Coming Out Support Newsweekly: 5/03/10

Coming Out Support (COS) Newsweekly
Volume 13 No. 17 May 3, 2010
Newsletter Editor: M. G. Auerbach Email: COSNewsweekly@gmail.com

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The Gay Agenda: Datebook: May 3-9, 2010

Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org

SUN: 5/02: New York, NY: Tom (“Oz”) Fontana pulled the “Oz” cast--from Christopher Meloni to Lee Tergesen together for a reading of his play “Godfather IV”, about the cast of “Oz”. It’s a benefit for Primary Stages. www.primarystages.org

MON: 5/03: New York, NY: TalkOut Monday at “The Tempermentals” with Barney Frank and playwright John Marans. www.thetempermentals.com

MON: 5/03: New York, NY: Lambda Legal's 2010 Liberty Awards National Dinner
honoring Katherine Acey, Executive Director of Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. http://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=100981

MON: 5/03: New York, NY: Kevin Chamberlain and Friends Presents: Broadway Sings TV! with Roger Bart, John Tartaglia, Seth Rudetsky, Morgan James, The Broadway Boys, Christopher Fitzgerald, Jackie Hoffman, and Mary Testa. Proceeds go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. www.joespub.com

MON: 5/03: New York, NY: Bryan Batt signs copies of his new memoir “She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother”. 7:30PM. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Center. Also: SAT: 5/08/10: New Orleans, LA: . 6:30PM. Octavia Books. http://www.bryanbatt.com/appearances.shtmlhttp://www.bryanbatt.com/appearances.shtm

TUE: 5/04: New York, NY: Pam Grier, cult favorite and star of "The L Word", signs copies of “Foxy: My Life In Three Acts”. 7PM. Barnes and Noble. Warren Street.

TUE: 5/04: New York, NY: Tony Award Nominees announced by Lea Michele and Jeff Daniels. Streams live at 8:30AM on www.tonyawards.com.

WED-SUN: 5/05-6/06: New York, NY: GAYFEST NYC, the 4th annual LGBT arts festival to benefit the Harvey Milk School. Highlights: “Romeo and Hamlet” a comedy on marriage equality in the style of Shakespeare and the musical “This One Girl’s Story”, inspired by Sakia Gunn. www.gayfestnyc.com.

WED-SAT: 5/05-5/15: Boston, MA: Boston LGBT Film Festival. www.bostonlgbtfilmfest.org

Newsworthy:

Survey: Women Bareback at Higher Rates than Gay Men, according to the New York City Health Department. The Advocate reports: http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/04/23/Survey_Women_Barebacking_at_Higher_Rates_Than_Gay_Men/

Gay Iranians are finding sanctuary in Turkey. The Associated Press reports via The Advocate. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/04/27/Gay_Iranians_Find_Sanctuary_in_Turkey/

The Washington Blade is back. The former LGBT newsweekly, which folded and morphed into the DC Agenda, returns to news stands on Friday. Towleroad reports: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/04/washington-blade-returns.html

JetPride. JetBlue will offer a special flight from San Francisco to Long Beach on 5/15/10 for Long Beach’s Pride Festival. Flight 1969 has special inflight services from pink cocktails to entertainment by Australian comic Pam Ann. Airline Route reports: http://airlineroute.net/2010/04/22/b6-1969/#more-19599

Awards and Honors:

Nominees: Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring outstanding New York theatre. Among those mentioned: “The Tempermentals”, “The Pride”, “Next Fall”, “Yank”, “La Cage Aux Folles”. Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139023-Outer-Critics-Circle-Awards-Noms-Announced-Memphis-Royal-Family-Top-List

Photo Shoots and Video

Video: Sean Hayes makes his Broadway debut in “Promises, Promises”. BroadwayWorld.com reports: http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=123896

Photos: GLAAD Media Awards from BroadwayWorld.com:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_GLAAD_Media_Awards_On_Stage_20000101
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_GLAAD_Media_Awards_Arrivals_20000101

Features

Coming Out: Neil Patrick Harris talks about coming out on “The View”. From BroadwayWorld.com: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE_TUBE_Neil_Patrick_Harris_Talks_Coming_Out_On_The_View_20100420

Coming Out: Cory Benton, Columbia University sprinter, is out and proud--in his own words.Outsports.com reports: http://www.outsports.com/os/index.php/component/content/article/54-coming-out-stories-that-have-appeared-on-outsports/318-columbia-university-sprinter-is-openly-gay

Coming Out: Profile: Leslie Jordan, the out film and TV comic, whose coming out story is told in his New York one-man show “My Trip Down the Pink Carpet”. The New York Times reports: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/theater/24leslie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Stephen Sondheim: The New York Times Interactive feature: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/23/theater/20100423-sondheim-timeline.html?th&emc=th

Profile: Christopher Sieber, the out actor, plays out columnist in “The Kid”, a new musical about Savage’s (and his partner’s) efforts to adopt a child. The Clyde Fitch Report reports: http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2010/04/5-questions-ive-never-been-asked-christopher-sieber/

In Print:

She Ain’t Heavy, She’s My Mother by Bryan Batt. Harmony Books. A collection of coming-of-age stories by the New Orleans born-and-bred star of Broadway and “Mad Men”. The Advocate feature: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Books/Here_Comes_the_Son/

In Performance: Onstage:Theatre/Music/Dance

New York City (and Broadway)

***The Addams Family. Nathan Lane stars in the musical based on the TV sitcom. www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
***A Little Night Music. Sondheim's all-waltz musical stars Catherine Zeta-Jones (singing "Send in the Clowns") and Angela Lansbury.
\***Bass for Picasso. Kate Moira Ryan’s new play about an amputee navigating gay and lesbian life in the new millenium. to 5/23/10. www.tbtb.org
***The Kid: The Musical. Christopher Sieber stars as sex columnist Dan Savage in the musical based on Savage's memoir about he and his partner's effort to adopt a child. to 5/29/10 www.thenewgroup.org.
***La Cage Aux Folles, a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical. Kelsey Grammer stars. www.LaCage.com
***My Big Gay Italian Wedding. Anthony J. Wilkinson's comedy. Reichen Lehmkuhl stars.www.BigGayItalianWedding.com.
***My Trip Down The Pink Carpet. Leslie Jordan’s one-man show. to 7/03/10. www.mytripdownthepinkcarpet.com
***Next Fall. Geoffrey Nauffts' provocative play about a gay couple; one partner is a devout Christian and the other is an atheist. www.nextfallbroadway.com
***Promises, Promises. Newly-out Sean ("Will & Grace") Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth star in the Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Neil Simon musical.
***The Tempermentals. Jon Maran's acclaimed drama about Harry Hay, designer Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie) and friends as they form The Mattachine Society before Stonewall. www.thetemperamentals.com

Elsewhere...

***Girlfriend. A Musical inspired by Matthew Sweet’s 90’s pop album. Boy meets boy in homeroom, and they fall in love. to 5/09/10. Berkeley, CA. www.berkeleyrep.org.
***Hot Greeks. A Revival of the Cockettes’ 1972 Musical Extravaganza. to 6/27/10. San Francisco, CA. http://thrillpeddlers.com
***I Am My Own Wife. Steven Abbott stars as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime. to 5/16/10. Rohnert Park, CA. www.spreckelsonline.com
***M.Butterfly. David Henry Hwang's award-winning play. The true story of a French diplomat who falls for a Chinese spy posing as a Bejing opera diva. to 6/06/10. Minneapolis, MN. www.guthrietheater.org
***Pearls Over Shanghai. San Francisco’s Longest-Running Cockettes Musical. to 8/01/10. San Francisco, CA: http://thrillpeddlers.com
***Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, E. Patrick Johnson’s one-person theatre piece based on his book about gay life in the South. to 5/29/10. Chicago, IL. www.aboutfacetheatre.com
***Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads. The lovechild of Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine’s latest club hit. 5/08/10, Baton Rouge, LA. www.varlaonline.com.

On Screen (and Video & DVD)

Out on Screen...

***Arias With a Twist. The incredible performance collaboration between performance artist Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist is now a documentary. To see the trailer: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=759971528901
***A Single Man. Tom Ford's debut film, an adaptation of a Christopher Isherwood novel, about a day in the life of a gay man, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.
***LA Mission. Benjamin Bratt is a barrio tough guy who discovers that his son is involved in a relationship with another boy.
***Prodigal Sons, a film by TG film maker Kimberly Reed about her journey back to her home town and her reunion with an adopted brother. http://prodigalsonsfilm.com/
***Stonewall Uprising, a new documentary by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner covering the 3-day Stonewall riots in 1969. http://firstrunfeatures.com/stonewalluprising_playdates.html

Out On Video & DVD

***Evening Primrose. The 1966 musical teleplay by James Goldman from from John Collier short story, with a score by Stephen Sondheim. Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Charmian Carr.
***Finding Billy, the documentary about the search for the young male leads in “Billy Elliot” has been posted on YouTube. Playbill.com reports: http://www.playbill.com/playblog/2010/04/finding-billy-available-on-youtube-video/
***MadMen, Season #3.
***Nine, the Rob Marshall movie based on the Broadway musical. Daniel Day-Lewis plays the conflicted film maker. The women in his life: Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Judi Dench and Fergie.
***One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard. Concert DVD.
***Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. The stunning drama from out director Lee Daniels about an overweight, illiterate Harlem teen.
***Trinidad. The documentary about the Colorado town that has become “the sex change capital of the world. http://trinidadthemovie.com/

On TV Of Note: All times listed are ET. Check local listings for times in your area.

Resource:TV Gayed, GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV: Updated every Friday. www.glaad.org/tvgayed

***May: In the Life. LGBT news magazine. PBS. Check local listings. http://www.itl.tv/inthelife/episodes/
***SAT: 5/08: Betty White hosts Saturday Night Live. Her girlfriends on this show: Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon and Maya Rudolph. 11:30PM. NBC.

Conferences, Seminars, Benefits, and Special Events

Ongoing: Global: 2010 Pride Season. Parades, fairs, festivals celebrating LGBT Pride around the world. www.interpride.org

5/12/10-5/15/10: Toronto, ON: We’re Funny That Way. Canada’s International LGBT Comedy Festival. www.werefunnythatway.com

5/13/10-5/16/10: Seattle, WA: Translations: Transgender Film Festival. www.threedollarbillcinema.org

5/13/10-5/16/10: New Orleans, LA: Saints and Sinners. the 8th annual internationally-recognized festival that brings together a who’s who of GLBT publishers, writers and readers, among them Fay Jacobs, Tim Miller, Ann Bannon and Michael Nava. http://sasfest.org/

5/16/10: New York, NY: AIDS Walk New York. www.aidswalk.net

5/16/10: Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota AIDS Walk. www.mnaidsproject.org

5/17/10: Los Angeles, CA: Joel Grey directs a 25th anniversary staged reading of Larry Kramer’s pivotal AIDS drama “The Normal Heart”. A benefit for the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic, which provides quality, free or low-cost medical care for people living with HIV/AIDS. www.lagaycenter.org/thenormalheart

5/17/10: New York, NY: Michael Bennett: A Joyful Noise. Dancers Over 40 salutes the late creator of “A Chorus Line” and “Dreamgirls”. www.dancersover40.org

5/20/10-5/30/10: Toronto, ON: Inside Out: Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival. www.insideout.ca

5/22/10: Nationwide: Harvey Milk Day. http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/02/16/Harvey_Milk_Day_Events_Planned/

5/26/10-5/31/10 Columbus, OH: Annual Gay Bowling Tournament. www.igbo.org

5/27/10-5/30/10: Austin, TX: International Association of Country Western Dance Clubs Annual Convention. LGBT music and dance. www.outcountrydance.com

5/27/10-6/05/10, Hartford, CT: Out Film CT. Connecticut's LGBT film festival. www.outfilmct.org

5/27/10: New York, NY: 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards for outstanding LGBT literature. www.lambdaliterary.org.

5/28/10-5/31/10: Atlanta, GA: Mondo Homo Dirty South queer-centric festival featuring music, dance, crafts, performance & more. www.mondohomo.com

6/01/10-6/07/10: Orlando, FL: Gay Days Orlando including Gay Day at Disney World. www.gaydays.com

6/01/10-6/30/10: San Francisco, CA: National Queer Arts Festival. LGBT performances & exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area highlighting artists from around the country. www.QueerCulturalCenter.org

Last Week’s Trivia Quiz: May Milestones

1. Question: Name this LGBT activist group which staged a national convention in San Francisco in May, 1960, the first known public gathering focused on lesbians in the United States. Answer: A) The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; B) The Human Rights Campaign; C) The Daughters of Bilitis. Answer: C) The Daughter of Bilitis.

2. Question: Name this Oscar-winning rocker, born May 29, 1961, who came out in 1993. A cancer survivor and LGBT activist, this musician has been involved in National Coming Out Day. Answer: Melissa Etheridge.

3. Question: Name this American politician who came out publicly on May 30, 1987. (one of the first to come out). Coming out has not hurt the public servant’s career; LGBT activism is part of his legacy. Answer: Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts.

4. Question: Name this legendary figure in LGBT history, born on May 22, 1930. His life has been turned into an award-winning documentary, opera, and feature film. He died young. On May 20, 1979, Californians marched in anger when his killer was convicted of manslaughter and not murder. Answer: Harvey Milk.

5. Question: Name this flamboyant entertainer and pianist, born on May 16, 1919. He was one of the biggest sensations to play Las Vegas; there’s a museum there to honor him. He refused to come out but everyone knew his “secret”. Answer: Liberace.

This Week’s Trivia Quiz: May Sweeps

1. Question: Name this radio personality, television host and political commentator who is the first out anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States. The first out American to win a Rhodes scholarship, who received a PhD at Oxford, this journalist began in radio in Northampton, MA, went national with liberal talk radio and won a primetime TV show in 2008.

2. Question: Name this out American television anchor and reporter, best known for speaking out as a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of a priest. He came out at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association conference in 2006. His career has included stints at CNN, Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition.

3. Question: Name this Asian-American Peabody Award-winning television journalist who is one of the few out reporters on national television. He started his career at the Washington Post. He then went to ABC covering G.W.Bush’s 2000 campaign; after a stint in Jerusalem, he switched networks where he became a White House correspondent before transferring to the midwest.

4. Question: Name this American television reporter, currently reporting from Iraq. A product of New Mexico, he’s one of the few out Hispanic reporters in American television. Before working in journalism, he was an administrative aide to Rep. Bill Richardson.

5. Question: Name this out national radio journalist who has made the Out 100 and The Advocate’s “40 Under 40”. A Yale graduate, he covers national legal affairs and is often on major public broadcasting programs. He also sings with the band Pink Martini.

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