GLR November-December 2023

Exhibitions The Prom Musical finds four fading Broadway stars descending on a small Indiana town where a same-sex prom contro has erupted. At the Outfront Theatre in Atlanta thru Nov. 11th. MerryMe Off-Broadway comedy set on a Navy base “where clan destine queer lust runs wild,” until an angel descends with news of impending doom. At the NY Theatre Workshop thru Nov. 18th. WeAreCon ti nuous Family drama centers on Simon, whose close bond with his mother starts to unravel after he comes out as gay. At the NCTC in San Francisco thru Nov. 26th. Snatch Adams & Tainty McCracken Present It’s That Time of the Month Off-Broadway comedy stars Becca Blackwell as a human sized vagina with a late-night talk show. Soho Rep thru Dec. 3rd. Re/Genera ti onStudio Intergenerational workshop series. Staged readings from new plays followed by conversation and sharing. At the Den Theatre in Chicago, Nov. 30–Dec. 16. The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams’ semi-autobiographical play offers a glimpse into the gay playwright’s life as a young man. At the Diversionary Theater in San Diego, Nov. 30–Dec. 23. If You Could See Me Through My Eyes Personal items belonging to trans women of color reveal their work in social justice movements. At the Stonewall Nat’l. Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, thru Dec. 1st. Lost Boys: Amos Badertscher’s Bal ti more Photographs of the hus tlers, club kids, drag queens, etc., in Baltimore, 1960s to 2005. At U. of Maryland’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery thru Dec. 15th. Dreaming of Home 20 contemporary artists whose work invokes the comforts and complications of queer and trans domestic life. At the Leslie Lohman Museum in NYC thru Jan.7, 2024. The Profane and the Poignant Surveys the work of artist Christian Walker (1953–2003), a Black photographer who explored queer sex uality and race. Leslie Lohman Museum in NYC thru Jan 7, 2024. 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. Passages (Ira Sachs). Drama stars Ben Whishaw as half of a gay cou ple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when his artistic, reckless partner has a torrid affair with a woman. Reviewed in this issue. Ro tti ng in the Sun (Sebastián Silva) In this meta-movie, the director is the central character as he struggles to make it in the art world, gets high on ketamine, and meets a media influencer with whom he has a busy (and sexy) relationship. Rus ti n (George C. Wolfe) Biopic about gay civil rights activist Ba yard Rustin, who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington. San Francisco Cowboy (Hassan Zee) Dramedy finds a young cow boy from Nevada in San Fran looking for his long-lost mother and finding a hot guy who offers to help him out... Shortcomings (Randall Park) Dramedy follows three friends in Berkeley, CA—one a lesbian grad student with a serial dating habit—as they search for their ideal partner in a crazy world. Strange Way of Life (Pedro Almodóvar) Drama/Western stars Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as two cowboys who reunite after 25 years apart, possibly to ride into the sunset (or not). Theater Camp (Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman) Comedy set at a rundown camp in upstate New York whose leader has died, forcing the staff to band together to save the campy thespian paradise. Theater / Dance

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

F ILM F ESTIVALS Big Island, HI Int’l. Film Fest. Nov. 2–5. Portland, OR QDoc Fest. Nov. 3–5. San Francisco Transgender Film Fest. Nov. 8–10. Boston Wicked Queer Documentary Film Fest. Nov. 10–20. Key West, FL Key West Film Fest. Nov. 15–19. E VENTS Mid Atlan ti c LGBTQA Conf. “Under Pressure, Pushing Back” will focus on the backlash against this community. At Bloomsburg U. in PA, Nov. 3–5. Visit: bloomu.edu/mid-atlantic-lgbtqa-conference. Queer Joy as Our Las ti ng Legacy 31st annual Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conf. In Lexington, KY, Nov. 3–5. More at: mblgtacc.org. oSTEM Conf. For LGBTQ+ students and professionals in STEM fields. In Anaheim, CA, Nov. 9–12. Visit: conference.ostem.org. Int’l LGBTQ Leaders Conf. 39th annual confab devoted to network ing and skill building, sponsored by the Victory Institute. In DC, Nov. 30–Dec. 2. Info at: victoryinstitute.org. Crea ti ng Change 2024 Foremost political leadership and skill building conf. for the LGBTQ movement. To be held in New Orleans, Jan. 17–21, 2024. Visit: thetaskforce.org/creating-change. Feature Films Cassandro (directed by Roger Ross Williams) Drama follows the true story of Cassandro, the “exotico,” a flamboyant, gay wrestler who struggles to accept himself in and out of the ring. Dicks: The Musical (Larry Charles) Comedy in which two business rivals discover that they’re identical twins and decide to cooperate to reunite their parents. Stars Nathan Lane and Bowen Yang. Gli tt er&Doom (Tom Gustafson) Musical follows a musician and a carefree youth as they fall in love and have a summer romance to the music of the Indigo Girls. The Lost Boys (Zeno Graton) Belgian drama set in a juvenile re form center focuses on two young, male inmates who fall in love just as one of them is about to be released. Na ti onal Anthem (Luke Gilford) Drama follows a 21-year-old con struction worker in New Mexico who joins a community of gay rodeo performers in search of the American dream. 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: • The State of LGBT Rights: What’s next for the movement? • 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

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