Poppy Champlin was frustrated. As a lesbian stand-up comic she was landing the right kinds of gigs -- Dinah Shore Classic, Rosie O'Donnell's cruises --...
Some stories hinge on a dramatic juncture in human history. Some are guided by a need to delve into the intricacies of relationships and emotions....
Amy Ray says she’s more of the rocker in the Indigo Girls. “Yeah, definitely. I mean, Emily can play an electric guitar like crazy,...
Earlier this year, Arlington’s Signature Theatre won the Tony Award as the country’s best regional theater. This Saturday, at its annual open house, the theater...
If there’s a secret ingredient, you can bet it’s butter. Butter makes everything better. And there is absolutely no substitute for it in cooking. Using...
Over two and a half years ago, Duncan Sheik produced the debut album from gay pop singer Chris Garneau. Music for Tourists was released one...
James Kirkwood’s P.S. Your Cat Is Dead was one of the first plays to address gay themes. But it was originally a flop on Broadway,...
“The story is, like all Gilbert and Sullivan, very silly,” says Jill Strachan, executive director of the nonprofit Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, of Iolanthe. “Some...
Though it happens all the time in movies or in sitcoms, I’ve never actually known someone to make a deal with a cabbie that the...
Jody Watley (Photo by Mike Ruiz) Jody Watley has been an advocate for gay rights since her solo career took off in the mid-’80s. In...
Humpday is a movie more awkward and squirm-inducing than Brüno. Who would have thought it possible, let alone come so soon on the heels of...
We’re all adults here, yes? We can handle a little swearing? A little vulgarity? A conversation that might veer into controversial areas like abortion, adultery...
''I know you're patient. I know you'll wait,'' Lucas Silveira sings with a drawl as The Cliks' new album begins. ''But it's complicated, and I...
Ironic that word of James Frey’s new multi-book deal should be in the news at the same time The Color Purple is hitting the stage...
Hogwarts homework assignment: Re-watch (or re-read) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. If you don’t, you’re going to be utterly lost because there...