As a writer and director, Casper Andreas has highlighted the lighter side of being gay in films such as A Four Letter Word, Slutty Summer, and most recently 2010’s Violet Tendencies. His latest written and directed by project, Going Down in LA-LA Land, showcases a darker side of the rainbow, in which its main character,…
FilmOut San Diego’s 13th LGBT Film Festival opens this weekend with 60 films being shown during the six-day, two-weekend film festival at the historic Birch North Park Theatre (2891 University Ave.). Filmmakers and talent representing more than 40 of the films plan to attend the festival and are scheduled to answer audience questions after screenings….
An entire generation of gay men owes director Randal Kleiser a big thank you for informing our proclivities through his cinematic achievements. Whether, it was Leigh McCloskey playing a male prostitute in the TV movie, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, which co-starred Eve Plumb (Jan Brady of The Brady Bunch) as the titular runaway/teen…
The newly-released Momentum Report by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) shows the majority of LGBT Americans still face inequities, hardships and laws that are hostile to their well-being, despite the latest high-profile advances in equality. “There has been a tremendous amount of important progress over the last few years,” said Ineke Mushovic, executive director of…
Jai Rodriguez says his feet hurt. He’s stepping into the role of Chita Parol, a hot Latin mama in Chico’s Angels 2: Love Boat Chicas, and the Queer Eye veteran is not used to wearing heels. “It’s such a challenge, the things I have to do in heels,” Rodriguez says of his current cross-dressing role….
What do you get when you replace the iconic Charlie’s Angels with three sassy Latin beauties in drag, put them on The Love Boat (with Charo, of course) and then kill off a character? You get Chico’s Angels 2: Love Boat Chicas, just one of four original full-length stage musicals starring Kay Sedia, Chita Parol…
Ah, August! Pride season is over, Comic-Con is all wrapped up, tourists are flocking to America’s Finest City and the locals are usually heading out of town for their own vacation. Yet the concept of a staycation, the idea of vacationing in your own hometown, is gaining popularity. Some experts say it is because of…
Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life? For composer Brendan Milburn and lyricist Valerie Vigoda, their real lives have been intertwined into Sleeping Beauty Wakes, now performing at the La Jolla Playhouse. No, neither Milburn nor Vigoda are mystical fairies that lived once upon a time; however, key plot points in their modern…
From musicals featuring tunes from just about every generation to intense dramas, from kings and queens to aliens and trailer park trash – and a few drag queens, too – San Diegans can choose from an eclectic selection of stage productions. Now playing The Who’s Tommy: The world’s first rock opera is now re-imagined for…
With a career spanning more than two decades, it’d be difficult to find someone who hasn’t heard of the Indigo Girls. The duo has released 13 studio albums with a new release scheduled to be available this fall and have toured the country numerous times. The Indigo Girls will bring their folk rock-infused songs to…
