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What do you get when you combine sweet summer breezes, horsehide, cheesecake, beefcake, vintage love, young love and a soupçon of fiery foppery? ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brandon Cutrell & Guests Star in a Gala "Broadway at the Beach" First Night by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Singer Brandon Cutrell and pianist Ray Fellman's popular "Broadway at the Beach" began a new season at the Ice Palace on July 7, with Franca Vercelloni...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Last Comic Tanning: Michele Balan Glows at Grove Community House by Sherri Rase FIRE ISLAND - On Saturday, July 5th, Michele Balan-the last female comic standing-graced the Cherry Grove Community House for two benefit shows for the Arts ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Philadelphia Holds 14th Annual International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival by Joseph R. Saporito The 14th annual Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF) will take place from July 10 to 22, 2008, when over 140 films from all over the globe will be shown ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fales Regales Grove with Evolution of a Gay Mormon in Tour-de-Force for Island Rep by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - On July 2, Steven Fales-actor/singer/playwright/father/gay man/Democrat and excommunicated...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Grove, with Verve, Avers, 'I Love NY' by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Cherry Grove paid tribute to New York City in "I Love New York," a dynamic new Arts Project of Cherry Grove show, running the last two Saturdays in June at the Community House...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Grove's 10TH Annual "Ocean Aires," Classical Music & Fetishes Are the Key by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Cherry Grove's annual classical concert "Ocean Aires," brainchild of Isaac Steven Vaughan, is celebrating its 10th year, under the auspices of the Arts Project...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Walk Like A Man" - Good Advice from Uptown Express by Sherri Rase This is a fast-paced world we live in. With our constant quest for "newer, bigger, better, faster, more," sometimes we forget the riches of the past. The latest CD by Uptown ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYGMC Sets Pride on Vibrate at FIT by Sherri Rase Prior to last night, I could not say I was a fan of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus (NYCGMC), for the very simple reason that I had never heard them. On June 4, NYGMC got a new fan. This year's LGBT Pride...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Il Matrimonio Segreto"-No Longer a Secret by Sherri Rase I walked into the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street), to hear Domenico Cimarosa's "Il Matrimonio Segreto," after having a Jersey Girl Adventure. Remember, we who drive ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Should We Dance" Premieres in New Jersey by Sherri Rase Marriage equality has been on the minds of New Jersey residents for more than 15 years, since before "sexual orientation" was added to the state's law against discrimination...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Choruses Celebrate Contemporary Song & Love & Marriage for Pride by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Two of our community's now venerable choruses have announced exciting concerts, in Chelsea, in honor of the LGBT Pride season. The New York City Gay Men's ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Philharmonic Celebrates "the Lusty Month of May" with a Lusty "Camelot" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The New York Philharmonic, which had great success last year with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe's "My Fair Lady" (1956), celebrated "the lusty month ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vargas, Graham, Iveri, Bicket & Company Collaborate on Distinguished Met "Tito" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Two weeks before the conclusion of the Metropolitan Opera season, the company revived the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dessay & Flórez Sparkle in New "Fille du Régiment" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert "La Fille du Régiment" (The Daughter of the Regiment), the 1840 opéra-comique by composer Gaetano Donizetti and ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Manhattan School Probes Soap Opera Lives in the Tenement in Fine "Street Scene" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Manhattan School of Music (MSM) Opera Theater's spring production, which opened on April 30, is a fine revival of "Street Scene," ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Collegiate Chorale Gives Reconstructed Handel "Giove" an Abbreviated U.S. Premiere by Bruce-Michael Gelbert "Giove in Argo" (Jupiter in Argos-or Arcadia) is a 271-year-old George Frideric Handel opera--with libretto by Antonio Lotti and ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Park Slope's Gallery Players Offer a Magical "Man of LaMancha" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Something magical is happening in a corner of Park Slope for the next three weekends, as Brooklyn's Gallery Players tackle "Man of LaMancha"...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - West Meets East with Virtuoso Vocalism in Met "Entführung" Revival by Bruce-Michael Gelbert With but three weeks to go before it concludes its season, the Metropolitan Opera embarked on a distinguished revival of John Dexter's 1979 production ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Magnificent McNight Limns Legendary Ladies of Song in Powerhouse Met Room Debut by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Magnificent singer Sharon McNight, brassy and outrageous as ever, looking and sounding terrific, made her Metropolitan Room debut ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rorem & McClatchy Deliver Americana with Feeling in "Our Town" Opera at Juilliard by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The Juilliard Opera Center, at the Juilliard School, is giving composer Ned Rorem and librettist J.D. McClatchy's two-year-old ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fire Island Comes Indoors and Downtown in Whimsical Theater Piece by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Shortly before Fire Island season begins for some of us, "Fire Island" comes to us, courtesy of Charles Mee's theater piece/performance piece/event, directed...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wonderful Julie Wilson, at the Metropolitan Room, Once Again Has a Way with a Song by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Wonderful, wonderful Julie Wilson, consummate song stylist, is at the Metropolitan Room, in Chelsea...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Met Revisits Gay King Having Last Hetero Fling, the Verdi Version by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Giuseppe Verdi and librettist Antonio Somma's "Un Ballo in Maschera," culminating in the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a gala masked ball at ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYFOS Offers a Russian and French Potpourri by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) rounded out its season at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, on April 15 (and 17,) with "Obsession à la Russe," a program, both ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Fervent Climax of Concert Opera Season, OONY Probes Puccini's Passionate, but Problematic "Edgar" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert To cap its season of opera-in-concert at Carnegie Hall, on April 13, Maestra Eve Queler and her Opera Orchestra of New ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dicapo Brings Rare Intimacy & Intensity to Puccini's "Fanciulla" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert In anticipation of Giacomo Puccini's 150th birthday, in December, the Dicapo Opera Theatre is giving his "La Fanciulla del West" (The Girl of the Golden West) ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If Not the Best of All Possible NYCO "Candides," an Effervescent One Nonetheless by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Concluding its 2007-08 season with a two-week run of Harold Prince's 1982, cartoon carnival sideshow romp of a production ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Give Collegiate Chorale E for Effort in Dubious Bernstein-Lerner Cantata by Bruce-Michael Gelbert There are, fortunately, a great many treasures among the compositions by Leonard Bernstein and musicals with lyrics by Alan ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Echoes of the Past, Signs of Things to Come Mark Montclair Operetta Club's Pocket Sondheim "Follies" by Sherri Rase When was the last time you saw classic Stephen Sondheim in a classic space? For me it was Saturday night, April 5, for "Follies" at the Van Fossan Theatre, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, courtesy of the Montclair Operetta Club (MOC). MOC was founded in 1925, incorporated in 1934 and is celebrating its 84th season  ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Baritone Tessler Lends Lieder, Chansons & American Songs Diverse Tonal Color by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Singer Craig Tessler-known to some as Cherry Grove's erstwhile premier baritone, who has now moved to the mountains, ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Blitzstein's "Juno," with Victoria Clark, Makes Its Mark in Encores! Series by Bruce-Michael Gelbert 'Twas a great day for the Irish-and for the American musical-when City Center Encores! revived composer and lyricist Marc ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Doña Elvira & Her 3 Suitors Enliven Met "Ernani" Revival by Bruce-Michael Gelbert An excellent slate of singers, experienced in this repertory-Marcello Giordani, Sondra Radvanovsky, Thomas Hampson ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Foolin', "The Physics of Love" is a Hit by Sherri Rase My halcyon days as a high school junior included a love affair with Physics. Yes, the class. It's where we learned there could be no sex in a frictionless environment (!) and ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Rue de Fleurus or Alice B! The Musical! by Sherri Rase Held Over! Two of the most beautiful words in the English language for a hardworking cast--especially a cast of strength such as the one of "27 rue de Fleurus!" In this imaginative ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DiDonato Dazzles with Her Diversity by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, a young American artist making a splash at the Metropolitan Opera and anywhere else she sings, gave a varied Lincoln Center Great ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Heppner Returns, Triumphant, to Met "Tristan" at Last, but Voigt Bows out by Bruce-Michael Gelbert By now, the tribulations of what was to be a starry revival of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" (1865), at the Metropolitan Opera ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Memories of Mardi Gras, as PA Horticultural Society Salutes New Orleans with "Jazz It Up!" as Theme for Philadelphia Flower Show by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Readers of Q News' New York Q News.com and Fire Island Q News.com may well be ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Stern-Wolfe & Downtown Music Celebrate Women's Works by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Maestra Mimi Stern-Wolfe and her Downtown Music Productions (DMP) observed Women's History Month with a concert, at St. Marks ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYCO Gives Merry "Falstaff," with Opalach as Verdi & Shakespeare's Roguish Knight by Bruce-Michael Gelbert This spring, the New York City Opera (NYCO) is presenting a revival of Leon Major's 1999 production of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYFOS Introduces Worthy New Comic Operas by Musto & Bolcom by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On March 11 and 13, at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) presented the world premiere ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Between Met Isoldes, Voigt Joins San Francisco Symphony & Tilson Thomas for 20th Century Music at Carnegie Hall by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On March 12, two days after Deborah Voigt's first Metropolitan Opera Isolde, a long evening of hefty singing, and two days before her ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It's Griffey, as Grimes-the-Childlike, against the Faceless Mob in Met's Fresh Look at Britten's Masterpiece by Bruce-Michael Gelbert A new Metropolitan Opera production of "Peter Grimes" (1945), Benjamin Britten's first full-fledged opera, and masterpiece, with ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dessay Dazzles at Met as Donizetti's Poor, Demented Lucia by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The current Metropolitan Opera season opened on September 24, 2007 with a new production of Gaetano Donizetti's ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scotto, Fleming, Millo, Zajick, Giordani & Company Salute Queler at Her Hundredth OONY Performance at Carnegie Hall by Bruce-Michael Gelbert A stellar company of opera singers, with Renata Scotto, Renée Fleming, Aprile Millo, Dolora Zajick and Marcello ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To Start Season, City Opera Takes Whimsical Trip through Morris & Mizrahi's Minds, to Tune of Purcell's "Arthur," Led by Glover by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Forget King Arthur, Queen Guenevere and Sir Lancelot, forget Excalibur and the Round ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles," Now at 37 Arts by Sherri Rase It was during the darkest times for women who love women that Ann Bannon first conceived and wrote the books that would be the source for Kate Moira Ryan and Linda ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch Offer Broadway Melodies, Standards & Progressive Politics for American Songbook Series by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Broadway singer Christine Ebersole and pianist and singer Billy Stritch, following ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Queler, Opera Orchestra & Engaging Singers Make "Sonnambula" a Feel-Good Evening by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Maestra Eve Queler and her Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY), fielding a fresh young cast, directed by Ira Siff, made their semi ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - k.d. lang Takes Lincoln Center by Storm by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On February 26, openly lesbian Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang, her voice strong and penetrating, began a three-night run in Lincoln Center's Allen Room at Rose Hall, at the Time Warner Building and, drawing by ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dicapo Gives Compelling "Dangerous Liaisons" a New York Premiere by Bruce-Michael Gelbert "Dangerous Liaisons" (1994), lyrical, accessible, and replete with opportunities for vocal and dramatic display for its leading singers, received a riveting New York ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Met Offers Magnificent "Manon Lescaut" Revival, Starring Mattila & Giordani by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Giacomo Puccini's first major operatic success, "Manon Lescaut" (1893), returned to the Metropolitan Opera's repertory late last month, for the first time since early 1990, ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "What's the Point?" Scores Points with Pointed Commentary by Bruce-Michael Gelbert "What's the Point?," a bubbly and irreverent, faced-paced new musical revue with a gayish sensibility, boasting songs by Alan Cancelino (music) and Hector Coris (lyrics); energetic ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What a Swell "Wild Party" This Is, as Gallery Players Tackle Lippa Musical by Bruce-Michael Gelbert It's brassy, it's classy, it's wicked, witty and, well, wild, featuring men with women, women with women, and men with men and one sophisticated showstopper after another ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Met Presents Voigt, Morris and Company in "Walküre" under Runnicles by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On February 9, I attended the season's last performance of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" and, possibly, final appearance of any part of the Otto Schenk (production) ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Voigt Illuminates American Songbook, Soprano Edition by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On January 23, to open Lincoln Center's American Songbook series' season, in the Allen Room at Rose Hall, reigning Wagner and Strauss soprano Deborah Voigt ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richard Skipper Brings Affectionate Carol Channing Tribute to Wings by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Thanks to Richard Skipper's endearing and affectionate tribute, Carol Channing, bejeweled, glittering and warmly glowing, is in residence at Wing Theatre, on Christopher ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'Freshly Released' from Riker's, DeBarge Relates Ordeal with Wit at Cutting Room by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On January 18, Flotilla DeBarge (alter ego of Kevin Joseph Rennard), self-described "actress, singer, ex-con," came to the Cutting Room in Chelsea for her new show, ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Perm's Opera Theatre Illuminates Tchaikovsky's "Mazeppa" with Simplicity & Feeling by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The 135-year-old Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre of Perm, Russia brought its production of gay ancestor Peter Ilyich ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Met Gives New "Macbeth" with Major Midseason Cast Changes by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" (1847, revised 1865)-its third ever, following the one used during the 1980s and the Met premiere ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brandon Cutrell & Ray Fellman Embrace the Limelight in Sensitive Songbook Survey by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Cabaret's fine young tenor Brandon Cutrell and ever-supportive, creative pianist Ray Fellman are known for presenting shows-the After Party, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, in New York ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bronx Opera Kicks Off 40th Anniversary Season with Offenbach's "Orpheus" Romp by Bruce-Michael Gelbert The Bronx Opera Company began its 40th anniversary season, on January 12 at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College, with Jacques Offenbach's spoof of Greek ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYGASP Goes 'Tripping Gaily' Through the Repertoire in Cheery Midseason Gala by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On January 10, or about midway through their winter season at City Center, the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players (NYGASP) presented a cheerful, one-night only gala consisting of ...