GLR May-June 2023

Exhibitions 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted a Culture (Rocky Rog gio) Docu. revisits the moment when two scholars discovered that the Bible’s anti-gay message is based on a simple mistranslation. Of anAge (Goran Stolevski) Serbian drama set in the summer of ’99 tells of an intense, 24-hour romance between a seventeen-year old dancer and his best friend’s older brother. PetitMal (Ruth Caudeli) Billed as “real fiction,” charts the direc tor’s polyamorous relationship with two other women as they cope with intimacy, jealousy, loneliness, etc. Will-o’-the-Wisp (Jaão Pedro Rodrigues) Fantasy opens in 2069 as a dying “king without a crown” looks back on a time closer to the present, when he had a hot, idyllic affair with a fireman. Angels in America Millennium Approaches, Part 1 of Tony Kush ner’s two-part epic drama, will run at the Central Sq. Theater in Cambridge, MA, thru May 21st. TheProm Musical about an Iowa girl whose high school bars her from taking her girlfriend to the prom—but then four Broadway has beens show up. At the Speakeasy, Boston, May 5–June 3. Gender Play, or what you Will One-man show with Will Wilhelm conjuring Shakespeare’s characters in all their gender fluidity and homoeroticism. At Chicago’s About Face Theatre, May 4–June 5. The Confession of Lily Dare Charles Busch’s latest burlesque, set on the Barbary Coast, follows one woman’s paved-with-good-inten tions road to hell. At the NCTC in San Francisco, May 12–June 11. Head Over Heels Based on Sir Philip Sidney’s The Arcadia ,musi cal fairytale tells of a mythical royal family who go on a journey in which gender roles are upended and new forms of love discovered. Diversionary Theater in San Diego, May 25–June 18. Theater / Dance RiseUp Marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and ex plores the modern LGBTQ rights movement in the U.S. At the Holo caust and Human Right Museum in Dallas thru June 17th. Patric McCoy: Take My Picture Features 50 striking photographs of gay Black men on the streets of Chicago in the 1980s. At the Wrightwood 659 Gallery in Chicago thru July 15th. I Love You Like Mirrors Do Intimate photos by Coyote Park in spired by other works in the host museum’s collection. At the Leslie Lohman in NYC thru July 30th. Reviewed in this issue . Under Cover: J. C. Leyendecker and American Masculinity A treasury of the fashion illustrator’s men. At the NY Historical Soci ety in Manhattan thru Aug. 13th. Reviewed in this issue. De-Coded: Surviving the Law as a Sexual Deviant The lives of LGBT people in Chicago prior to Illinois’ decriminalization of sodomy in 1961. At the Gerbert/Hart Library in Chicago. C ALL FOR S UBMISSIONS – T HE G&LR The Gay & Lesbian Review accepts unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics. Especially sought are pro posals on the following themes for issues in development: • Fantasy Lands: Gay comics, video games, Grindr, and beyond • The Travel Issue: The role of travel in LGBT culture • LGBT Science: New research on gender & sexual orientation Please e-mail your proposal to: richard.schneider@GLReview.org

Cultural Calendar

Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have rele vance for a North American readership. Allow six weeks’lead time for any listing. E-mail: stephen.hemrick@GLReview.org

Festivals and Events

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Seattle Trans Film Fest. May 4–7. St.Louis Qfest. May 4–10. Charlotte, NC Reel Out. May 17–21.

Toronto Inside Out Film Fest. May 25–June 4. New York City Tribeca Film Fest. June 7–18. Provincetown, MA International Film Fest. June 14–18. San Francisco Frameline. June 15–25. E VENTS Radical Faerie Arts Fest . With exhibition gallery, workshops, per formances. Portland, OR, May 17–21. Visit: www.radfaf.org/home. Sexuality Studies Assoc. Annual Conf. Explores the latest sex uality research. At York U., Toronto, May 29–31. ssaaes.org. Provincetown CabaretFest Stephen Sondheim will be honored in 13 shows by top performers. In P’town, MA, June 5–11. Visit: provincetowncabaretfest.com. Queer Mvmnt Fest San Diego’s only queer-focused movement arts festival. Performances, workshops, and more. June 12–18. Go to: discoriot.org/queermvmntfest. GCLS Annual Conf. Golden Crown Literary Society event for au thors, editors, readers. “Pursue your passion” is the theme in Den ver, CO, June 28–July 3. goldencrownliterarysociety.org. Feature Films August Pace: 1989–2019 (directed by Daniel Madoff) Docu. re unites the original cast of choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance August Pace , 30 years after its world premiere. The Blue Caftan (Maryam Touzani) Moroccan drama (in French) about a middle-aged tailor and his wife, whose relationship is turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome apprentice. BlueJean (Georgia Oakley) Drama set in Thatcher’s England as a law banning gay teachers is poised to pass, and a lesbian gym teacher is threatened with exposure and ruin. Eileen (William Oldroyd) Drama based on a 2015 novel about a Har vard-educated prison psychologist who befriends a depressed co worker at the facility, where things take a sinister turn. Freedom Uncut (David Austin and George Michael) Re-released docu. was George Michael’s last work, in which he reflects on his ca reer, his passions (including for men), and the meaning of life. Gimme Some Truth: Nelly & Nadine (Magnus Gertten) Docu. on two women who fell in love in the Ravensbrück concentration camp in late 1944, survived, and kept their relationship secret for years. The Inspection (Elegance Bratton) Drama about a young, gay Black man, kicked out by his homophobic mother, who joins the Marines to escape homelessness and to succeed in a hostile environment. Little Richard: I Am Everything (Lisa Cortes) Docu. on the ’50s phenom who helped shape rock’n’roll music in its early years.

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