Loren King

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‘Gay Secrets’ guided tour through Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28, art historian Andrew Lear is leading his "Gay Secrets" guided tour through the Boston's Museum of Fine...

Offbeat holiday “Nut/Cracked” back in Boston with “Funny Uncles Cabaret”

It’s not like Peter DiMuro, once of the regions’s foremost choreographers and dance innovators, to take a break over the holiday season. Instead, DiMuro will...

Gender-bending cast re-stages old pioneer tropes of American history

Manifest Destiny was never this much fun. That’s because playwright Jaclyn Backhaus plucks the “man” out of the term for the 19th-century belief that U.S....

Powerful program playing at Boston LGBT Film Festival

(Editor’s note: This story appears in the March/April 2017 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) For much of its nearly 30-plus years of...

‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ heads to Boston’s Symphony Hall

Musician and conductor Craig Hella Johnson, like many LGBTs, was profoundly shaken by the hate crime murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998. On Oct. 7,...

Diversity plays key role in Boston holiday classic ‘Urban Nutcracker’

Making the Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker more contemporary and more inclusive—including performances specifically for LGBT audiences—while still holding to its classical tradition is what makes...

Gay single life in age of marriage equality takes the stage in season opener

(Editor’s note: This article appears in the current September/October 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) Playwright Joshua Harmon’s latest, "Significant Other," about...

Five Lesbian Brothers, Cuban-American Dance Theater Artist to shine at 2016 ClimACTS!

(Editor's note: This article appears in the current March/April 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine. Subscribe for free today.) Over its more than 25...

Boston’s LGBT Film Festival hits screens all over town

For the all-volunteer staff of the Boston LGBT Film Festival, watching movies—lots of movies—is a necessity. Voraciously logging in hours in front of films...

Young gay man and his family fight for their lives in post-9/11 psychological thriller

Playwright Jim Dalglish turned one of the most traumatic experiences of his life into art. Dalglish, author of some 25 plays, many of which have...

Provincetown film fest selections focus on foundations of marriage-equality movement

As the landmark U.S. Supreme Count ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide reverberated, the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended the week prior to...

SpeakEasy Features Local Out Playwright’s World Premiere

Urban Legend: Gay playwright explores evolution of friendships in ‘A Future Perfect’ Ken Urban, a past Huntington Theatre Fellow, Harvard instructor and still an indie musician,...

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