Tampa Bay’s Overheard: Beckner’s next move and Pride Nights for all
Private Beckner reporting for duty Many have been curious as to the next move of former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner since he termed out of his seat last year. Hillsborough’s first...
View ArticleWatermark Giveaway: “Hairspray,” presented by Encore! at the Dr. Phillips Center
Welcome to the 60’s all you choice cats and chicks! The Nicest Kids in Town are putting on a show just for you at the Dr. Phillips Center filled with so much song and dance, You Can’t Stop the Beat!...
View ArticleMuseum: John Waters film fest hails part of collector’s gift
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans Museum of Art is about to begin a John Waters film festival to celebrate a gift of photographs and a sculpture by the movie maker. Waters’ pieces include “Pig Latin,”...
View ArticleLove is alive: an interview with ‘Love Never Dies’ actress Karen Mason
ABOVE: (L-R) Mary Michael Patterson (“Meg Giry”), Meghan Picerno (“Christine Daaé”), Karen Mason (“Madame Giry”) and Sean Thompson (“Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny”) star in Love Never Dies. Photo by Joan...
View ArticlePeppermint makes history as first trans woman to create a principal role on...
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” season nine alum Peppermint has been cast in the new musical “Head Over Heels,” making her the first openly transgender woman to originate a principal role on Broadway. “Head Over...
View ArticleAmerican Stage, Matthew McGee bring “The Producers” to the park
Being out in the park is the perfect place to do this,” Tampa Bay fan-favorite actor Matthew McGee says of “The Producers,” American Stage’s latest outdoor production. “American Stage can make gigantic...
View ArticleJohn Waters teases ‘Polyester’ reissue
“Polyester” is the next John Waters movie that will be released on DVD and Blu-ray and the Baltimore-based filmmaker is hoping an updated version of his Odorama card will go along with it. “I want to...
View ArticleHarvey Fierstein has ‘never seen’ John Travolta in ‘Hairspray
Harvey Fierstein revealed he has no comment on John Travolta’s performance as Edna Turnblad in the 2007 “Hairspray” film because he’s never seen it. Fierstein appeared on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What...
View ArticleJay Goldberg serves stepsister realness in ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein’s...
Over 100 million viewers welcomed Julie Andrews into their homes for the live CBS premiere of “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” in 1957. It was a record-breaking feat for the musical theater...
View ArticleJohn Waters hits back at Trump over Baltimore comments
ABOVE: John Waters, Washington Blade photo by Michael Key. Filmmaker and Baltimore native John Waters clapped back at President Donald Trump over his recent tweets bashing Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)...
View ArticleCelebrities come out during Pride Month 2020
ABOVE: Nikki Blonsky, Taylor Schilling and Jill Perkins, photos via Facebook/Instagram. Pride Month 2020 has inspired the coming-out of a handful of public figures. Actress and “Orange Is the New...
View Article‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ sashays home with 10 Tony Awards
ABOVE: Photo via “Moulin Rouge! The Musical’s” Facebook page. NEW YORK (AP) | “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown...
View ArticleWatermark Issue 28.25: The Remarkable People Issue
Our list of 2021’s Remarkable People in Tampa Bay and Central Florida, Orlando to get its first LGBTQ rugby team, Pinellas County Schools pull LGBTQ book, local news, celebrity interviews, photos,...
View ArticleAndrew Levitt talks Nina West and touring ‘Hairspray’
John Waters’ cult classic film “Hairspray” was released in 1988, a PG-rated departure from his X-rated catalogue. It was billed as “the ‘60s comedy that shows no mercy,” but in the years since the...
View ArticleSeveral LGBTQ films added to film registry
Dee Rees’ 2011 film, “Pariah,” a coming-out story about a lesbian teen in Brooklyn, was among the 25 films selected for the National Film Registry. (Screenshot from YouTube) The Library […] The post...
View ArticleVisibili-T: Daisy McCarthy Tucker, She/Her/Hers
Visibili-T is dedicated to transgender members of our community in Central Florida and Tampa Bay, some you know and many you don’t. It is designed to amplify their voices and […] The post Visibili-T:...
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