GLR November-December 2024

Exhibitions TheProm Comedy places four fading Broadway stars into a small town brouhaha over a lesbian couple’s plan to attend the senior prom. At the Outfront Theater Co. in Atlanta thru Nov. 11th. Fallen Angels Noël Coward comedy about a love triangle involving two women and the man with whom both had a fling many years be fore. At the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, CA, thru Nov. 17th. Midnight at the Never Get Musical set in Greenwich Village finds two male lovers and cabaret performers coping with revolutionary change. At San Diego’s Diversionary Theater thru Nov. 17th. TheGulf Drama spotlights two female lovers who witness some thing from a fishing boat that threatens to rock their world. At the NCTC in San Francisco thru Nov. 24th. Drag: The Musical Off-Broadway show about two Drag Houses vying for supremacy. No lip-syncing and many drag superstars. At the New World Stages in NYC thru Dec. 13th. A Queer Carol Adaptation of the Dickens classic charts the down ward spiral of Ben Scrooge and Jake Marley, partners in life and in business. Uptown Players Theatre in Dallas, Dec. 6–15. Deep Inside Tonight Musical newscast-run-amok starring The Kin sey Sicks, who bring their award-winning comedy to the stage. At the NCTC in San Francisco, Dec. 4–Jan. 5, 2025. Cabaret Broadway revival stars Eddie Redmayne in the gayest ver sion yet of the classic musical. Ongoing at the August Wilson Theatre. The Big Gay Jamboree Off-Broadway “comedy trapped inside a mu sical” is all about Stacey, who has in fact fallen into a musical and can’t get out! Ongoing at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC. Sci fi, Magick, Queer L.A. “ Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation.” How sci-fi and occult interests contributed to the LGBTQ movement in L.A., 1930s–1960s. ONE Archives at USC, thru Nov. 23rd. I’m a thousand di ff erent people—Everyone is real The story of Candy Darling as revealed by new photos of this trans icon of the ’60s. At the Leslie Lohman in NYC thru Jan. 5, 2025. Tamara de Lempicka Drawings and other art by the bisexual artist (1894–1980) who helped define Art Deco. At the Fine Arts Mu seum, San Francisco, thru Feb. 9, 2025. Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939 Neglected artists are on exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, thru Feb. 23, 2025. James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance Celebrates the interwoven lives of Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Bayard Rustin, et al. At the Nat’l. Portrait Gallery in D.C. thru April 20, 2025. Queer Jus ti ce: Lambda Legal and 50 Years of LGBTQ +Rights Trav eling exhibit curated by the American LGBTQ + Museum and Lambda Legal. Next stop: Washington, DC. Dates to be announced. Love, Venezia (Steve Balderson) Drama set in Venice about a guy who’s adrift after a bad breakup but snaps out of it when the prom ise of love and self-discovery (and hot sex) comes along. Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln (ShaunPe terson) Docu. explores the evidence that Lincoln had a gay side. Na ti onal Anthem (Luke Gilford) Drama tells of a 21-year-old con struction worker in New Mexico who joins a community of queer rodeo performers in their quest for the American dream. Young Hearts (Anthony Schatteman) Drama follows a 14-year-old boy whose young life is rocked when a boy his age moves into the neighborhood and he falls in love for the first time. 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 Cincinna ti OutReels Film Fest. Nov. 8–10. Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. Nov. 8–15. San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. Nov. 13–24. Portland, OR QDoc Film Festival. Nov. 15–17. New York City MIX LGBTQ Film Fest. Nov. 20–23. KeyWest Film Fest. Nov. 20–24. E VENTS

Circa Queer Histories Fest. With 60+ programs on LGBTQ +history & culture in L.A. LGBT Center, Oct. 1–31. Circafestival.org URGE Miami Thanksgiving Fest. More than a 3-day circuit party, offers art installations, curated music, themed dance parties. In Miami, Oct. 29–Nov. 2. Visit: miamiandbeaches.com. Int’l LGBTQ Leaders Conf. Annual confab devoted to networking and skill building, sponsored by the Victory Institute. In Washing ton, DC, Dec. 5–7. Info at victoryinstitute.org. Crea ti ng Change 2025 Foremost political leadership and skill building conf. for LGBTQ activists. To be held in Las Vegas, Jan. 22– 26. Visit: thetaskforce.org/creating-change. Feature Films Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (Directed by Matthew Miele) Docu. about the veteran costume designer who received a Lifetime Achievement Award and Tony nomination for The Cher Show . Challengers (Luca Guadagnino) Drama about a bisexual triangle involving a female tennis star being wooed by two men who were once best friends with benefits . Conversion (Zach Meiners) Docu. whose director was forced to un dergo “conversion therapy” sets out, with his mother and a famous drag queen, to expose the fraudulent practice . Drip Like Co ff ee (Anaiis Cisco) Drama charts the romance of two women who meet while working as baristas in Brooklyn and start a relationship that neither of them expected. Lesvia (Tzeli Hadjidimitriou) Docu. chronicles four decades in a small farming village on the island of Lesbos, where lesbians from around the world have been gathering since the late 1970s. Light Light Light (Inari Niemi) Drama follows a girl as she arrives in Finland and bonds with a 15-year-old girl, who returns home 20 years later and relives the memories from the summer of ’86. 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: • Strange Fruit: Untold tales from distant times • Anthropologies: Sexual variants in non-Western cultures • The State of LGBT Rights: What’s next for the movement? Please e-mail your proposal to: richard.schneider@GLReview.org

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