July 16, 1911 - Virginia Katherine McMath: "After all, it's not as if we were Abbott and Costello. We did have careers apart from each other." Ginger Rogers was a very versatile dancer/singer/actor of the stage and screen. She worked in dramas, musicals and comedies … [Read more...]
Don’t Miss Nora Burns’ “New York Stories: Hot Child in the City Edition” Monday Night!
Yes, Nora Burns' New York Stories: Hot Child in the City Edition is happening tomorrow night. (I've done it twice I think and it's a lot of fun onstage and off...) "Come hear brilliant story-tellers tell tall city tales and torrid truths full of tawdry details with tantalizing … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Homophobia Is Anti-Family Values. Period, End Of Story.” – Linda Ronstadt
Linda Marie Ronstadt has been providing me with listening pleasure for 45 years, often taking a leading role on the soundtrack of my life, taking me through ups, downs, fears, and tears. Folk, Rock, Punk, Country, Broadway, Standards, Opera, Jazz, Traditional Mexican, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay, Lyricist, Dorothy Fields
July 15, 1905- Dorothy Fields In his first inauguration speech, President Barack Obama pleaded: ''Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America''. He was referencing the lyrics from Pick Yourself Up: ''Pick … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Take It From Me, To Be a Stripper, All You Need To Have is No Talent.” – Arthur Laurents
Arthur Laurents (1917 - 2011) was a writer and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway's landmark shows, Gypsy (1957) and West Side Story (1959) and created one of the best romantic films of all time, The Way We Were (1973). He won four Tony Awards … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Yul Brynner
July 11, 1920- Yul Brynner ''On my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived'. Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.'' Preparing this #BornThisDay post, I got lost in looking at photographs of him. So exotic; so alluring; so … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant
July 10, 1954 – Neil Tennant: ''Something happened to us in America. The theory is it was the video for Domino Dancing. I never really believed it. America is quite homophobic, but it’s also totally gay. It's really weird. America is traditionally a country of extremes living … [Read more...]
“Dirty Looks” – A Month-Long Celebration of LA Queer History in the Streets, Bars, and Venues Where It All Began (Including an Evening the WOW Presents Space!)
DIRTY LOOKS ANNOUNCES A MONTH-LONG LINEUP FOR FIRST L.A. PRESENTATION OF "DIRTY LOOKS: ON LOCATION" -A festival celebrating L.A. queer history in the streets that wrote it- - Local curators, artists and promoters, playing with venues and meeting places that defined queer … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Lyricist, Irving Caesar
July 4, 1895 - Irving Caesar: "Picture you upon my knee / Just tea for two / And two for tea." Irving Caesar was one of truly great Tin Pan Alley lyricist. He provided the words to at least 1000 of songs including Tea For Two, Animal Crackers In My Soup and Sometime's I'm … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “It’s Not the Load That Breaks You Down, It’s the Way You Carry It.” – Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (1917- 2010) had a primary occupation as a nightclub entertainer, a profession she pursued successfully around the world for more than 60 years, from the 1930s into the 1990s. Besides her club work, she also had a recording career that stretched from 1936 … [Read more...]
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