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Your community online shopping mall/Apparel, Books, Movies and more ... www.qnewsmegamall.com Latest News       SEE ALL ARTICLES Singing in Warm, Focused Baritone, Herman Helps Celebrate 'Dutch Days' by Bruce-Michael Gelbert As part of a "Five Dutch Days" festival, ranging throughout the city formerly called Nieuw Amsterdam this month, Dutch baritone Hans Pieter Herman, a protégé of Ira Siff ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Exiles' Songs & Gripping Theater Piece Conclude Holocaust Anniversary Observance by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Seventy years ago, on November 9, the Nazis' perpetrated their first organized violence against Jews throughout Germany, ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intriguing Operatic Trilogy at Juilliard Takes Dim View of Marriage by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On the evening of November 12, on the east side of Broadway, across from Lincoln Center, outside the Mormon Temple, a large and vocal LGBT crowd demonstrated against ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Twelfth Night" with the Queen's Company by Sherri Rase Last night at Urban Stages, the Queen's Company mined the Shakespearean canon for a classic canard-"Twelfth Night"-giving it a Mobius-like half twist, and the result is ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The Tempest" in a Teapot by Sherri Rase The Nutley Little Theatre company (15 Erie Place, at Brookfield Avenue), locally renowned for their quality productions, has just begun the run of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in their small, fine theatre. ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ars Longa, Vita Brevis-Eckdahl Open Studio in Brooklyn by Sherri Rase Brooklyn driving is always and adventure for Jersey grrls who don't venture too far off the Belt Parkway. But when the light at the end of the tunnel is an Open Studio ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Giuseppe's Got Soul by Bruce-Michael Gelbert On November 4, the nation elected its first-ever African-American President. On November 11, a Canadian-Italian baritone introduced his CD of gospel and spirituals, produced and promoted by Nona ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clenny & West Side Cast Give Rossini's Rare "Armida," Ambitious Fare, with Flair by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Artistic Director David Clenny and his West Side Opera Society began their season of opera-in-concert, on November 2 ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Alsop, Sykes & Company Play Bernstein "Mass" as Towering Work for Troubled Time by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Kudos in excelsis to openly lesbian Maestra Marin Alsop and her Baltimore Symphony Orchestra players, director Kevin Newbury...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Damrau & Beczala Head Met "Lucia" Cast with Distinction by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," which opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2007-08 season in an, at times, wrongheaded new production by Mary Zimmerman, returned ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Met Probes Misgivings, Mistrust & Mass Destruction in Angst-filled "Atomic" by Bruce-Michael Gelbert Six-and-a-half decades ago, midway through World War II, the United States Army was charged with assembling a team of young American and British physicists, working ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Life After Bush - What a Concept! by Sherri Rase Amanda Sisk and Noah Diamond's brainchild "Life After Bush," playing now through November 2nd at HereArts, is subtitled "The End of An Error" and indeed it is. "Life After Bush" is all that issues-passionate ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - She Just Wants to Dance, or What Do You Say to a Naked Salome? by Bruce-Michael Gelbert NYC - This fall, the Metropolitan Opera revived director Jürgen Flimm and designer Santo Loquasto's updated, 2004 production of Richard Strauss' "Salome," after Oscar ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Queler Leads Rip-roaring Rimsky "Bride" to Open Opera Orchestra's Season by Bruce-Michael Gelbert NYC - Maestra Eve Queler got her Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY) season of opera-in-concert at Carnegie Hall off to a rip-roaring start on October 15 with a revival...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Great Craft at Work in "Small Craft Warnings" by Sherri Rase There are times when a Tennessee Williams play inspires antebellum vapors and the overbearing desire to put one's head in an oven-even if your oven is electric ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Quickening" Gives Birth To Big Ideas by Sherri Rase Rebecca Tourino's two-act play "Quickening" is being produced by the Albertine Theatre now through Sunday, September 28, 2008 and performed at Center Stage NY. It is a thought provoking decades-post-Roe v. ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jade Esteban Estrada, with Lesbian/Gay ICONS, Is Arts Project's Last Rose of Summer by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Jade Esteban Estrada, who limned memorable portraits of Sappho, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jade Esteban Estrada Returns to Cherry Grove with ICONS Volume 2! by Sherri Rase This Saturday evening, for one show only, Jade Esteban Estrada returns to the Cherry Grove Community House, under the auspices of the Arts Project of Cherry Grove, to ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The Little Dog Laughed" Is Great Sport at Nutley Little Theatre by Sherri Rase Douglas Carter Beane's mordantly funny "The Little Dog Laughed" opened on Friday, September 5 at the Nutley Little Theatre (NLT) and, many times during the performance...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Its Season Ended, Bway @ the Beach Exits with a Bang' by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - The summer 2008 season of "Broadway at the Beach," at the Grove Hotel's Ice Palace, a season that offered an embarrassment of riches, with exceptional ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Island Rep Peeks "Between the Covers" by Sherri Rase FIRE ISLAND- Island Repertory Theatre Company mounted, for its final production of the season, playwright Tony Finstrom's arch "Between the Covers." Richard LaFrance ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wild "Sequel" from tla Gives Us Spring Break the Gay Way by Joseph R. Saporito Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale could not get any gayer than "Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!" a film by Todd Stephens from tla releasing. The film begins with a dream ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Omar Prince, as Montgomery Clift, Is Riveting in "Rarest of Birds"' by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - In "The Rarest of Birds," John Lisbon Wood's monodrama about actor Montgomery Clift, presented by the Island Repertory Theatre Company for two nights ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Arts Project Considers a Few of "Our Favorite Things" for Labor Day Fare by Sherri Rase FIRE ISLAND- The Arts Project of Cherry Grove (APCG) is proud to present "Our Favorite Things - A Musical Fantasy" as its Labor Day Weekend show. Something ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brandon & Ray Present Intriguing Lineup for Season's Penultimate 'Bway @ the Beach' by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - All summer, for several years now, fine young singer Brandon Cutrell and his marvelous maestro, pianist Ray ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Ten Nights" at Bank Street Theatre by Sherri Rase NYC - T.S. Arthur's 1854 book "Ten Nights in a Bar-room (and What I Saw There)" was widely read in its time and became "the" book for showing the devastating effects alcohol can have on a community ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jacqueline Jonée & Company Share a Wealth of Warmth & Music by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - What a gift Jacqueline Jonée lavishes on us with her musicianship, warmth and humor! The consummate concert pianist and drag diva appeared in concert, for the ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brandon & Ray Host Gala "Broadway at the Beach" with "Hairspray" Stars by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Talented and amiable singer Brandon Cutrell and supportive pianist Maestro Ray Fellman's August 11 edition of "Broadway at the Beach," at the Ice ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elaine St. George Sings of Loving Women in Cherry Grove Debut by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Elaine St. George, a singer with a mellow, 'legit' sound, with tang to it, made her Cherry Grove debut, at the Community House, under the auspices of ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TLA Presents 6 New Films in Festivals in NYC, LA & Ft. Lauderdale by Joseph R. Saporito TLA Releasing is presenting six new gay films in one-week-long festivals in three major cities this month. There are three foreign films, "Bangkok Love Story," a gay cinematic...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Arts Project Raises 'Curtain Up' on Rose Levine! by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - Cherished veteran entertainer Rose Levine, singing in Cherry Grove shows for 54 seasons, brought her music before the public once more in "Curtain Up," under the ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Such Sordid Lives: Island Rep Presents White Trash Comedy with Dark Underpinnings! by Bruce-Michael Gelbert FIRE ISLAND - In Winters, Texas, Peggy Sue Ingram has just died, during an illicit assignation with G.W. Nethercott, and ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Midsummer Night Swing: Oh, Nellie! by Sherri Rase NYC - Nellie McKay is a force of Nature, who descended on Damrosch Park, on July 9, to kick off Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing series. This series turns Damrosch Park into an outdoor fantasy of dance ...  VIEW MORE ARTICLES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Damn Yankees" is a Grand Slam by Sherri Rase NYC - New York in summer is a recipe for delight. 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