ONSTAGEÂ What most people know about Hattie McDaniel is that she was the first African American woman to win an Oscar, for her outstanding performance...
PRIDE "One of the reasons vogue is coming into vogue again," legendary practitioner of the venerated black, queer dance form Luis Extravaganza tells me over...
ARTS FORECAST Pride is looming in the distance like a monstrous, rainbow-bedecked Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man—look for my guide to drop soon—but alongside the parades and...
SCREEN GRABS Summer may have (let’s hope) arrived at last, but don’t let that stop you from staying indoors—particularly as two of the city’s most...
ONSTAGEÂ Playwright and actor Evan Johnson's drag queen alter ego, Martha T. Lipton the Failed Actress, is one of the most delightfully surreal performers in...
DANCE/PERFORMANCEÂ A pagan drag queen Green Man, sporting a maypole-ribbon corset and tiny Speedo, hopping about madly on stilts? A ferocious clown satire of the...
DANCE Â Alt-right, #metoo, the Trump administration:Â Toxic masculinity and its effects are all the rage. We live in a culture that only allows (and rewards)...
PARTY RADAR Get ready for two whole weeks of debauchery, because I'm toast next week working on some special projects—including promoting the awesomest party...