Broadway star Nick Cordero, who died in July after a battle with coronavirus, was left out of the “In Memoriam” segment during last night's all-virtual 2020 Emmys ceremony. Cordero starred in such TV shows as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blue Bloods, Queer … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Queer Artist, Jeanne Mammen
Self Portrait, 1926, via YouTube September 21, 1890 - Jeanne Mammen: "I have always wanted to be just a pair of eyes, walking through the world unseen, only to see others." Influenced by artists Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Edgar Degas, Mammen was a wildly prolific artist … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Dance Legend – Agnes de Mille
Rodeo, photo by Maurice Seymour, NY Public Library Archives September 18, 1905 - Agnes de Mille: "The truest expression of a people is in its Dance and in its Music. Bodies never lie." She changed the worlds of American Dance and Musical Theatre, plus she was as … [Read more...]
New Movie ‘The Extinction of Fireflies’ Starring Michael Urie and Drew Droege Now In Production
Broadway World is reporting that The Extinction of Fireflies, James … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I’m Not a Sexpot” – Joey Heatherton
If you were born after Jimmy Carter's administration, you probably don't know the name. If you are in to sports, you might think: "Joey Heatherton... didn't he used to be the quarterback for the Detroit Lions"? Yet, in the 1960s and 1970s, Joey Heatherton was a household name. In … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Polymath, Eric Bentley
September 14, 1916 – Eric Bentley "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come." Distinguished academic, critic, author, playwright, cabaret performer, and translator, Bentley wrote more than 20 books including The Playwright As Thinker (1946), In … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (1903- 1996) was born Emilie Chauchoin in Paris. Claudette Colbert's family moved to Manhattan when she was three-years-old, making her French, yet thoroughly American. She began acting professionally when she was 15 years old and she worked well into her … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Singer, Yma Sumac
September 13, 1922 - Yma Sumac: "Yma Sumac is My True Name, and I Was Born in the Mountains of Peru." Her albums were in my parental unit's LP collection. As a teenager, I dreamed of hosting a party where the guests were: Yma Sumac, Ava Gardner, Oona O'Neill, Ida … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Singer, Nell Carter
Carter in Gimme A Break!, NBC (1981), screen-grab via YouTube September 13, 1948– Nell Carter: "You know what's a cliché? A black woman serving pancakes to a white kid." Nell Carter was a series of contradictions and conundrums: Black, Southern, Jewish, Lesbian, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Entertainer, Lola Falana
1972, CBS Television via Wikimedia Commons September 11, 1942 - Lola Falana: "One day I'm going to be a middle-aged lady and I don't want people to think I committed a crime or that I've got some strange disease. I don't believe in time. The past you can't account for and … [Read more...]
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