Interviews and voices
Celebrity interviews from GoPride's conversations with artists, creators and community voices.
James Percy
“How they thought putting a musician and a dancer was going to come out with a lawyer... I have no idea!”
Elaine Dame
“70's music is rich melodically, harmonically and rhythmically, which lends itself well to a jazz interpretation.”
Taylor Bloom
“My favorite thing that happens every night is that we get to share in this communion of music with people for whom it is very personal”
David Cromer
“I hope this interview about my terror will inspire people to come see the show”
Andrew Love
“you can also pick up on the story of revolution and the story of wanting change and the lengths you're willing to go to to get change in your world”
Stache
“basically nothing is off limits for us due to everyone's musicianship and talent level”
Max Von Essen
“Isn't it amazing once you know who you are or what you wanna say in something like this it does start to fall into place”
Javon King
“The show is so impactful 20 years later is because it has themes that people still need to hear today”
Mark Lewis
“Great artistry is great artistry; really good quality work sustains, it doesn't go away.”
Kevin Beverley
“Volta is about self discovery and accepting who you are.”
Praga Khan
“They will say that I wrote the soundtrack to their life and that makes me feel great!”
Tony Clements
“I leaned over to my mom, at 5 years old, and said "I want to do that, I want to do that."”
David Wright
“We all have that dark side. None of the roles I've ever done before have been this promiscuous and scheming like Blaine”
Peter Gregus
“You don't have to ooze testosterone. There is a different playing field now which I am very happy about.”
Denis Grindel
“I like that this show redefines that there's no typical type of what a guy should be or what he shouldn't be, and that's been amazing.”
Tyler Fromson
“It's super fast-paced. There's dancing in it. I wear an armadillo head. It's crazy.”
Geoff Davin
“We are sharing this message about not judging a book by its cover and we need to learn that lesson as well...”
James Hayden Rodriguez
“Brian Stokes Mitchell is the first mix-raced actor I saw that absolutely blew my mind. He's brilliant!”
Betty Who
“I am really proud of everything I am doing right now. I feel very grown up, which is strange to say.”
Laurence Luckinbill
“there was a big ta-do over the kiss. ...It was the first gay film and they wanted the first on screen kiss between two men”
Jessica Sanchez
“We need more love and more acceptance. I’m a full supporter of the LGBT community.”
DJ Joe Gauthreaux
“Chicago is always one of my favorite cities, because I feel like we understand each other musically.”
Carlito Olivero
“ If you love it, you can do it.”