I assume, at some point, Josh Radnor struggled. Before he landed one of the leads in the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother and became a multimillionaire, he must have faced disappointment, doubt and debt. Right? Right? Well, if he used to experience daily rejection after daily auditions, scribble on his MacBook in twee…
Pop megastar Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance this past weekend at Connection, a gay bar in Louisville, Kentucky. The vocally pro-LGBT singer showed up unexpectedly at Connection after performing at the Louisville KFC Center earlier in the evening. According to TMZ, Gaga joined impersonators taking part in a Lady Gaga drag show and joined…
Thursday, March 17 Go green It’s time to get down and get lucky at the15th annual Miller Light ShamROCK 2011, with the Young Dubliners. The Gaslamp transforms into the greenest party this side of Dublin! ShamROCK 2011 will certainly have enough traditional Irish music and food to get your step dancing on, but they’re also…
In the last 100 years, there have been 19 films based on Charlotte Bronte’s classic 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Yes, 19. The director of the most recent, Cary Fukunaga, joked in The New York Times last week that a new version has to be made every five years. I must admit, however, that despite the…
If you think you know Cabaret, then you might be in for a big surprise. Cygnet Theatre’s newest staging of the show, opening to previews tonight, is putting a slight spin on the show’s narrator. You see, the Emcee, traditionally performed by a man, is being played by a woman. The show has been a…
The LGBT community can be fickle when it comes to its heroes and heroines. Queer celebrities are saints one day and forgotten the next. When you add decades of “the closet” and AIDS to the mix, we have very few lasting icons to orient ourselves to, even in the arts; however, if we do, then…
If you are a connoisseur of fashion, painting and celebrity scandal, then you are sure to enjoy Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman, a spectacular array of portraits on show at the San Diego Museum of Modern Art. Grab lunch with a friend and then soak up the style and attitude of a dozen 18th…
Swedish professional soccer player Anton Hysen has announced he is gay. Hysen, who plays for Swedish fourth tier side Utsiktens BK, is the first elite Swedish player to come out. In an interview with Offside magazine, the 20-year old said, “It is f**ked up that no other Swedish player has come out yet. I am…
Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of such classics as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera, has opened his new production of The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium in London’s West End. Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation of the all-time classic, totally reconceived…
Brett Berk and the editors of Vanity Fair magazine have issued apologies for using the word “fag” in a recent online article about the popular musical television show Glee. The word has been removed from the piece, and GLAAD has since commended Vanity Fair for the “tone of respect” used in the printed retraction. Berk,…
