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One (Gay) day with Anne Hathaway Actress talks Gay 'pod,' Catwoman role, and N.Y. marriage stories ------------------------------
Soulful Adele dazzles at Paramount
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Sade sultry and sleek at Key Arena------------------------------
Asian/Pacific Islander officials announce 2011 Mr. & Miss Gay API Pageant------------------------------
Les Miserables boasts great voices, but little draw for veterans------------------------------
Amazing bare a pop opera for the ages How bare changed the way I look at musical theater ------------------------------
Kitten LaRue reflects on Atomic Bombshells before Moore Theatre blowout------------------------------
A Dyke About Town: k.d. lang performs Zoo Tunes' concert of the year
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The musicals of the 2011 Festival of New Musicals------------------------------
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig------------------------------
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Weezer drummer has memories of Seattle, '80s music ------------------------------
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New Voices 11: More new voices, more new music------------------------------
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| One (Gay) day with Anne Hathaway Actress talks Gay 'pod,' Catwoman role, and N.Y. marriage stories by Chris Azzopardi - SGN Contributing Writer Gays adore Anne Hathaway for more than her sweetheart sensibility and frumpy-to-fashionable underdog role in The Devil Wears Prada. She's practically an honorary member of the community, contributing to the 'It Gets Better' project, receiving an award from the Human Rights Campaign, and quitting Catholicism for her Gay brot more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soulful Adele dazzles at Paramount by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor Adele August 12 Paramount Theatre Adele has officially arrived. The English singer-songwriter has taken the charts by storm and had us all 'rolling in the deep' with the release of her sophomore album, 21, earlier this year. Once simpl more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sade sultry and sleek at Key Arenaby Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer Sade August 14 Key Arena Like the interior of a new Cadillac, Sade's appearance this week at Key Arena was lush, classy, and smooth. Although Sade is the name of the R&B-soft jazz ensemble, fans refer to it more as a solo act because of it more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asian/Pacific Islander officials announce 2011 Mr. & Miss Gay API Pageantby Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor On August 9, Asian/Pacific Islander officials announced the 2011 Mr. & Miss Gay API Pageant, scheduled for September 24 at Neighbours Seattle (1509 Broadway). 'In a beauty pageant unlike any other, Asian and Pacific Islander drag queens and kings, studs, and Transsexuals more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Les Miserables boasts great voices, but little draw for veteransby Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer Les Miserables 5th Avenue Theatre Through August 27 A huge sprawling epic of a musical at breakneck speed - that's one of the main impressions from the touring production of Les Miserables currently at the 5th Avenue Theatre. It's chock full of amazing voice more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amazing bare a pop opera for the ages How bare changed the way I look at musical theater by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor bare: a pop opera is the one musical you need to see but probably never have. Nearly 11 years ago, bare debuted at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles, California, then moved to the American Theatre of Actors off-Broadway in New York, and today & most people have never heard of it. Despit more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kitten LaRue reflects on Atomic Bombshells before Moore Theatre blowoutby Jessica Price - SGN Contributing Writer The Atomic Bombshells August 26 Moore Theatre Renowned Seattle burlesque troupe The Atomic Bombshells will make a unique appearance at the historic Moore Theatre August 26. The venue has flirted with burlesque previously, but this will be its first more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Dyke About Town: k.d. lang performs Zoo Tunes' concert of the year
by Mercy Moosemuzzle - SGN Contributing Writer Tracy Nelson Mercy and Cuteness enjoyed Tracy Nelson at Jazz Alley on August 9. Nelson was celebrating her new album, Victim of the Blues. Here is a story from Cuteness: 'When I was 17 and living in Austin, Texas, Tracy Nelson came to town to do a sh more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The musicals of the 2011 Festival of New Musicalsby Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer If you love musicals and you love the idea of getting sneak peeks at musicals in development, you'd love the Village Theater's Festival of New Musicals. They've been bringing top-notch musical composers to Issaquah every summer for 11 years now. The competition to get a show into the festival is more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-Scopes by Jack FertigARIES (March 20 - April 19): Let your partner help you to guide and focus your dazzling brilliance. Suggestions that may seem restrictive can be the most helpful. If you're single, a durable love may be out there in someone much older or younger. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Parental responsibilities loom large. If you don't have k more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weezer drummer has memories of Seattle, '80s music by Albert Rodriguez- SGN A&E Writer We did it our way. Many years from now, when Weezer decides to hang up their instruments, that should be written on the farewell cake. Since 1994, the Southern California rock band has been making music that mirrors no one else's. These aren't songs about holding hands and goi more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q-Scopes by Jack FertigSASG RUMMAGE SALE AUGUST 20-21/b> On Saturday, August 20, and Sunday, August 21, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., SASG (Seattle Area Support Groups and Community Center), is holding a mega rummage sale in their front yard (303 17th Ave. E.). Check it out! And support this important community institution! POCAAN'S COU more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LettersPRAGUE PRIDE DENUNCIATION IMPRESSIVELY INTOLERANT Petr Hajek, deputy of the Czech president, denounced the Pride parade in Prague, saying 'A white man, heterosexual Christian' would be an endangered species in the world of LGBT rights activists advocate. (SGN, August 12) Thank you, Mr. Hajek. You've just lumped your homophob more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Voices 11: More new voices, more new musicby Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer Monday evening was the kick-ass musical cabaret of the summer, as Brandon Ivie and his Contemporary Classics presented New Voices 11. This semi-annual one-night presentation continues to feature some of the best voices in town singing new songs from up-and-coming musical writers a more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Let your partner help you to guide and focus your dazzling brilliance. Suggestions that may seem restrictive can be the most helpful. If you're single, a durable love may be out there in someone much older or younger. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Parental responsibilities loom large. If you don't have k more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Let your partner help you to guide and focus your dazzling brilliance. Suggestions that may seem restrictive can be the most helpful. If you're single, a durable love may be out there in someone much older or younger. TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Parental responsibilities loom large. If you don't have k more -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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