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Meghan Friedlander and Luca Dotti
Audrey Hepburn still sizzles in Paris
“Audrey lived her life without prejudices and that was a value she wanted to instill in her sons.”
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Ronnie Marmo
Ronnie Marmo brings a sobering story of Bill W. to life
“I was like a priest working with the Pope!”
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Ashmal Ali and Rehman Bhatti
From Couple to Throuple Ashmal Ali and Rehman Bhatti fly free on Peacock
“Rehman and I joked that we hoped we were not taking gay rights back 50 years!”
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Dot-Marie Jones
Dot-Marie Jones takes a spin in Highway Patrol
“I have played cops many times on television due to my size.”
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Vince Kelley
Vince Kelley takes on stage role as iconic Golden Girl Blanche Devereaux in theatrical tour
“We like to say it's as if the show never went off the air; it just moved from cable to streaming”
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Meghan Murphy
Meghan Murphy gets a kick out of Anything Goes
“I couldn’t believe someone else loved Judy, Liza, Barbra and Bette as much I did, so I have always felt like a gay man on the inside!”
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Basil Twist
Puppeteer Basil Twist climbs Mountains and sails the Seas
“I approach things as a very simple puppeteer.”
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Erich Bergen
Madame Secretary's Erich Bergen on the brand new musical sensation Boop!
“Stories are stories, but we have to tell stories that represent people in ways that are beneficial to people”
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Ginger Minj
Ginger Minj serves up Southern Fried Sass
“The first draft of the book was like War and Peace.”
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Monaleo
Monaleo cultivates fans while taking Flowers on tour
“The best version of a person is being authentic at the moment.”
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Stephanie J. Block
Stephanie J. Block takes home the prestigious Sarah Siddons Award
“They decided to take the time to honor me and that is a really beautiful thing.”
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zzzahara
Find fuzzzy guitars from zzzahara on Tender
“Things are shifting from “that is a queer person” to “that’s a person.””
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Chloe Baldwin
Chloe Baldwin struts out in POTUS wearing red boots
“By the end, another cast member and I have to wash off all of the blood and the sparkles!”
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Kathleen Ermitage
Kathleen Ermitage make a Mixtape
“The Indigo Girls have fantastic music and they have a great community.”
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Jonny Fairplay
Jonny Fairplay visits Chicago to talk about Villains
“At our core we are all human beings, but there are some of us that have darker souls than others.”
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Matt Rodin
Matt Rodin returns home for Sondheim's Company; meet the Broadway performer, director and creator
“I grew up being awoken by my mother every morning singing show tunes.”
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Apashe
Apashe pursues his quest around the world
“I try to represent visually what a person hears.”
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Absolutely
Singer Absolutely thinks outside the box with Cerebrum
“The first cover song I recorded was “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.””
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Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr. brings his Temple of Tranquility to Chicago
“In the first meeting, Christopher Guest discusses the character with each performer and it is sheer heaven!”
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Brandon Rivera
Meet three queer performers who found a safe space in Sanctuary City
“The writing will move people and I have seen people wipe tears away.”
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Kyle Patrick
American Psycho: The Musical slays thanks to Kyle Patrick
“It really is just a big, giant lens and you can see yourself in it.”
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Mitchell Fain
Meet Mitchell Fain in The Lehman Trilogy; Tony's 2022 "Best Play"
“I play 20 different people, and, with very few exceptions, we don't have any props or costumes to let you know that we simply have to morph into them and tell that story”
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Claud
Singer Claud creates “A Good Thing” with actor Paul Rudd
“Receiving a package from Paul Rudd is my breakout role!”
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Trish Sie
Sitting down with director Trish Sie
“I saw the potential to tell this story in a playful, little bit irreverent way, and do something sincere.”