All posts by Doug Rule
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Adult Swim
''I will never wear a dress,'' says Eboné Bell. The 29-year-old, who describes herself as ''more masculine or butch'' than your typical woman, gave up...
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Club Rites
''The '80s are a bit of a blur,'' laughs Stephen Pevner. The 50-year-old is pretty sure he went to storied New York club Paradise Garage,...
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Close-Out Concert
Jeffrey Johnson recalls Noi Chudnoff shopping at thrift stores for bras and panties -- for him to wear. ''It's so funny,'' he laughs. ''What other...
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Family Style
David Winer didn't know his nephew Josh Hahn was gay when he hired him to work at Grillfish, the reliable West End restaurant specializing in...
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Rose Garden
Rose Garcia is extremely proud of her work on Showtime's reality show The Real L Word. ''I can remember when I was growing up,'' the...
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Mixing It Up
''It was really great. Lots of new people, younger people, and a lot of the performances sold out.'' Scott Kenison is still basking in the...
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Avant-Garde Homos
''What's the model for this? Is it the Village People?'' Brian Freeman's '90s-era group Pomo Afro Homos may not have been nearly as popular as...
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Winds of Change
When Valerie Coleman was forming what became the Imani Winds quintet, Mariam Adam says, ''she wanted the players to look like her.'' Specifically, Coleman, a...
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Cultural Crossroads
''There's so much stuff going on,'' says Scott Kenison. ''It's really like multicultural on steroids.'' Kenison, chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center,...
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Oscar Night
What movie are you rooting for to win at this Sunday's Academy Awards? The Kids Are All Right? Black Swan? As long as you like...
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Charmed Disguise
Bella Stassi promises that this Saturday, Feb. 19, Baltimore's Club Hippo won't look or feel like a normal night out. ''Our plans are to truly...
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Razzle Dazzle
In On The Razzle, an incompetent tailor creates a too-tight parade uniform for the show's shopkeeper Zangler. ''I suppose it will have to do, at...
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Spoofing Hollywood
This weekend and next, Clay Comer plays a gay porn star at the DC Arts Center. '' is 6-foot-5, a young, incredibly beautiful, incredibly...
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Modern Approach
Luis Alfaro got turned on to the theater when he was 15 as part of community service -- literally. ''I actually got arrested for shoplifting...
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Soul Fire
You want a telling sign that Adele Adkins, known by just her first name, has talent to spare, that she's the genuine article? How about...
