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Cameron Esposito
Marriage material girl: an interview with Cameron Esposito
“I believe comedy is one of the best ways to process pain and inequality.”
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Margaret Cho
Sing out, sister: an interview with Margaret Cho
“I’m trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer.”
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Anthony Rapp
Broadway star and Joliet native Anthony Rapp comes home with 'If/Then'
“Well, I think there is a great opportunity with theatre to reflect life back at people.”
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Alan Cumming
Cumming around again: an interview with Alan Cumming
“The whole concept of the show was about being authentic and connecting with these songs.”
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Natalie Merchant
Paradise is here: an interview with Natalie Merchant
“I’ve had a large gay following for many years and have been quite aware of that.”
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Randy Harrison
'Queer as Folk' star Randy Harrison heads up new production of Cabaret
“I really think time caught up with it and has liberated the story.”
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Seth Greenleaf
Meet the producer: an interview with Seth Greenleaf
“I don’t want to make it sound like Chicago is a talent pool for New York. But the truth is that there is a great exchange between the two cities.”
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Dave Koz
Collaborator and innovator: an interview with Dave Koz
“I feel like collaboration in music has allowed me to grow musically beyond my wildest dreams.”
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Dave Audé
Ready to play: Dave Audé on new projects and spinning at Roscoe's
“The gays know the music I play and I know what they like to hear so it’s a great combination!”
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Andrew Haigh
The year of Years: an interview with gay filmmaker Andrew Haigh
“It’s so difficult when you make gay-themed films – it was never my intention to only make films about gay characters.”
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Paul Lisicky
Through narrow and shining doors: an interview with Paul Lisicky
“I used to say I leap genres from book to book so I won’t repeat myself, repeat the same atmosphere, voice, imagery. But this book was different.”
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Yoko & The Oh No's
Oh, yes: an interview with Yoko & The Oh No's
“I’ve read the Out 100 issue for years, so for me it was surreal to have something written up about our band in there.”
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Jamie Lambert
Collabromance: an interview with Jamie Lambert of vocal group Collabro
“Collabro are really big LGBT supporters. We absolutely love the LGBT community. Musical theater, you know [laughs].”
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Jessica Hopper
Rock talk: an interview with Living Female Rock Critic Jessica Hopper
“Millennials have much more progressive attitudes about gender and sexuality and identity than any of us did even a decade ago.”
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Josh Thomas
Please like him: an interview with Josh Thomas of Please Like Me
“We take bits and pieces and muddle them around with fiction.”
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Alicia Vikander
Alicia Vikander Takes the Cake
Actress Alicia Vikander talks about her role in The Danish Girl
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Matthew Rettenmund
Star power: an interview with writer Matthew Rettenmund
“I was obsessed with Madonna and Cyndi Lauper and all these `80s people.”
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Lyric Benson Fergusson
A Lyric poet: an interview with Lyric Benson Fergusson
“I grew up with two amazing gay men who I considered my uncles.”
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Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho Goes psyCHO
“If you are queer woman of color it is even more threatening”
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Buddy Nielsen
Pulling the thorns from his heart: an interview Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail
“I listen to a lot of country. I think that would be pretty surprising.”
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Anthony de Mare
Pure (re)imagination: an interview with Anthony de Mare
“I think he’s one of the greatest lyricists we’ve ever had. One of the greatest poets we’ve ever had.”
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Frankie Nardiello
My Life With the Thrill Kill Groovie Mann
“I used to go to The Baton to see drag.”