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Shaina Taub
At a time when most pop composers seem to have forgotten what melody is, let alone how to write a coherent, inventive lyric, it is cause for both hope and...
Leslie Jordan
Leslie Jordan is probably best known as Beverley Leslie, the tart-tongued, flamingly fey foil to Megan Mullally's Karen in Will & Grace. Though a recurring character, his performance was so...
Penny Arcade
Susana Ventura grew up in Connecticut. At the age of 13 she ran away to Provincetown and quickly became the darling of the gay mecca, and a particular favorite of...
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne is a singular talent. He has a strong, yet insinuating, voice, and his supple movements reveal his dancer past to great effect, particularly in the limited space at...
Renee Katz
Renee Katz's story is indeed remarkable. On June 7, 1979, a crazed person threw the 17 yr old flutist in front of an E train. She managed to survive by rolling...
Luke Babylon, Christian Magician
Luke Babylon, Christian Magician is the satiric/spiritual alter ego of out gay comic Zach Zimmerman, who recently left a career-on-the-rise in Chicago to move to New York City. At the...
Salty Brine
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, the album Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nilsson, and memories of time spent at a boys' camp in New Hampshire combine in the kaleidoscopic dreamscape...
Ron Dabney
At the top of Oh Broadway, My Broadway, his new show at the Metropolitan Room, Ron Dabney promised that he was going to give us new takes on songs from...
Lisa Yaeger
At the Metropolitan Room, Lisa Yaeger's new show, Jersey Girl, is not only a tribute to her place of birth and current residence, but also a celebration of the musical...
Katie McGrath
Sitting in the audience at the Metropolitan Room, viewing Katie McGrath's extraordinary new show, Significant Others, I was reminded of a friend's description of good musical theatre: the songs occur...