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Harvey Guillen
Fans find Harvey Guillén’s familiar face at Fan Expo
“I want to see real stories be told that live and breathe everyday life involving the queer and Latin communities.”
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Dan Darlington
Get ready for Market Days with the ultimate BRÜT Party
“Summer in Chicago is probably one of the best places in the country.”
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Steven Lee Johnson
Steven Lee Johnson comes home to reprise his Broadway role in To Kill a Mockingbird
“there's this incredible connection there; or they're introducing their spouse or child who never read the book, and they're able to experience it in this new way that we're giving them”
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Robin Skinner
Cavetown serves up Bittersweet Daze at The Salt Shed
“I have always been connected to lemons because of my Lemon Boy album.”
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Tanner Adell
Singer Tanner Adell took over the Windy City Smokeout
“Beyonce has built a support group of gays and women, so that is my goal too!”
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Tim Nelson
Australian band Cub Sport has “Always Got the Love”
“It is more than I could have hoped for that one day we would be together unashamed and on stages around the world singing songs about our love.”
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Dewayne Perkins
The Blackening is right on time for Juneteenth and Pride
“challenge people to find out how many movies or TV shows there are that have Black, queer leads.”
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
Wendi McLendon-Covey blows into the Windy City for Elemental
“You will leave the theater feeling amazing and want to hug a stranger!”
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Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen is much more than a snack
“My friend Ryan Cabrera calls me “The Snack Queen!””
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Tony Genius
All smiles: Tony Genius finds pleasure in his work
“I am here for your entertainment.”
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Kara Jackson
Singer Kara Jackson waxes poetic backstage before her Chicago performance
“Out artists like Durand Jones, and other artists I have known, have taught me never to limit myself.”
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Patric McCoy
Patric McCoy: Take My Picture takes over Wrightwood 659
“I cut my teeth at the Jeffery Pub!”
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Gavin Creel
Out Tony & Olivier winner Creel reprises "Into the Woods" Broadway role in Chicago; hosts City Winery concert
“I spent a long time being afraid and thinking that if I got too queer or too gay, somehow it would actually come back and hurt me”
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Kelly Fremon Craig
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret blooms into theaters this spring
“This makes the book timeless and the truth is the truth every decade.”
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Sam Nackman
Meet Sam Nackman from the Book of Mormon tour
“Who cares what happens when we're dead? Why should we think that far ahead?”
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JD Caudill
JD Caudill promises audiences out of this world fun
“There are sequences that are unbelievable but at the heart of it is a really beautiful story about identity.”
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Naomi Rodgers and Zurin Villanueva
Naomi and Zurin inspire audiences as Tina Turner; in the musical about the legendary diva
“I hope they leave floating on a high note; I just really want them to ride that back into their lives, into their jobs, into whatever it is”
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Harrison Drake
Get to know Harrison Drake from the new Annie, currently playing in Chicago
“these little paper mache caricatures that a friend made for me for my birthday that I lay out on my dressing room station”
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Sav Souza
Meet Sav Souza from the all female, trans, and nonbinary cast of the 1776 musical
“there have been moments where we've needed to navigate just transphobia in the world and in the industry...”
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DJ Nick Stracener
Chicago is ready for DJ Nick Stracener
“I am so stoked about playing at Hydrate.”
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Amadeo Fusca
Spend Valentine's week with comedian Amadeo Fusca in Mars/Venus
“I just kind of want to make them laugh with whatever goofy stuff I have going on.”
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Julia Wolf
Julia Wolf packs up for a tour stop in Chicago
“My music speaks from a place of experience.”
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Michael Fitzpatrick
Let your authentic self free with Fitz and the Tantrums
“I always try to put out a message of living your truth.”