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GETTING KINKY WITH JAKE AND WAYNE
Ed and I originally saw “Kinky Boots” when it was still in previews. We had treated each other with reciprocal Broadway tickets for Xmas, because we had high hopes for a Harvey Fierstein / Cyndi Lauper musical collaboration. The performance … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Literary Lyricism, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Al Hirschfeld, Armistead Maupin, Boys Keep Swinging, Broadway, Bye Bye Birdie, Chita Rivera, Cyndi Lauper, Dick van Dyke, drag queen, Gesamtkunstwerk, Harvey Fierstein, House of David, Jake Shears, Kinky Boots, Lea DeLaria, LGBTQ, musical, Wayne Brady, Whose Line is it Anyway
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WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE, SWEET LOVE – Broadway for Orlando Charity Single – updated
The Broadway community has gathered together to produce a charity single to honor the victims of the Orlando massacre. They have given the Bacharach/David classic “What the World Needs Now is Love” the “We are the World” treatment, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Audra MacDonald, Bacharach, Bernadette Peters, Broadway, Broadway for Orlando, Carole King, charity, Chita Rivera, David, Gloria Estafan, Joel Grey, LGBT, LGBTQ, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mathew Broderick, Maya and Marty, Orlando, Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sean Hayes, We are the World, Whoopie Goldberg
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