For the past several years, Joan Lipkin has traveled to Belgrade each fall to do cultural organizing as a guest of the Civil Rights Defenders, an international human rights group working in the Western Balkans. Her work there included founding the Qu...

Pet Shop Boys release new video for “Monkey business” – taken from new studio album, ‘Hotspot’, which will be released on 24th January 2020 on x2 Records/Kobalt.   ...

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has announced that it will honor award-winning screenwriter, producer, and director Ryan Murphy with the Vito Russo Award at the 31st Annua...

Pop artist Jakk Fynn (he/him), a transmasculine Latinx pop artist committed to redefining masculinity, has released the music video for his latest single, "Fire."    ...

  100% Of Net Proceeds Go To True Colors United's Programs Working To End Homelessness Among LGBTQ Youth LOS ANGELES, Ca. - Cyndi Lauper – the Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning icon and advocate – has announced the lineup for her 9th annual...

  We're Here, a six-part unscripted series that recruits small-town residents across America to participate in a one-night-only drag show, will debut this spring on HBO, it was announced, on Tuesday, by Nina Rosenstein, executive vice preside...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective has announced the playwrights for its second Coming Out Play Festival taking place Oct. 17-19 at The Monocle in the Grove.   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Join out duo Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper for an unscripted, uncensored and unforgettable night of conversation when AC2 comes to Stifel Theatre on Friday, November 1 at 8 p.m. The late night talk show host and the journalist, long...

SpongeBob Musical - Credit Jeremy Daniel 2019   ST. LOUIS – Stifel Theatre announces A Night With Janis Joplin, An American In Paris, The Color Purple, and The SpongeBob Musical will visit the historic venue as part of the 2019-20 Broadway S...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced the star-laden cast for its season-opening production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Parts One and Two, running September 4 – October 6.    ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Left Bank Books presents queer Latinx activist Letitia Gomez, one of the editors of and contributors to Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o Activism (University of Texas Press, September 2015), who will sign and discu...

Orange Is The New Black ushered in a monumental era of television, and for six unforgettable seasons has fearlessly tackled some of the most difficult, relevant, and human stories of our time. In its final season, the ladies of Litchfield come to ter...

Necessary Outlet, an LGBTQ production studio, is celebrating World Pride with an early release of Community, a new audio drama podcast.   Ripped from today’s headlines, Season 1 of the twelve-part serialized LGBTQ drama chronicles a fictional sh...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A diverse array of artists, activists, elected officials and community people will come together Saturday June 22 from 2-5 pm at the projects+gallery at 4733 McPherson Ave in the Central West End to participate in a free event t...

If you’ve paid much attention to the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the years, you may have noticed two things regarding representation: that Marvel is slow to progress, but that it also responds to pressure. Over the years the almost total concentra...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The 19th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, a presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edi...

Winner of numerous awards, including an acclaimed Tony-winning run on Broadway, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's “Indecent” is the true story of a groundbreaking scandalous play and the courageous artists who risked their careers ...

Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis produced its 2019 festival in the Grand Center Arts District to much critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance. Running May 9 through May 19, with multiple offerings across various venues, the Festival brea...

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today released its seventh annual Studio Responsibility Index (SRI), a report that maps the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ people in films released by the seven larges...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - STAGES St. Louis announced, this week, two celebratory evenings focused around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in conjunction with performances of The Boy From Oz.   ...

"(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again," a brand-new song written especially for ROCKETMAN by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and performed by Elton and Taron Egerton, premiered this morning on BBC Radio 2.   ...

Go behind the scenes and learn the history of Netflix’s upcoming limited series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, the new chapter in the beloved franchise that has spanned generations. Get a First Look at guest star Jen Richards as young “An...

Madonna today released the empowering and anthemic ballad “I Rise,” the second track of five songs to be previewed before her highly-anticipated new studio album Madame X debuts globally on June 14th. Following the release of the criti...

Van Ella Studios Presents The 10th Annual Show Me Burlesque & Vaudeville Festival   ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Van Ella Studios presents the 10th Annual Show Me Burlesque & Vaudeville Festival taking place May 16-18, 2019 at a variety of fantast...

Producer Jo Schuman Silver announced, on Wednesday, "Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon"—a beloved San Francisco institution and the longest running musical revue in the world—will give its final performances Tuesday, December 31. Upon its closing,...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective has announced the cast of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s groundbreaking, Obie-winning Off-Broadway musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.   ...

Find Yourself at 28 Barbary Lane on June 7, 2019 when New Limited Series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City Launches on Netflix   ...

Pop music superstar Celine Dion announced, on Wednesday, that she will be embarking on her Courage World Tour, set to kick off in the fall of 2019, with a stop in St. Louis at Enterprise Center on October 26, 2019.  ...

Come get your Q on! The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis,runs April 28-May 2, 2019, at the Tivoli Theatre.The St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films (14 shorts, seven narrative ...

The 12th anniversary QFest St. Louis returns to the Tivoli Theatre, April 28-May 2, 2019, with a marquee of sexy and ambitious LGBTQ titles.   ...

The fourth annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis unfolds May 9-19, 2019 across the Gateway City. This year's main stage production is The Night of the Iguana at the Grandel Theatre and features headliners Jim Butz, Lavonne Byers, Nisi Stu...

With the release of her highly-anticipated new album Betty, on Friday, pop singer/songwriter Betty Who announces her 2019 headline tour – Betty Who: the tour, presented by lululemon. The tour will bring the new album to life on th...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis - named the “Arts Startup of the Year” for 2019 by the Arts & Education Council - will present Tennessee Williams’ steamy and startling “The Night of the Iguana” as its main stage product...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is proud to announce its Mainstage and Studio Theatre seasons for 2019-2020. This will be The Rep’s first season under the leadership of new artistic director Hana S. Sharif.   ...

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Stéphane Denève announced, on Tuesday, details for the Orchestra's 2019/2020 season, Denève's first as Music Director. Denève, who currently serves as Music Director Designate, becomes the 13th Music Director of t...

  Written and directed by Tristan Scott-Behrends, Only Trumpets is a compelling short film which was selected as "Best of Fest" after its premiere at the 2018 Outfest Film Festival. The film explores femme for femme love a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - In honor of the 50th anniversary of NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, the state’s largest grassroots pro-choice organization, That Uppity Theatre Company is producing Eve Ensler’s iconic The Vagina Monologues. The play will be performed at ...

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced, on Friday, the nominees for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards live from the Sundance Film Festival. The 30th Annual GLAAD Media...

Trophy Boy, the critically acclaimed short film about the fall of an insufferable gay Instagram “influencer” is being developed into a television series.   ...

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, applauded Tuesday's LGBTQ-inclusive and out nominees for the 91st Academy Awards. GLAAD, which counts the number of LGBTQ characters in rel...

  Can it really be five years since the celebrated (and very much missed) queer series Looking debuted on January 19th?   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A group of nationally renowned playwrights will present public readings of their newest scripts at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' Ignite! Festival of New Plays, running March 27 – April 4, 2019 in The Rep's Emerson Studio Theatr...

Kiley Lotz, along with her bandmates is known under the stage moniker Petal. The band’s latest release Magic Gone, is an honest artistic reflection that Lotz had while exploring the positives and negatives of self discovery in her accountability, anx...

Due to her recently announced Coachella headline appearance, Ariana Grande revealed a handful of date changes today to her upcoming North American The Sweetener World Tour. Grande has rescheduled her stop at Enterprise Center on April 13. The new c...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective has announced the playwrights for its inaugural Transluminate Festival, featuring five works by three St. Louis-based writers: Elon Ptah, Charlie Meyers, and John Waller. The Collective also announced that ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Q Collective, on Tuesday, announced its unapologetically queer 2019 theatrical season, including the new short play festival Transluminate; the award-winning Broadway musical and cult classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch; and the re...

  Ty Herndon is known for his country hits like “What Mattered Most”, “Living in a Moment” and “It Must Be Love”. Recently, the out crooner released a batch of remixes and a new holiday single. With a career spanning two decades, 20 Billboard...

Alabama Story continues The Rep's Mainstage season with a potent collision of art and politics. Running January 2-27, this new play by Kenneth Jones is directed by Paul Mason Barnes.    ...

Max & Louie proudly announce the first show of its tenth sensational season with the St. Louis premiere, ”Love, Linda” the one woman musical tour de force about the life of the remarkable Linda Lee Thomas (Mrs. Cole Porter) and her dedication and...

Following the release of her forthcoming third album’s first single, “Between You & Me,” pop singer/songwriter Betty Who returns with a music video for the acoustic-powered track.   ...

Chicago chameleon Njomza has announced her signing to SinceThe80s/Motown Records. The singer/songwriter celebrates the news with a brand new music video for single “Lonely Nights” which comes off her sophomore EP, Vacation, out no...

The pre-order for Atlantic Records’ highly anticipated “The Greatest Showman - Reimagined” is available HERE. The unprecedented new companion to Atlantic’s RIAA 2x platinum certified soundtrack to 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster musical film...

Today, gay EDM/Pop musician Joey Suarez landed at #5 on the Upfront Club Chart with a remix of his club favorite “Dancing By Myself.” The song, remixed by chart-topping UK-based HausUnited lands behind superstars Calvin Harris and Sam Smith, who curr...

Corteo, the latest and most enchanting Cirque du Soleil’s arena production is now touring in North America. The show will visit St. Louis at the Chaifetz Arena from April 24 to 28, 2019 for a limited run of seven performances. This unique production,...

Multi-platinum Grammy, Juno and Polaris Prize nominated singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen releases new song "Party For One" today, November 1, on 604/School Boy/Interscope Records.  The track was co-written by Jepsen and produced by Captain Cut...

Grammy Award®-nominated, multi-platinum, record-breaking superstar Ariana Grande has announced the first leg of The Sweetener World Tour, complete with a stop at St. Louis' Enterprise Center on April 13, 2019.   ...

A preview of "Larger Than Life", "The Most Dangerous Year", and "Snapshots".   The 27th annual Whitaker St. Louis Film Festival will take place between November 1-11, featuring an array of titles, genres, subjects and presentations. The festiv...

After eight long years, LGBT music icon Robyn’s follow up to her beloved album Body Talk, is finally here --- Honey has been released into the world today.    ...

First Single and Video of 4-Week Series of Dance Heavy Releases   Country music star and LGBTQ advocate Ty Herndon has released the first in a series of four songs aimed at heating up the dance floor. Herndon has spent the past few months trave...

James seemingly has it all. The #bestlife poster boy is a public figure, actor, jet-setter, lifestyle ambassador (whatever that is), and socialite. But life turns upside down when his sugar daddy sends the pampered handful back to Queens with no ed...

Join St. Louis' own Ken Page, the iconic voice of the big, bad, bad-ass Oogie Boogie himself, as he introduces The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s live presentations of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, November 2-4 at Powell Hall.   ...

The Rep is kicking off its 2018-2019 Studio Theatre season with Admissions, Joshua Harmon's 2018 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Play. Directed by Steven Woolf, it's a biting piece of theatre whose acidic humor goes straight for the throat....

Includes U.S. regional premiere of Kinky Boots and return of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella   After an astonishingly epic centennial season which welcomed more than 400,000 theatregoers, The Muny announced today its dazz...

HOUSTON, Tx - Today, LGBT artist and philanthropist Ben Workman aka Jumper Maybach unveiled his latest series of artwork, a collection of 54 pieces never-before-seen in the United States which the artist created specifically for a 2014 exhibition in ...

Non-binary American singer-songwriter Grayson has released their brand new song “Brother,” a building anthem about needing to break free from both internal and external pressures.   ...

Gay EDM/Pop musician Joey Suarez has released a remix of his club favorite “Dancing By Myself” remixed by chart-topping UK-based HausUnited.    ...

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced this week that two-time Tony award-winning actress and singer Sutton Foster will perform for one night only with the SLSO at Powell Hall on Saturday, February 23, 2019.   ...

The 27th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) — held Nov. 1-11 — provides St. Louis filmgoers with the opportunity to view the finest in world cinema: international films, documentaries, American indies, and shorts that can o...

LGBTQ icon Barbra Streisand released a new music video today ahead of her upcoming album and it's an unapologetic anti-Trump anthem from start to finish.   ...

LGBT musician Molly Adele Brown is one of the hottest young stars bursting onto the music scene. In the past few months, the talented singer/songwriter has released timely and influential music, tackling hot topics including the #MeToo movement, bull...

LGBTQ icon Barbra Streisand released a new single on Thursday ahead of her upcoming album and it's an unapologetic anti-Trump anthem from start to finish.   ...

Today the one and only Cher dropped Dancing Queen, a new album of all ABBA hits by the beloved LGBTQ icon, and we just can't get enough of it. Honestly. Listen to all the fab tracks below.   ...

We say #releasehoneydamnit indeed! -- and FINALLY, Robyn has - in a way.  Following a play as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio One, the nearly-mythical title track from her forthcoming album, out on October 26th via Konichiwa/Interscope R...

LGBTQ Alternative-pop singer-songwriter Molly Adele Brown released her new single “Only Human” last week across all streaming platforms, along with a powerful accompanied music video featuring a diverse group of Nashville's best dancers. The heartwar...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Tony nominee Liz Callaway is reuniting with her sister, Tony-nominated cabaret star and recording artist Ann Hampton Callaway, for two encore performances of their sister act club show, Sibling Revelry on Wednesday, 9/26 & Thursd...

2CELLOS, today, announced the dates for their widely anticipated 2019 "Let There Be Cello Tour," which includes a stop in St. Louis on Feb. 21 at the Chaifetz Arena.   ...

The Naughtiest and Funniest Magic Show in the World   ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Back by popular demand The Naked Magicians returns to St. Louis after last year’s incredible sold-out performance. The show strips away the top hats and capes for full-fron...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Grammy Award-winning global superstar Kelly Clarkson has announced her highly anticipated Meaning Of Life Tour, which includes a stop in St. Louis at the Chaifetz Arena on Feb. 23.   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Monty Python's Spamalot, will arrive at St. Louis' Stifel Theatre on April 11, 2019.   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A Doll's House, Part 2 continues The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' Mainstage season, October 10 – November 4. Written by Lucas Hnath and directed by Timothy Near, it's a period comedy with a modern attitude.   ...

New Jewish Theatre (NJT) serves up the opening entrée to its 21st season with a tasty adaptation of celebrity Chef Rossi’s autobiographical memoir, Raging Skillet – equal parts book launch, cooking demonstration, heaping helping of comedy and a side ...

The Head Banga Tour   Fresh off the release of her Asylum Records debut EP, 3rd Ward Bounce, and a European summer tour, the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, has dropped the video for the highly acclaimed, instant fan-favorite song “Karaoke”...

LGBTQ+ Lady Gaga fans are anxiously awaiting Mother Monster's cinematic debut as leading lady on Oct. 5 in theaters nationwide.    ...

   Max & Louie Productions proudly announce its tenth sensational season with two Saint Louis premieres.  Love, Linda the one woman musical tour de force about the life of Mrs. Cole Porter runs January 17th through January 27th ...

The one and only Cher is set to hit the road with the "Here We Go Again Tour" beginning in January with a stop at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on Friday, May 10, 2019. at A full list of dates can be found below. The upcoming tour wa...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has launched a $1 million fundraising campaign to honor the artistic legacy of Steven Woolf, who will retire as The Rep's Augustin Family Artistic Director at the end of the 2018-2019 season. &...

Jonathan Joel announces the release of his single "Mascara" the title track from his upcoming EP. The single is a follow up from his first release, "Stronger" in fall of 2017.   ...

  Out superstar Elton John will kick off his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Allentown, PA on Saturday, September 8th with a high-energy set packed with songs from his legendary catalog. The 3-year, sold out tour will take the audience on ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – More than one dozen St. Louis-area theatre companies will unite to showcase the very best in local performance art at Making a Scene: A St. Louis Theatre Expo, presented by PNC Arts Alive, hosted Saturday, September 29 at The Re...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Q Collective has announced the plays and playwrights for its inaugural The Coming Out Play Festival to be held Oct. 19-20 at the Monocle in the Grove.   ...

Cher is sending out an "SOS" and no, it's not about Madonna's VMA speech this week. The multi-talented diva has dropped another track from her upcoming ABBA covers album, Dancing Queen, and it's anything but distressing. Give it a listen below. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The projects+gallery is thrilled to present, To Survive on This Shore, a new photographic exhibition on view from September 6, 2018 through October 10, 2018. This interdisciplinary project is a collaboration between Jess T....

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The national award-winning and out & proud comedienne, Dana Goldberg, will return to St Louis on Friday, Nov. 9th for a special one night performance at the historic Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries at 8 p.m. benefiting P...

On Friday, Grammy Award®-nominated, multi-platinum, record-breaking superstar Ariana Grande released the highly anticipated fourth studio album, Sweetener, via Republic Records.  The album debuted at #1 in over 90 c...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is proud to announce Hana S. Sharif as its new artistic director. Currently the associate artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage, Sharif will take over as The Rep’s next artistic lead...

SEE THAT GIRL... WATCH THAT GIRL...SHE'S THE DANCING QUEEN The one and only Cher will be releasing Dancing Queen, a new album of all Abba hits on September 28, it was officially announced today by Warner Bros. Records. Those who pre-order the new al...

LOS ANGELES, Ca. - A who's who in Hollywood are backing an effort to ensure authentic transgender representation within the entertainment industry.   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - OMG you guys!!! Legally Blonde - The Musical is coming to Stifel Theatre (formerly Peabody Opera House) on Monday, February 4, 2019!   ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo.–Stifel (STEE-full) Financial Corp. has entered into a 10-year building naming-rights agreement to rename Peabody Opera House as “Stifel Theatre.”  The partnership, which further solidifies the historic entertainment venue’s status...

Poetry, the ancient art form of crafting words to evoke emotions, thoughtful discourse, and inspire, has indeed become a ‘lost art.’ Yet there are modern practitioners of this craft who strive to fill the void left by the realities of modernism. &nb...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Shockingly beautiful, shockingly glamorous and shockingly heartwarming, a new feature length documentary, The Queens, is being released for an exclusive screening at Hamburger Mary’s St. Louis, May 27, and stars hometown St. Lou...

Tonight's the night to get your Q on! The 11th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis, runs April 4-8, 2018, at .ZACK Theatre. ...

The incomparable k.d. lang is coming to the Peabody Opera House on Friday, March 16th, and her fans are buzzing with excitement! #Boom Media recently had the chance to catch up with the out icon where local singer-songwriter and musician Kristen...

The 11th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis, is proud to host the local premiere of Finnish biopic “Tom of Finland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Tivoli Theatre. The event will serve as an early kickoff for the 2018  Fe...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Gateway Men’s Chorus is proud to invite audiences across the Saint Louis region to join in ringing in the 31st season at 8:00 p.m. on December 8th and 9th at Union Avenue Christian Church located in the Central West End. ...

The 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) kicks off today thru Nov. 12 with a host of LGBTQ themed films and shorts presented by QFest, Cinema St. Louis’ annual LGBTQ film festival, at theaters across town. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Fabulous Fox Theatre announced today that single tickets for HAMILTON will go on-sale to the public on Monday, October 23 at 9:00 a.m. Tickets will be available for performances April 3–22,  ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Fabulous Fox Theatre is delighted to announce that the first U.S. National tour of the hit musical THE KING AND I, will play the Fabulous Fox Theatre from Tuesday, November 28 to Sunday, December 10, 2017. ...

Chelsea Station Editions, an independent publisher devoted to gay literature, will publish A Pornographer, a memoir by Arch Brown. Official publication date is November 9, 2017.   ...

Known for her incredible and entertaining live show, international pop icon P!NK announces her Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018 today. The 40-date North American arena tour produced by Live Nation will start in Phoenix, AZ on Marc...

The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend was the perfect time to join the ensemble at The Black Rep for Crossin’ Over, but I’m not sure there could ever be a wrong time to see this remarkable show. I laughed, I cried, I danced in my seat, and if I weren’t ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - On June 12, 2016, the largest episode of civilian gun violence in the history of the US occurred in Orlando, Florida at the Pulse Nightclub. That night, the massacre took the lives of 49 LGBTQ, Latinx, and allied people. ...

“April, Come She Will,” by Paul Simon is a song using the months of the year as metaphors, and when he gets to August, he no longer seems to feel the promise of spring and early summer, but only the sense that the year is now in decline, “dying.” Tha...

Mustard Seed Theatre closes its 10th season with a triumphant production of the much-performed Dancing at Lughnasa by Brien Friel, first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 1990, and mounted on Broadway the following year. It was honored with th...

Stray Dog Theatre Company isn’t afraid to take any chances, and this time, its bite is way worse than its bark. Sweeney Todd, subtitled “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” a “musical thriller,” isn’t alone in its genre, but it’s unique all the same. ...

Oh, what a night! Late December back in ’56 when four legends of rock and country music gathered at Sun Records to noodle around with each other at what was supposed to be a Carl Perkins recording session. The founder and kingmaker Sam Phillips had t...

Some years ago, a book titled Fat is a Feminist Issue was published, and it caused quite a stir. The author contended that women gained weight intentionally so as not to be “seen”; that is, they grow layers of fat to hide behind so men won’t judge th...

These days, a lot of theatre companies are advertising that their shows are “timely,” and sometimes that’s true, but never so true as it is of Arthur Miller’s often-underrated play, A View From the Bridge. It began as a one-act with A Memory of Two M...

The Way We Get By by Neil LaBute is, well, cute. Yep, the great misanthrope of American theater and film, has written a play that is “cute.” I’m not being sarcastic here. No deaf women are tormented, no students are destroyed by a girlfriend’s betray...

Star of Glee brings song and humor to Powell Hall June 9, 2017 ST. LOUIS, Mo. –Three-time Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress Jane Lynch—yes, that Jane Lynch—from Glee, Best in Show, Hollywood Game Night and more, joins the St. Louis Symphony for ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Fabulous Fox Theatre announced, on Tuesday, casting for the St. Louis premiere of the national tour of Sam Mendes (Spectre, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall’s (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony Award®-winning productio...

Much of what’s going on in the country right now stinks, but Something Rotten isn’t one of them. The original musical that opened Tuesday at the Fox is an evening of mirth and mayhem, and so desperately needed at this moment that it seems almost unpa...

Yasmina’s Necklace currently running at Mustard Seed Theatre walks a fine line between comedy and tragedy. Does it reconcile those two poles, or does it blur that line to the point of being emotionally jarring? Unfortunately, I think it does at least...

Children don’t recognize difference; adults do. Rogers and Hammerstein were looking for a way to address racial prejudice in their much-lauded musical South Pacific without coming off as communists (not good in the late 1940s), and the song "You’ve G...

Sister Martha (Rachel Tibbetts) has a little secret, or maybe a big one. It all depends, you see, on what happens at the end of this Irish picaresque by Donal O’Kelly. Little Thing, Big Thing zips by in a quick 80 minutes or so without intermission u...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – An American In Paris, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards®, will play in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a two-week engagement January 17 – 29. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The New Jewish Theatre continues its 20th Season with Alfred Uhry’s iconic play, Driving Miss Daisy from December 1 – 18. NJT Artistic Director, Kathleen Sitzer appears as the title character, Daisy Werthan, the fiercely independent,...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Local and national theater groups will stage a reading of After Orlando on Mon., Nov. 14, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kranzberg Arts Center in Grand Center. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce casting for the first National Tour of Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical. The tour will premiere in St...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ― The 2014 Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder, will make its St. Louis premiere at the Fabulous Fox Theatre September 13 – 25, 2016. The First National Tour of the award winning musical comedy...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - One of the most daring and innovative musicals of all time will launch The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ 50th anniversary season. Follies, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Goldman and directed by Rob Ruggier...

ST. LOUIS, MO – Once, winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a limited engagement from September 30 – October 2. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) has announced its 2016-2017 season of performances in the Studio Theatre: Mothers and Sons, October 26-November 13, 2016; Constellations, January 18-February 5, 2017; and The Royale, March...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Dolly Parton will bring her Pure and Simple Tour to Scottrade Center Saturday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, June 6 at 10 a.m. and may be purchased at the Scottrade Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers...

Davey Duzit may not be a household name in the LGBT community, but the out Melbourne, Australia based rapper/songwriter is paving his own path down under despite a still homophobic industry and a small but growing queer fan base. ...

Grab the Bolli, because Sweetie Darlings, they're back!! Our friends from the cult classic, camp infused Brit series Absolutely Fabulous have reunited for the first time in four years for the feature-length film, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway icon Bernadette Peters will perform at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ 50th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, September 24, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - One of our city's most famous gay sons will get some long overdue recognition, May 11-15, 2016 at the inaugural Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis (TWFSTL). ...

In the spring of 2015, CHARIS women’s chorus was in search of a new artistic director. In May of the same year, Dr. Jeremiah Selvey, an experienced conductor, found his way into the position. Almost a year later, Dr. Selvey is pushing the chorus to a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - On Saturday April 16th, the Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG) will present the third annual “Transcending the Spectrum: LGBTQIA Art Show,” hosted by Westminster Press at 3156 Cherokee. Recognizing the work St. Louis queer and trans a...

People who date members of the same sex are often faced with questions like, “Who’s the man and who’s the woman?” Even within the LGBT community, though, those heteronormative gender roles can be just as strictly enforced—if not to a harsher extent. ...

“I Love You Both” is not your average love story. The film follows fraternal twins, Donny and Krystal, who realize that after 28 years of co-dependency, they cannot share everything. The film is directed by Doug Archibald, a St. Louis native and co-w...

When it comes to living life as a gay man in present-day, there is no textbook to lead the way. “Chemsex,” though not a complete guide, serves as an educational view into gay men, their relationship with sex, and how drugs continue to be a part of th...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Hedwig and the Angry Inch will hit the boards at Stray Dog Theatre at Tower Grove Abbey, March 31- April 16, 2016. ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Fabulous Fox Theatre announces an extraordinary season of Tony Award®-winning Best Musicals in the 2016–2017 U.S. Bank Broadway Series including Fun Home, Fox Theatricals’ own critically-acclaimed 2015 Tony Award–winning Best Mus...

Come get your Q on! The Ninth Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis, runs April 24-28 at the Hi-Pointe Backlot Theatre. The St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films – 13 features (seven nar...

St. Louis' own Andy Cohen and pal Anderson Cooper will bring their "bromance" to the Fabulous Fox stage in AC2, an intimate evening of deep talk and shallow tales, on Saturday, Oct. 15. The late night talk show host and the journalist, longtime frien...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced its 50th Anniversary Season for 2016-2017. ...

Cyndi Lauper’s celebrated musical journey takes an unexpected southern turn on DETOUR, her 11th studio album, which finds the Grammy®, Emmy® and Tony®-winning singer-songwriter putting her signature spin on a dozen classic country songs. ...

When one goes to the theatre, preconceptions are inevitable. If you went to see Jerry Springer the Opera at New Line Theatre last summer, you would certainly have been understood if you left the venue feeling stunned by the level of profanity. In fac...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Seth Gordon. This incendiary tale of belief and identity in America runs Feb. 10 – March 6 on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton Center for t...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - New Line Theatre, “the bad boy of musical theatre,” will present the driving, four-woman rock opera LIZZIE, by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt, in August 2017 to close the company’s 2016-2017 season. The pr...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The New Jewish Theatre continues its 2015-16 Season and opens its first production of 2016 with the compelling one-woman play by Glen Berger, Underneath the Lintel. The story, a metaphysical detective story, centers on a Dutch librar...

Palace intrigue, political machinations and family drama play out as The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis' 49th Season continues with The Lion in Winter Jan. 6-31, 2016 at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts at Webster University. ...

Stray Dog Theatre presents I'll Be Back Before Midnight, a spine-tingling tale laced with Agatha Christie-style suspense and Hitchcock-like thrills, Feb. 4-20, 2016 at Tower Grove Abbey. ...

Fox Associates, LLC is proud to announce the opening of Curtain Call Lounge adjacent to the south side of the Fox Theatre on Grand Blvd. Curtain Call Lounge will open at 5 p.m. and remain open until two hours after all evening performances at the Fox...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - New Line Theatre, “the bad boy of musical theatre,” celebrates its 25th anniversary season of adult, alternative musical theatre, with 25 TO LIFE! an evening of songs from New Line's first twenty-five years, for two nights only, Janu...

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to the Fabulous Fox Theatre with performances from December 9 – January 3. Two hours prior to each performance, people who present themse...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - New Line Theatre, “the bad boy of musical theatre,” now in its 25th anniversary season of adult, alternative musical theatre, announces casting for the American regional premiere of the new rock musical ATOMIC by Danny Ginges and Phi...

Bette Midler has been singing her way into people's hearts since her debut album, The Divine Miss M (1972), became a platinum-seller and helped the singer win her first Grammy® Award. Since then, she has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and...

They're coming.... “Devil Boys From Beyond”! Flying Saucers! Backstabbing Bitches! Muscle Hunks and Men in Pumps! Wake up and smell the alien invasion in this outrageous comedy that was a smash hit at the NYC Fringe Festival and soon to be a hit at S...

“My last record was a break up record and if I had to label this one I would call it a make up record. I’m making up with myself. making up for lost time. making up for everything I ever did and never did.” ...

 ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Muny announced on Wednesday its 2016 summer season, its 98th summer season in Forest Park. The exciting, bold line-up includes two Muny premieres and the return of an all-time Muny classic, The Wizard of Oz, the first produ...

   Tenacious Eats, the full contact dining (and cinematic) experience will be showing the Vincent Price classic Theatre of Blood on Saturday, Oct. 10 at St. Louis Banquet Center (5700 Leona). Chef Liz Schuster will create five courses in...

Are you afraid of the dark? How about ghosts? Heights? Flying? ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The New Jewish Theatre will open its 19th Season on October 8 with Neil Simon’s classic comedy The Sunshine Boys. Thematically, the productions of the 19th Season deal with issues of identity; religious, gender and personal. The Suns...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. - New Line Theatre - “the bad boy of musical theatre" - opens its 25th anniversary season of adult, alternative musical theatre in the brand new Marcelle Theater in Grand Center, with the regional premiere of the rock musical...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – 2CELLOS, music’s most electric and dynamic instrumental duo, announce the dates for their North American tour which kicks off in January. They will make stops in 41 cities including Atlanta, New York, Boston, Detroit, Nashville, Los ...

The Fabulous Fox Theatre is thrilled to announce the return of the exceedingly popular Ghost Tours this October. The Fabulous Fox Ghost Tours will explore the untold history of the many ghost sightings and unexplained occurrences reported at the Fabu...

  Stray Dog Theatre presents the regional premiere of DOGFIGHT Oct. 8-24, 2015 at Tower Grove Abbey. ...

Just when you thought “The Golden Girls” couldn’t get any gayer… get ready to see Sophia, Dorothy, Rose and Blanche as you’ve never seen them before when stars of Logo’s hit “RuPaul’s Drag Race” don “Golden Girls” drag to host 30 hours of “Golden Gir...

  Single tickets for the Fabulous Fox Theatre’s 2015 – 2016 U.S. Bank Broadway Series shows will go on sale Saturday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. ...

  Logo today announced the television premiere of “Out & Around,” a documentary that follows couple Jennifer Chang & Lisa Dazols’ 342 day global journey with unprecedented interviews and profiles of LGBT leaders from more than a dozen...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) has announced its 2015-2016 season of performances in the Studio Theatre: I and You, October 28-November 15, 2015; Georama, January 20-February 7, 2016; and Molly’s Hammer, March 9-27, 201...

Okay, folks - get ready to be Spellbound at Stray Dog Theatre, Aug. 6-22! The musical fable is the story of a young woman’s search for inner strength and self-acceptance is told as a clever mash-up of fables and fairy tales. ...

  Exploring different sexualities is nothing new for the media industry as a whole, but with Netflix’s newest action/sci-fi drama series Sense8, LGBTQ issues are front and center from episode one.   ...

  When Fair Saint Louis announced that out lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge would be teaming up with the equally iconic Blondie for a July 3 showstopper at the annual Fourth of July celebration the explosion of joy across LGBT social media ac...

  Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead takes artistic license with an iconic comic strip (Peanuts) by putting the likenesses of the core characters in a “what might have been” scenario. Tampering with a classic normally gets a “go...

  PHILADELPHIA, Pa.  — In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, Comcast announced this week it will feature a specially curated collection of films from Frameline, the world-renowned media arts organization connecting filmmakers and audiences...

  100 performances and still going strong 29 years later, Stages St. Louis opens it 2015 season with Smokey Joe's Café. The show is a musical review of the body of work produced by the legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoll...

  The New Jewish Theatre closes out their 18th season with a timely and extremely uplifting production of My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding. When the NJT was planning this season, no doubt they scheduled this show due to its significa...

  Whether we want to admit it or not, gay porn has always been a big part of queer culture. We can debate for years whether or not it helped or hurt the LGBT rights movement; but one man and his strong beliefs will make you think twice about ...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Fabulous Fox Theatre, today, announced its 2015–2016 U.S. Bank Broadway Series featuring five new hits that are making their St. Louis debuts. The season opens this fall with MATILDA THE MUSICAL, winner of four 2013 Ton...

  Picture it... A dark and (sort of) stormy night. As thunder rolls and lightning strikes, murder is afoot, and it is up to the audience to figure out who the murderer is in Stray Dog Theatre's outstanding production of The Mystery of Edwin D...

    The Fabulous Fox brings the multi-Tony award winning musical Kinky Boots to the Gateway City – and let me tell you, honey, it's fabulous. The show is based on the 2005 film which in turn was inspired by a true story. The book is writt...

  What's better than a drag queen in a shoe factory? Setting it to music! That's right, Kinky Boots makes its St. Louis debut at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, March 24 - April 5 and this town is ready for the Kiki.  ...

  The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis closes out its 2014-2015 studio season with the one-man show, Buyer & Cellar.   ...

  The art world is full of beautifully complex, creative people. Not only do artists have to deal with life in the real world, they often have to cope with their own inner turmoil.  ...

  65,000 worldwide performances and still going strong, The Phantom of the Opera makes its triumphant return to The Fabulous Fox. Updated with several new technical aspects, this production manages to transport the audience to a magical place...

      Frozen is the highest grossing animated film of all time. With songs like, “Do You Want to Build a Snowman,” “Love is an Open Door” and “Let it Go” it is arguably one of the most sing-along inducing musicals in recent times....

  Tea parties and suicide attempts – these are just two of the outrageous events that take place in the black comedy Mr. Marmalade presented by the West End Players Guild. ...

  “Orange Is The New Black” star Laverne Cox, who was the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Emmy in 2014, has been cast in CBS’s legal drama pilot “Doubt.” ...

    Stray Dog Theatre explores the political aspect of parenting with a brilliant production of God of Carnage as two couples meet in order to resolve a playground fight between their respective sons. ...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Make room Welcome to Sweetie Pie's, there's a new St. Louis-based  reality series in the making; say hello to Bloomtown!   ...

  The New Jewish Theatre marks the halfway point of their 18th season with a tormenting production of Imagining Madoff. The last time I visited The New Jewish Theatre I was treated to a night celebrating an inspirational icon – Dr. Ruth. This...

  The Fabulous Fox brings magic to the stage with a spellbinding production of Cinderella. Theatrical icons, Rogers and Hammerstein introduced their version of the classic tale all the way back in 1957 with Julie Andrews in the lead role. &...

  ST. LOUIS - A comedy of manners … without the manners. Two married couples meet to sort out a playground fight between their sons. At first, niceties are observed but as the evening progresses and the rum flows, the gloves come off and the ...

  Madonna has just released six songs from her new studio album Rebel Heart.  The six songs are currently available for purchase now via pre-order at iTunes and other music outlets with purchase of the album and a la carte as well. ...

  The Fabulous Fox and the Nebraska Theatre Company bring some holiday cheer to St. Louis with a magical production of the timeless story, A Christmas Carol. Originally written in 1843 by Charles Dickens, the story still seems fresh and relev...

  If you’re looking for the answer to the secret of life, be sure to check out the four-time Tony Award Winning performance of Pippin, this weekend only (December 11 – 14) at Peabody Opera House.   Pippin returns to Broadway after i...

  The examined life has always been intriguing subject matter. Sure, we can regard Dr. Ruth Westheimer as an icon in the sex therapy field now, but how did she obtain such a station in life? What trials and tribulations did she have to endur...

  That Motown sound filled the auditorium of The Fabulous Fox in a thoroughly enjoyable production of Motown the Musical.   ...

  Cheating hearts and wanton lust take center stage in West End Players Guild’s fascinating production of Jeff Daniel's Boom Town.   ...

The 23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will be held Nov. 13-22. The festival will screen 389 films, 89 narrative features, 76 documentary features and 224 shorts at six different venues across the city. This year’s fes...

ST. LOUIS - Join the Gateway Men's Chorus as they kick off their 28th Concert Season with a holiday celebration unlike any other. Honoring the heritage and traditions of the diverse cultures and communities that gave birth and character to the city o...

  The Fabulous Fox kicks off its 2014 season with an uneven stage performance of the legendary movie, Dirty Dancing.   ...

  Judith Light is a prolific actress of both stage and screen. She won her second Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony Award in two years for The Assembled Parties (a best play nominee) in June of 2013, becoming the first consecutive acting w...

  ST. LOUIS – Capping off both National Coming Out and LGBT History Month is a special staging of The Big, Fat LGBT Everything You Need to Know Show of Shows on Oct. 23, 2014 at the Missouri History Museum. The event is free and open to the p...

  The New Jewish Theatre kicks off their 18th season on an outstanding note with their production of The Diary of Anne Frank. Told from the perspective of the undeniably iconic teen Anne Frank (Samantha Moyer), the story follows the lives of ...

  Stray Dog Theatre kicks off their 12th season with Agatha Christie's masterful whodunit, And Then There Were None. First written as a mystery novel – published in 1939 – Christie adapted the novel for the stage in 1943. The original US pro...

  New Line Theatre kicks off its 24th season with – the still relatively new musical – Bonnie & Clyde. I use the term, “relatively new” seeing how the show debuted in La Jolla, California back in 2009. It eventually made it to Broadway in...

  ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Saint Louis Arts Alliance will present an evening inspired by the avant-garde on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 as members evoke their creative collaborations in a historic chapel architecturally designed by Theodore Link. ...

  Mental health is a very heavy subject. In Off the Map, Joan Ackermann tackles several aspects of this complex issue with loving care and respect. This is a subject that can make one feel uncomfortable but the journey of self-discovery in th...

ST. LOUIS – This fall, the Fabulous Fox Theatre will host an evening of Ghost Tours which will explore, for the first time, the untold history of the many ghost sightings and unexplained occurrences reported at the Fabulous Fox during its 85-year his...

  The Fabulous Fox Theatre is excited to announce that the national tour of Dirty Dancing –The Classic Story On Stage will play at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis October 21 – November 2, 2014.   ...

New Line Theatre, “the bad boy of musical theatre,” opens its 24th season of adult, alternative musical theatre with the St. Louis premiere of the new musical Bonnie & Clyde, running Oct. 2-25, 2014. Tickets are available in advance through Metro...

Ten strangers, each with something to hide - or fear - are lured to a remote island by an unseen host. With no way to leave, the guests begin to share their dark secrets—and then, one by one, they die. Based on the best-selling mystery novel of all t...

     ST. LOUIS – LGBT music lovers are preparing to converge on Siam in the Grove for the Amy Grant “In Motion: The Remixes” Capitol Records Album Release Dance Party on Friday, Aug. 22 from 10 p.m. – 3 a.m.   ...

     ST. LOUIS – In turn-of-the-century New York, a young Jew from the Lower East Side dreams of becoming a Broadway star despite her unglamorous appearance. This fabulous musical follows the life and career of Fanny Brice and her st...

  Opera Theatre of Saint Louis celebrates its 40th anniversary season in 2015, with high comedy, romance, heartbreak, adventure, and powerful tragedy. General director Timothy O’Leary today announced the repertory for the 2015 season, which i...

  ST. LOUIS - The Fabulous Fox Theatre is proud to announce it's marquee for the 2014-2015 US Bank Broadway series.    ...

The love affair between the gay community and legendary radio personality turned daytime diva, Wendy Williams is decades old. The over-the-top host of The Wendy Williams Show, which airs weekdays at 1 p.m. on KTVI Channel 2, has earned legions of les...

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning, August: Osage County makes its debut at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, March 2-14 and the buzz over Broadway's hottest play is palpable.   ...