All posts by Doug Rule
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Honky Cat
''I know you could be just like you should,'' Elton John sings at the top of his new set The Union. ''If it wasn't for...
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Sweet Harmony
''Throughout the '70s,'' says Carol Maillard, ''there were a lot of pop and R&B singers putting out songs that had something to do with people's...
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Frock On
''It was getting a little tedious, frankly,'' says Bette Bourne. ''All these men kind of waving their dicks around, telling us what they'd read and...
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Velvet Goldmine
Manny Lehman. Aubrey. Reg. Cryogenic freeze. ''There are a lot of things that people think of when they think of Nation, but nobody thinks of...
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Unorthodox Material
Miryam Kabakov's new anthology features first-person narratives from queer Orthodox Jewish women In his writings, the influential 12th century Jewish philosopher Maimonides speaks of a...
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Furry Friends
More than 16 years ago, Doug Langway stood across the street from a New York bear bar wondering if he had the guts to go...
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Gay Altar
''He's described in the script as having a deep and abiding love for Cher and all things show tunes.'' Patrick M. Doneghy is talking about...
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Classical Gas
''Everything -- everything is new,'' Antony Hegarty says, apprehensively, at the top of his new set Swanlights. What's new here? Well, not everything exactly. But...
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Artistic in Arlington
''Artisphere is the kind of place where you come and hang out, bring your friends, find new friends,'' says Norma Kaplan, division chief of Arlington...
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Making Porn
''It's definitely more of a fantasy when you watch than when you make it,'' says Adam Killian. ''But it can be a fantasy when...
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Gleeful Melodies
American Idol helped propel Sara Bareilles's career into the mainstream. Now, the California singer-songwriter is hoping Glee will sustain her fame. Those are exaggerated claims,...
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Oh, Henry
''It's amazing how accessible and fun it is. It's not a dry, dusty, old, antique museum of an occasion,'' says the Folger Consort's Robert Eisenstein....
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Hitched to Hillwood
''With the passage of the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in D.C., it just seemed like a great time to celebrate that newfound right for...
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Leather in Laurel
''Wow, I really like this bar. It's so diverse.'' Those were Justin Terry-Smith's very thoughts when he first stepped into PW's Sports Bar in Laurel,...
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Sweet Licks
''You're no one unless you're on television, baby,'' says Luke Cazwell, the New York performer who goes by his surname. ''You can get 13 billion...
