All posts by Doug Rule
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The Sound of Music
Is Joe Bello Godzilla? ''Maybe,'' laughs the executive director of D.C.'s Different Drummers. Officially, Bello will just be the conductor of the Capitol Pride Symphonic...
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Very Cherry
For the first time in many years, the hit radio station Hot 99.5 has been touting Cherry as an HIV/AIDS dance benefit, mentioning it as...
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Raw Talent
Growing up gay in rural Virginia, Bil Todd bonded with music in a way he didn't with people. ''I retreated to music more than I...
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Unchained Arias
Joey Arias is one strange fruit. That's true not just because the gay male performance artist gained some fame a couple decades ago singing –...
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Born to Puppeteer
When Basil Twist saw Joey Arias flirting with his puppets, he knew it was fate. ''They had so much chemistry together,'' Twist says. ''The puppets...
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Scary Carrie? Barely
Once you see it, you can't un-see it. That's the parting message of Carrie. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see or un-see at the Lucille...
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Bead-decked
Some people spruce up used cars with a simple paint job. But paint has nothing on bright glass beads. ''People are really, really intrigued by...
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Idina Menzel's new album is a delightful escape into her songbook
Remember Idina Menzel's attempts at pop stardom? Just as well if you don't. She's released a total of three forgettable pop albums, though only her...
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Rhyme Time
''The only girl I'll ever love is Andrew in drag,'' Stephin Merritt sings on The Magnetic Fields' uproarious new single. The song sounds a bit...
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Junior's Return
Junior Vasquez took the news of Whitney Houston's death hard. ''I was pretty much depressed,'' he says. ''I was bed-ridden for about four days, it...
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Review: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Last August, Stephen Sondheim took to the New York Times to attack Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks and Audra McDonald for being arrogant and disrespectful in...
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The Soprano
''When I first joined I was too shy to look up at the conductor,'' says Michele Kennedy of her early days in the San Francisco...
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Life as Cabaret
Early last year, Will Gartshore broke his wrist curling. ''A freak curling accident,'' he concedes. ''Very Canadian.'' Didn't know Gartshore was Canadian, eh? Since the...
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Generating Sparks
Last weekend, Hal Sparks helped Chely Wright launch an LGBT center in Kansas City, Mo. Of course, Fred Phelps and his nearby Westboro Baptist Church...
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Rocky Concert
Craig Cipollini, and Anthony Preston as Rocky, photographed by Todd Franson, Friday, Feb. 24 If Lady Gaga were to stage The Rocky Horror Show, the...
