Melissa Etheridge: A new tour, book & album of previously unreleased songs
Even the biggest legends in the music business can still hide a few surprises up their sleeves.
Just look at Melissa Etheridge, a bona...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus cancels first concert in 38 years, but hopes prevail
For the first time in 38 years, the Boston Gay Men's Chorus has canceled an upcoming concert. Scheduled for this weekend, March 14 and 15, BGMC's highly anticipated "Born This Way" concert has been...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus performs holiday concerts in P’town and Boston
An eight-piece orchestra, a bounty of bows and gay apparel and 200 members of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus singing traditional favorites and modern classics put the merry into Christmas with their 2018 holiday...
Stuart Brown streams the ‘Sounds of Broadway’ for show-starved fans
With Broadway still dark due to COVID-19, many musical theater aficionados are desperate for a hearty helping of belters and ballads, Merman and Martin (Mary or Short). One of the easiest and...
Boston Lyric Opera brings New England premiere of ‘Fellow Travelers’ to the stage, Nov....
When author Thomas Mallon discovered that there was interest in turning his 2007 historical novel “Fellow Travelers” into an opera, his first thought was, ‘You mean the book’s not gay enough already?’
On the surface,...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to perform for city’s virtual tree lighting, Dec. 3
A new performance by the Boston Gay Men's Chorus will be part of the 79th annual lighting celebration of the Boston Common tree, which happens virtually this year due to pandemic protocol....
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to return, live, with ‘Joyful & Triumphant & Gay’
Before COVID came along, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus holiday show was one of those events that the holiday calendar revolved around. Although virtual concerts can do the trick when necessary, there’s...
Queeraoke at Midway Cafe in JP still going strong after almost 20 years
With far fewer options for gay bar-goers than the Boston area once boasted, a mainstay like the regular Queeraoke night at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain can seem like one joyful...
Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘The Threepenny Opera’ remains prescient and timeless
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s 1928 classic “The Threepenny Opera” isn’t often performed by opera companies. The story-and-song structure is closer to the realm of musical theater. But Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) embraces a...
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus gets intimate this weekend at Club Café
Life is a cabaret, old chum—at least, that’s how it feels when you take in this annual show from the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus. Catch "Another Opening...A Cabaret" this Friday to Sunday, Feb. 21–23,...
