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David Shengold

Director Dustin Wills, a 2023 Obie winner, is leading his first local operatic production.
Theater

Opera preview: Queering ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Heartbeat Opera

By David Shengold
Kitty Hart (Wendy Bryn Harmer), Owen Hart (Rod Gilfry), Sister Helen Prejean (Joyce DiDonato), Jade Boucher (Krysty Swann), and Howard Boucher (Chauncey Packer) in Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking."
Theater

Opera and song interrogates institutional confinement in New York and Toronto

By David Shengold
Peter Toto (Lewis) and Harrison Fish (Matt) in "Fantasticks."
Theater

Boy-meets-boy ‘Fantasticks’ highlights summer theater in P-Town

By David Shengold
Yaritza Véliz (Catrina), Daniela Mack (Frida Kahl), and Alfredo Daza (Diego Rivera) in San Francisco Opera's new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Theater

San Francisco Opera marks 100 years with compelling showing

By David Shengold
Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night) and Erin Morley (Pamina) in the Met's "Die Zauberflöte."
Theater

Opera uptown and downtown

By David Shengold
Shavon Lloyd (Betto) and Natalie Lewis (Zita) are skeptical about their inheritance in Juilliard's riotous "Gianni Schicchi."
Theater

Opera roundup: Some comedies, for a change

By David Shengold
Terence Blanchard's "Champion plays through May 13.
Theater

Gay boxers (in brief) at the opera

By David Shengold
Sabine Devieilhe as Sister Constance in Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites."
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From Schubert to Strayhorn, gay composers find voice in New York and Paris

By David Shengold
Marc Kudisch and Kyle Bielfield in "Trade"
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The operatic new year: a brief chronicle

By David Shengold
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Voices from all over in opera and song

By David Shengold
An all-Bach concert featuring out gay countertenor Reginald Mobley.
Theater

Opera’s autumn voices

By David Shengold
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Librettist Leah Lax uncovers her new autobiographical opera

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LGBTQ creators shine during summer opera season

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Opera season ends on high note in NYC and DC

By David Shengold
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Cycles of Lost Love: Anthony Roth Costanzo Sings Berlioz and Spears

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Rising Tenor Star Frederick Ballentine: Living His Best Sportin’ Life

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Homage: Queer lineages on video presents
Today, noon

Homage: Queer lineages on video
Wallach Art Gallery

For the first time, The Heckscher Museum
Today, noon

All of Me with All of You: LGBTQ+ Art Out of the Collection
Heckscher Museum of Art

North Fork Women hosts its annual Labor
Today, 5 pm

Lavender Soiree for North Fork Women
Greenport American Legion

Based on Tennessee Williams’ MEMOIRS, Ki
Tomorrow, 9 pm

Kind Stranger…a memory play
Theater for the New City

To mark the launch of Kevin Guyan’s new
Sept. 3, 5 pm

Rainbow Trap: Book Launch + Panel Discussion
Kimball Hall 246 Greene Street New York, NY 10003 United States

Queer Book Club will be hosting a queer
Sept. 4, 7 pm

Queer Book Swap
good judy

Join comedian Brandon Collins (Drunk Bla
Sept. 4, 7:30 pm

What the Film?! (WTF)
Littlefield

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Sept. 4, 9:30 pm

Superstar Open Set
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Arts

  • Ann Harada, Julie Halston, Anika Larsen, and Jackie Hoffman in "Finding Dorothy Parker." Douglas Carter Beane’s ‘Finding Dorothy Parker’ revives the legacy of a witty 1920s writer
  • Sasha Velour celebrates her new book, “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag,” at the New York Public Library in 2023. Sasha Velour marks 10 years of ‘NightGowns’ with seven-show residency in NYC
  • James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien in "Twinless." ‘Twinless’ Q&A: Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on the intersection of brotherhood and twinhood
  • “Griffin in Summer," directed by Nicholas Colia, screens at Regal Union Square on Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. Q&A: Writer/‌director Nicholas Colia on coming-of-age comedy ‘Griffin in Summer’
  • Sandra Oh & Lupita Nyong'o in Shakespeare in the Park's "Twelfth Night." Shakespeare in the Park is back with ‘Twelfth Night’

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues
  • Carmen Hernandez. Patients and employers pay more as healthcare conglomerates profit from federal program meant to serve vulnerable communities

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