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#BornThisDay: Writer, W. Somerset Maugham

By Stephen Rutledge on January 25, 2021 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Writer, W. Somerset Maugham

January 25, 1874– W. Somerset Maugham: "At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely." Maugham was a spy, prolific writer and physician who took on the taboo subjects of adultery and sexual jealousy and reinvented the spy novel. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Born This Day, Entertainment, Gay, LBGTQ, Life

#QueerQuote: “It is Discouraging How Many People Are Shocked by Honesty and How Few by Deceit.” – Noël Coward

By Stephen Rutledge on December 16, 2020 4:44 am

#QueerQuote: “It is Discouraging How Many People Are Shocked by Honesty and How Few by Deceit.” – Noël Coward

Photo from BBC, via YouTube I don't recall why or how, as a youth, that I came to know and understand that Noël Coward (1899-1973 ) was gay. I do know that as I came out to myself at 12 years old, I researched everything I could find about homosexuality and the news was never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Born This Day, Celebs, Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Gay, History, LBGTQ, Life, Misc, Movies, Music, Music, On Stage

#BornThisDay: Actor / Writer, George Furth

By Stephen Rutledge on December 14, 2020 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Actor / Writer, George Furth

December 14, 1932- George Furth: "You need to marry somebody, not just some body." Furth first came to my attention as the writer of the book for the musical Company (1970), which I have always loved, but somehow seems even more astoundingly good today than when I first saw it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Born This Day, Culture, Entertainment, LBGTQ, Life, Movies, On Stage

#QueerQuote: “The Two Most Common Elements in the World Are Hydrogen and Stupidity.” – Arthur Miller

By Stephen Rutledge on October 17, 2020 11:49 am

#QueerQuote: “The Two Most Common Elements in the World Are Hydrogen and Stupidity.” – Arthur Miller

Monroe and Miller, 1960, photographer unknown, via Wikimedia Commons Arthur Miller (1915–2005) is one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century. He penned some of America's most memorable plays in a career that lasted seven decades. His Death Of A Salesman won the 1949 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebs, Culture, Entertainment, Music, On Stage, Politics

#BornThisDay: Playwright / Journalist, Sophie Treadwell

By Stephen Rutledge on October 3, 2020 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Playwright / Journalist, Sophie Treadwell

1917, Treadwell (front center) via Wikimedia Commons October 3, 1888 – Sophie Treadwell:  "I suppose I got to marry somebody—all girls do." Broadway and nearly all theatres in the USA have been dark since mid-March, and are expected to remain that way through at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bisexual, Born This Day, Culture, History, LBGTQ, Life, On Stage, Politics

#BornThisDay: Writer, John Logan

By Stephen Rutledge on September 24, 2020 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Writer, John Logan

Logan speaking at Comic Con International, photograph Gage Skidmore, via YouTube September 24, 1961– John Logan: "The thing that made me monstrous to some people is also the thing that empowered me…" Back in spring 2012, I caught an excellent, rather thrilling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Born This Day, Culture, Entertainment, Gay, LBGTQ, Life, Misc, Movies, On Stage, TV & Video

#BornThisDay: Polymath, Eric Bentley

By Stephen Rutledge on September 14, 2020 3:03 am

#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...]

Filed Under: Bisexual, Born This Day, Culture, Entertainment, Gay, History, LBGTQ, Life, Music, On Stage, Politics, Queer

#QueerQuote: “A Closed Mind is a Dying Mind.” – Edna Ferber

By Stephen Rutledge on August 15, 2020 5:05 am

#QueerQuote: “A Closed Mind is a Dying Mind.” – Edna Ferber

1924, Photograph via YouTube I have enjoyed a long crazy obsession for The Algonquin Round Table, a celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits. Members of "The Vicious Circle," as they dubbed themselves, met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Born This Day, Culture, Entertainment, LBGTQ, Lesbian, Life, Misc, Movies, On Stage, Politics

#QueerQuote: “If You Want to Tell People the Truth, Make Them Laugh, Otherwise They’ll Kill You.” – George Bernard Shaw

By Stephen Rutledge on July 26, 2020 4:04 am

#QueerQuote: “If You Want to Tell People the Truth, Make Them Laugh, Otherwise They’ll Kill You.” – George Bernard Shaw

1881 via Wikimedia Commons George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) is one of my favorite figures in history. He was a man of Theatre and Film, a vegetarian, a Socialist, and a rabble rouser. My first impression of Shaw as an important person was from my parent’s original Broadway … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Born This Day, Culture, Entertainment, History, LBGTQ, Life, Misc, On Stage, Politics

#BornThisDay: Federico García Lorca

By Stephen Rutledge on June 5, 2020 3:03 am

#BornThisDay: Federico García Lorca

Via YouTube June 5, 1898 -  Federico García Lorca: ' ''To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.'' 84 years ago he was murdered by a fascist firing squad, but Federico García Lorca remains true to his famous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Born This Day, Culture, Gay, History, LBGTQ, Life, On Stage, Politics, Queer

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