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Michael Urie tapped to star in revival of Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song’
the show opens this fall
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“Ugly Betty” star Michael Urie will star in the off-Broadway revival of Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” for the production’s 35th anniversary, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The play follows a gay, Jewish drag queen and torch singer, his adopted son and his mother in 1979 in New York City. The show, which premiered in 1982, was originally a four-hour show with three plays but has been reduced for the revival to one show. Fierstein earned Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play for “Torch Song Trilogy” and it was turned into a film in 1988.
Second Stage Theatre will run the show led by playwright and director Moises Kaufman.
“’Thirty-five years?’ I thought, ‘It’s time!’ I’m thrilled that Second Stage Theatre will be reviving ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ next season,” Fierstein said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Torch Song” begins performances this fall.
The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.
(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)
The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Fredericksburg Pride for @WashBlade . City Council member @WillMackintosh speaking: pic.twitter.com/tDdVD2IVsM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) June 29, 2024
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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride
Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus
The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.
(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)
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