Margaret Cho has never been one to shy away from controversy, or a challenge and it’s that kind of attitude and out of the box creativity that brings a fresh take to her stand-up comedy. Cho, who will be performing here in San Diego at the Balboa Theatre Dec. 5, will be sharing her immense…
In the fall of 1997, Broadway audiences were treated to a show about circus freaks that included a set of twins that were conjoined. The show written by Bill Russell and Henry Krieger was based on real life sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton who eventually went on to become famous vaudevillian stage performers. Now San…
Diversionary Theatre and Artistic Director John Alexander have never been too shy to step outside of the proverbial “box.” They have kept San Diego audiences entertained with plot twists and gender bender casting for years, so why would they stop now? Coming in October (just before all Hallows Eve) Diversionary Theatre will present a send-up…
The La Jolla Playhouse has co-produced a few productions through the years with other notable regional theaters and with great success. This coming week they are bringing in a piece that is being co-produced with Kansas City Repertory and attached to that piece are the considerable talents of Daniel Beaty and Moises Kaufman. The piece…
Halloween is here! And nobody likes to party in costume more than the LGBT community. For decades we have donned the looks of Cher, Madonna, Lady Gaga – you name it – and we do it better than everyone else (I should know; I was Madonna circa Blonde Ambition one year, cone-bra and everything)! Tell…
Let me be clear. I am not a fashionista. I wear shorts and a T-shirt pretty much every day. The shorts are from a thrift store and the T-shirt is from the House of Hanes, care of Target. I hate wearing shoes. I wear flip-flops. Not designer flip-flops mind you, $1 flip-flops from the children’s…
Not many people would utter Copley Symphony Hall and the Pet Shop Boys in the same sentence but fans of both have been doing just that when it was announced that eclectic techno pop Grammy nominated duo The Pet Shop Boys would be performing there Oct. 8. The infamous electronic U.K. pop duo that rose…
Marry Me A Little, being presented at Diversionary Theatre, is a Stephen Sondheim musical revue that features many of the composer’s unknown musical gems that have been cut from several of his shows. Some of those shows are well known (Follies and Company) and some are not (Saturday Night). Playwright and performer Craig Lucas and…
Not long ago I was searching for a bartending job, and while scouring Craigslist I fell upon an ad for a bar in my neighborhood that called for someone just like me. Must be gay-friendly the ad warned, as the bar was in a gay neighborhood and the clientele were predominately gay. Perfect, I thought,…
Not many singers have the distinction of winning both an Oscar and two Grammy awards and have starred in one of Broadway’s most acclaimed rock musicals. Not to mention also being a cancer survivor, mother of four children and a political activist; but that’s exactly what life is like if you’re Melissa Etheridge. Etheridge does…
