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  • Ellen Greene will be at JR.’s Monday for a round of show tunes

    By on December 11, 2011

    The one and only original Audrey of both the Broadway and screen versions of Little Shop of Horrors as well as a star of Pushing...

  • Senior Services

    By on October 19, 2011

    When former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty signed marriage equality into law in December 2009, Frank Kameny was missing. He had to attend to his heating...

  • Tales of Survival

    By on June 9, 2011

    June 5 marked the 30th anniversary of the first report of what became known as AIDS, when the Centers for Disease Control described cases of...

  • Gentle Ben

    By on May 18, 2011

    It's likely the fantasy of many gay men. In a New York City hotel room, Ben Cohen, 32, is fresh from the shower. Sorry, gents,...

  • Uplifting Lineage

    By on November 25, 2010

    Some important news last week brightened an otherwise frustrating season for gay rights: The Department of Health and Human Services issued rules requiring hospitals that...

  • Mainstage Moments [video]

    By on June 23, 2010

    The Capital Pride Festival Mainstage is always a delightful, energetic melting pot of local and regional talent and national acts. More than 2 dozen acts...

  • Grease is the (Gay) Word [video]

    By on March 31, 2010

    You've never seen Grease like this. On the weekend of March 19, at GWU's Lisner Auditorium, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C., produced an...

  • Lube Job

    By on March 10, 2010

    ''Grease has something to say about the family we choose,'' says Jeff Buhrman. ''GLBT people understand that concept about choosing our family, defending each other....

  • Dark Victory

    By on June 3, 2009

    ''I didn't know what was happening -- I thought he was having a mid-life crisis or something,'' says composer Michael Shaieb of a close friend...

  • Alphabet Soup

    By on March 18, 2009

    Jeff Buhrman knows his gay ABCs -- knows them well. And he'll help the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington recite them at everything gAy to...

  • Singing Truth to Power

    By on February 25, 2009

    David Jobin was in tears as he watched the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington perform during President Barack Obama's Inauguration festivities. ''That a gay chorus...

  • Executive Engagement

    By on January 21, 2009

    First came the call inviting the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington to participate in ''We Are One,'' the opening ceremony of President Obama's days-long Inauguration...

  • Music of the Moment

    By on January 14, 2009

    In an inauguration filled with firsts, local gays and lesbians also have their notable moments in the spotlight as Barack Obama is sworn in as...

  • Masterpiece Theater

    By on February 13, 2008

    One might not think of ''cowboy music'' when thinking of great American composers. But that's what the Rock Creek Singers, 24 vocalists composing an ensemble...

  • House Warming

    By on June 20, 2007

    ON THE GLBT choral scene, there is a duo both romantic and professional who have made a name for themselves: composer Robert Seeley and lyricist...