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9 acts to see during the next year’s very gay concert lineup
By Chris Azzopardi Welcome to the gayest concert year of your life. For instance, if all you want for Christmas is a healthy dose of divadom wrapped in high notes
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Jane Lynch walks in Ellen’s shoes, sort of
By Romeo San Vicente Hey, all you Madam Secretary fans: Did Bebe Neuwirth shake your Sunday night to the core when her character left the show? Did you think it
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CREEP OF THE WEEK
By D’Anne Witkowski When the Trump era is written about in history books, assuming we survive that long, if there are any heroes in this sordid story those heroes will
AKA Kale Haygood
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Well, STAR readers, as of this writing this old pots-and-pans girl is in the Astros clouds. What a season! Plus, we are just now
Creeps of the Week: Donald Trump & Mike Pence
By D’Anne Witkowski The Trump Presidency has truly redefined “breaking news†in the most literal way. Every day there is a new harm, a new insult, a new degradation heaped
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We are ready to ‘Love, Simon’
By Romeo San Vicente For moviegoing audiences in big cities, access to LGBT film festivals and their myriad coming out-themed movies can lead to a kind of jaded “seen it
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A visit to Galveston is a prescription for healing
By Forest Riggs These days it seems as if everyone—and I do mean everyone—is overwhelmed, overworked, frustrated, angry, fed-up, depressed, aggravated and not happy. Aside from politics, scandals, lies, name-calling
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Sealed with a gift
By Nancy Ford About that speech that our president delivered to those super-duper, MAGA-humping, Bible and Trump-thumping attendees of the Values Voter Summit. Yes, by now, this is old news;
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Theatre Suburbia presents Norm Foster’s ‘A Snow White Christmas’
Once upon a time, Prince Charming was riding through the forest when he found Snow White fast asleep. He leaned over and kissed her. She opened her eyes and sat
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Rock, Broadway and humor take the stage
By Randall Jobe Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company presents Charise Castro Smith’s horror comedy, Feathers and Teeth. The story is about a factory town in the late 1970s and a teenager,