‘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, 21-year-old University of Wyoming student Shepard was lured from a...
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 “Urban Nutcracker” as much of a local holiday tradition as...
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 a young gay man looking for love in New York...
Cape Cod & Provincetown Cabaretfest
Crown and Anchor | Provincetown | June 2–5, 2-16
CabaretFest reprised its fabulous music festival in Provincetown this year with a tribute to American musical legend Cole Porter who, for 20 years, had his own...
Broadway star Nick Adams joins Boston Gay Men’s Chorus for Pride Week kick-off concert
Super-talented, sexy Broadway sensation Nick Adams joins the 175-voice strong Boston Gay Men's Chorus — and dancing boys — on June 3 and 5 to kick off Boston Pride Week. The concert, "POPular," featuring pop classics...
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 years of presenting bold theater and nurturing queer performers, The...
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 been staged around the country, still has a day job...
Singing psychotherapist’s celebrated, one-man healing arts show to benefit AAC
The Boston-based, self-described "singing psychotherapist" Steven Cadwell is bringing his one-man show, "Wild & Precious," to the Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave., for a one-night only performance to benefit the AIDS Action Committee, where...
Boston ‘Top Chef’ contestant edging towards ‘Fan Favorite’ honors
The competition is coming down to the wire on Bravo’s reality TV series “Top Chef." Though Boston’s own Karen Akunowicz fell just short of nabbing its culinary crown, her top drawer talent and vibrant personality...
Major exhibit of queer photographer Tseng Kwong Chi celebrates spirit of wild ’80s art...
He was one of the rising stars of the East Village arts scene who died of AIDS at 39. His friends and creative co-conspiriators included fellow artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, the dancer Bill T. Jones,...
