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City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2024-25 season which will be the company's 44th. It will also be the first season to be programmed under the leadership of Brian Pastor (they/them), who will assumetext/html2024-03-26T11:42:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThe Jeff Awards announces the 50th anniversary awards for non-equity theater
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A complete list of recipients can also be found online in the Non-Equity and News and Events sections at www.jeffawards.org. (March 25, 2024 - Chicago) Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, thetext/html2024-03-22T18:07:01-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnJP Karliak morphs into non-binary character for Disney+'s X-Men '97
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series X-Men '97, a revival of the popular X-men: The Animated Series that's both continuing the ongoing mutant storyline and breaking new ground along the way. The character of Morph now looks more like the comictext/html2024-03-22T01:49:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Queer musicians, Marvel situation, Elliot Page, Nicole Kidman
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Queer musician Joy Oladokun released the single "I Wished on the Moon," from Jack Antonoff's official soundtrack for the new Apple TV+ series The New Look, per a press release. The soundtrack,text/html2024-03-22T01:28:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTHEATER Chicago's City Lit has anxiety on tap with 'Two Hours in a Bar'
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Two Hours in a Bar Waiting for Tina Meyer by Kristine Thatcher with material by Larry Shue Text Me by Kingsley Day (Book, Music and Lyrics). At: City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.. Tickets:text/html2024-03-18T17:04:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnRuPaul finds 'Hidden Meanings' in new memoir
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RuPaul Andre Charles made a rare Chicago appearance for a book tour on March 12 at The Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave. Presented by National Public Radio station WBEZ 91.5 FM, the talk coincided withtext/html2024-03-18T16:58:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellJamie Barton brings nuances of identity to her Lyric Opera 'Aida' performance
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Chicago's Lyric Opera is currently featuring a production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida starring Michelle Bradley as Aida, Jamie Barton as Amneris and Russell Thomas as Radamès. The opera runs through April 7, 2024, with Francesca Zambellotext/html2024-03-15T13:48:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOprah, Niecy Nash-Betts honored at GLAAD Media Awards
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Oprah Winfrey and Niecy Nash-Betts were honored at the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards that took place in Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton on March 14. Winfrey received the Vanguard Award, introduced by iconic Chicagotext/html2024-03-15T13:39:15-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Lady Gaga, 'P-Valley,' Wendy Williams, Luke Evans, 'Queer Eye,' 'Transition'
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Lady Gaga came to the defense of Dylan Mulvaney after a post with the trans influencer/activist for International Women's Day received hateful responses, People Magazine noted. On Instagram, Gaga stated, "It's appalling to me that atext/html2024-03-14T18:15:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago History Museum announces "Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s - 70s exhibition
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CHICAGO (March 14, 2024) — The Chicago History Museum is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition, "Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s—70s." Set to open on Saturday, May 18, 2024, this exhibition istext/html2024-03-13T22:46:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHouse-music festival on Aug. 30-Sept. 1; icons, Idris Elba to be part of it
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The ARC Music Festival an event celebrating house music will take place Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Chicago's Union Park, per WGN-TV. This will mark the fourth year that the festival will celebrate the genre at Union Park less thantext/html2024-03-08T15:00:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisSHOWBIZ Jinkx Monsoon, Xavier Dolan, 'Frida,' Lena Waithe, out singer
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Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon is headed back to the New York stage, joining off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey beginning April 2, according to Playbill. The casting makes Monsoon the first dragtext/html2024-03-06T21:57:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars sign midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth
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CHICAGO (March 6, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars announced the signing of draftee and midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth. Nesbeth, Chicago's first-round and tenth overall draft pick in the 2024 Nationaltext/html2024-03-06T00:20:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnQueer Eye's Jai Rodriguez is set to slay at The Big Gay Cabaret
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Out and proud performer Jai Rodriguez is set to play at The Big Gay Cabaret this March for three days. Presented by RuPaul Drag Racer Ginger Minj, this monthly series highlights the wide world of cabarettext/html2024-03-05T18:30:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBrian KirstTHEATER 'R & J' puts a female, queer spin on Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet is the theatrical gift that keeps on giving. It's been reworked for the masses numerous times, whether in direct adaptations or musicals such as West Side Story. Shakespeare's plotline points have even inspiredtext/html2024-03-04T23:15:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndersonville Midsommarfest returns June 7-9
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From a press release: The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) is pleased to announce the return of Andersonville Midsommarfest, one of Chicago's oldest and most beloved summer street festivals. Now in its 58th year, the annualtext/html2024-03-04T21:42:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteWithout compromise: Holly Baggett explores lives of iconoclasts Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap
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Jane Heap (1883-1964) and Margaret Anderson (1886-1973), each of them a native Midwesterner, woman of letters and iconoclast, had a profound influence on literary culture in both America and Europe in the early 20th Century. Heaptext/html2024-03-04T17:45:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCharlie Kolodziej'Drag deity' Luc Ami hosts spring cleaning drag swap
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Self-proclaimed alien drag deity Lúc Ami will be hosting a drag swap this Friday, March 8, from 5-9 p.m. at The Understudy in Andersonville, 5531 N. Clark St. The all-ages event will serve as an opportunitytext/html2024-03-03T23:54:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterCenter on Halsted hosts 6th Annual Intergenerational Talent Show
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On the evening of Feb. 29, Center on Halsted held its 6th Annual Intergenerational Talent Show in front of a packed audience at the Hoover-Leppen Theater. The event brought together participants of the Center's youth and seniortext/html2024-03-01T17:19:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTHEATER When growth is paramount: Jim Corti helps fuel Aurora theater expansion
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Out actor/director/choreographer Jim Corti made his Broadway debut in 1974, in the ensemble of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide. Director Harold Prince's acclaimed Tony Award-winning revival is often cited as atext/html2024-03-01T11:15:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSHOWBIZ Queer actors, icons duet, Hunter Schafer, Oscars, Elizabeth Taylor
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Queer actor Kal Penn is set to star in Trust Me, I'm a Doctor a film that chronicles the final days of actress/model Anna Nicole Smith, whose overdose death in 2007 at age 39 sparked a tabloidtext/html2024-02-27T21:24:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellThere she goes again: Author Alison Cochrun discusses writing journey
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By Carrie Maxwell When Alison Cochrun began writing her first queer romance novel in 2019, she had no idea it would change the course of her entire life. Cochrun, who spent 11 years as a hightext/html2024-02-27T15:48:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDorian Film Awards: 'All of Us Strangers' takes top prizes
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February 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, Ca. - For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh's fantastical and tear-inducing tale of twotext/html2024-02-27T15:26:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars announce partnership with Wintrust
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CHICAGO (Feb. 27, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars and Wintrust Financial Corporation announced a partnership that will see Wintrust become the club's new front-of-jersey partner and community outreach investmenttext/html2024-02-26T23:22:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com'Always Olivia' celebrates Olivia Newton-John at Raue Center
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From a press release: Always Olivia, a tribute to one of the most celebrated and beloved pop culture icons of all time, the late Olivia Newton-John comes to Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Saturday, Maytext/html2024-02-25T22:32:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSAG Awards honor Streisand, few LGBTQ+ actors
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Queer entertainers made their mark although not a major one at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, held Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. The event was live-streamed on Netflix for the first time. Indigenous and Two-Spirit actortext/html2024-02-23T13:20:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Kristen Stewart, Rock Hudson, Talia Keys, 'True Detective,' Marvel comic
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At the Berlin Film Festival, Kristen Stewart defended her photo shoot for a Rolling Stone magazine cover that went viral and divided audiences on social-media platforms, per The Hollywood Reporter. "The existence of a female bodytext/html2024-02-20T02:40:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTheater Review: Billy Elliot, The Musical
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Book and Lyrics: Lee Hall; Music: Elton John. At: Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora Tickets: 630-896-6666 or Paramountaurora.com; $28-$79. Runs through March 24 Billy Elliot: The Musical may nearly be two decades old, buttext/html2024-02-19T20:45:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comREFLECTIONS: An Evening of original music with the Jeannie Tanner Quartet
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REFLECTIONS will be a night of feel-good, upbeat original music written by Jeannie Tanner. Songs range from jazz, to pop, to soulful R&B. Jeannie's music can be heard in many television shows and movies, with recordingstext/html2024-02-16T14:46:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Valentine's Day Feb. 17
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Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret puts their own spin on Valentine's Day with a show celebrating things done and sacrificed for love - not just romantic love, but love for pets, friends, family and art. Join thetext/html2024-02-16T14:31:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Elton John, Hannah Gadsby, video game, Jennifer Lopez, queer thriller
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Sir Elton John has sold his Atlanta home and is now auctioning off more than 900 of his personal items that were kept in the 13,500-square-foot condo, The Daily Mail noted. The massive collection includes raretext/html2024-02-15T21:28:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnWic Whitney spills the Afternoon Tea
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Born in Arkansas and now based in Chicago, queer performer Wic Whitney is a storyteller with a great deal to say, preaching his Southern soul message through unique vocal stylings as a rapper and singer. Thistext/html2024-02-14T13:17:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCGMC presents Lipstick & Lyrics: Forty & Foxy, A Glamorous Feast for the Senses
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CHICAGO, February 13, 2024 — The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus proudly presents Lipstick & Lyrics: Forty & Foxy, a dazzling, live-singing drag show that celebrates the sensuality and empowerment of middle age. Get ready to unleashtext/html2024-02-12T23:32:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnCarisa Hendrix mesmerizes as Lucy Darling in Teatro ZinZanni
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Since 2019, Teatro ZinZanni has gathered together amazing performers from all over the world to create an experience in Chicago under the Spiegeltent in the Cambria Hotel building, 32 W. Randolph St. Over the years, tickettext/html2024-02-12T23:26:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis THEATER Dot-Marie Jones talks Goodman production, 'Glee,' 'Bros'
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Running through Feb. 18 at the the Goodman Theatre, the production Highway Patrol works with a script conceived entirely from Emmy-winning actor Dana Delany's (TV's China Beach) digital archive of hundreds of tweets and direct messagestext/html2024-02-11T23:57:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCher, Mariah Carey among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
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Cher, Mariah Carey among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees On Feb. 10, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its 2024 class. According to NPR, two-thirds of the artists on the list for "rock's highesttext/html2024-02-11T04:58:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterDr. Lady J explains how opera can be a drag
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On Feb. 8, Center on Halsted, in partnership with Lyric Opera of Chicago, presented a lecture by historian, drag activist, podcaster and curator Dr. Lady J. The event, titled "Castrated Superstars, Cross Dressed Divas, and Queertext/html2024-02-09T22:02:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnQuantum Leap reboot springs into LGBTQ+ representation
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Through the magic of television, Quantum Leap is once again jumping into the past to bounce back into the future and in a recent episode, "The Family Trasure," non-binary artist and performer Wilder Yuri and writer Shakinatext/html2024-02-09T13:38:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Raven-Symone, women's sports, Wayne Brady, Jinkx Monsoon, British Vogue
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In celebration of Black History Month, the LA LGBT Center announced that lesbian entertainer Raven-Symone will be presented with the Center's Bayard Rustin Award at its new event, Highly Favored, per a press release. She joinstext/html2024-02-07T18:20:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBrian KirstTHEATER Nostalgic 'Sunsets' still offers a timely reflection of LGBTQ+ community
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Nostalgia reigned on a variety of scales this past weekend in Chicago. During her Celebration tour, at a majestically packed United Center, Madonna acknowledged the last 40 years of her career, highlighting her '80s interactions withtext/html2024-02-07T17:38:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGALECA announces nominees for the Dorian Film Awards
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Feb. 5, 2024 - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group's democratically chosen nominees for its 15th Dorian Film Awards. All oftext/html2024-02-06T20:05:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThe Jeff Awards announces the 50th-anniversary non-Equity theater nominations
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(Feb. 6, 2024 - Chicago) — Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards announces its nominations for theater excellence among Non-Equity theater during thetext/html2024-02-05T12:53:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWomen dominate 2024 Grammys
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It was the year of the woman at the 2024 Grammys. Regarding everything from performances to wins, women dominated the 2024 Grammys that took place Feb. 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Tracy Chapmantext/html2024-02-02T15:34:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ JoJo Siwa, Tom Holland, Bowen Yang, Pet Shop Boys, Mariah Carey
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In the wake of Nigel Lythgoe exiting So You Think You Can Dance, queer personality JoJo Siwa is returning to the series, per Deadline. Siwa, who was a judge on season 17 of the Fox show, will replace Lythgoe, who lefttext/html2024-01-26T23:44:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnRue-ing the day: Vince Kelley drags out Blanche's charm in Golden Girls spoof
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Picture it. Broadway Playhouse. 2024. Four queer men dress in drag to portray iconic women. Murray & Peter present Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, a parody written by Robert Leleux and directed by Eric Swanson. Thetext/html2024-01-26T14:07:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Sundance items, Green Day, 'Wednesday,' Queerties, 'The Wiz'
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At the Sundance Film Festival, Jodie Foster told Variety that the $1.4-billion success of Barbie helps confirm that Hollywood no longer views women directors as too much of a risk. She said, "With a big successtext/html2024-01-23T17:25:35-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOSCARS Gladstone, Domingo receive nominations
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LGBTQ+ actors Lily Gladstone and Colman Domingo were among those receiving Oscar nominations when they were announced Jan. 23. Gladstone received a Best Actress nod for her role in the Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flowertext/html2024-01-22T01:21:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD announces nominees for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards
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Following its acceptance of the iconic Governors Award at the 2023 Emmys Ceremony presented by the Television Academy, GLAAD announced the nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards honor media fortext/html2024-01-22T01:08:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnOut truth-teller Jeff Hiller takes his act on the road
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Jeff Hiller is an openly gay American storyteller who is bringing his act to the Midwest in February. He's making his way across the United States while filming the third season of HBO's Somebody Somewhere andtext/html2024-01-22T00:48:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellUpcoming Lyric Opera performance Champion explores famed boxer's gay identity
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Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer's opera, Champion, is set for its Lyric Opera of Chicago debut Jan. 27. It runs through Feb. 11. This contemporary "opera in jazz" features the