens that the subjects are looking at, as if we're curious... Continue Reading →

February 2, 2021 1

And Just Like That…SJP, Cynthia Nixon & Kristin Davis to reunite for new Sex & the City series for HBO Max

With a video posted to her instagram account on Sunday that's already had over five million views, Sarah Jessica Parker made it official, the Sex and the City chronicles will continue on HBO Max with a new series And Just Like That... https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ4c3MDpU1f/ The Max Original series is based on both Candice Bushnell's book and... Continue Reading →

January 11, 2021 0

TV Review: Pretend It’s A City ★★★★

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and fellow New York icon, writer, wit, and public speaker Fran Lebowitz can't recall when they first met. When asked about their friendship during an on-stage interview seen in an archive clip in their new Netflix docu-series Pretend It's A City, Marty suggests it might have been at John Waters' 50th birthday... Continue Reading →

January 6, 2021 1