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Trailer reveals Sean Hayes as ‘Lazy Susan’

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Sean Hayes stars as “Lazy Susan” (Image courtesy Shout! Studios)

Thanks decades of portraying Jack McFarland, we’re all used to seeing Sean Hayes in the role of a comically self-absorbed, shallow schemer who has no shame when it comes to manipulating others into taking care of him.

This spring, we’ll get to see him play it again – only this time, he’ll be doing it as a woman.

A trailer has dropped for Hayes’ upcoming film, “Lazy Susan,” in which the Emmy-winning actor dons a dress to play the title role. Heading off possible confusion over whether the “Will & Grace” star might be playing trans, the character is handily described in publicity materials as “a spectacularly unmotivated cisgender woman for whom doing nothing is exhausting.”

The film’s official synopsis tells us, “Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family, who lazily skated through life with their grudging support until one day she wakes up to realize she’s middle-aged with no job, no relationship, and an increasingly estranged family. She finally decides to take charge and turn things around, but never having done anything herself before, the struggle is real (and hilarious) as Susan becomes the woman she always wanted to be, all on her own.”

Hayes co-stars in the “slice of life” comedy with fellow Emmy-winner Margo Martindale and Oscar-winner Jim Rash, along with Carrie Aizley (“Transparent”), Kiel Kennedy (“Robot Chicken”), Danny Johnson (“Daredevil”), Darlene Hunt (“I Heart Huckabees”), Skipp Sudduth (“Madame Secretary”), J.R. Ramirez (“Manifest”), and Matty Cardarople (“Stranger Things”), with appearances from Oscar-winner Allison Janney and Tony-winner Matthew Broderick. Hayes also co-wrote with Aizley and Hunt, with Nick Peet as the film’s director.

It opens in select theaters and on demand April 3. You can see the trailer below.

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PHOTOS: New York City Pride Parade

Annual LGBTQ march held in Manhattan

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The 2024 New York City Pride Parade was held on June 30. (Washington Blade photo by Daniel Truitt)

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)

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PHOTOS: Fredericksburg Pride

Fourth annual LGBTQ march and festival held in Virginia town

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The 2024 Fredericksburg Pride March wound through the streets of Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

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)

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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride

Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus

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Drag artist Crimsyn marches alongside residents and supporters at the fourth annual Goodwin Living Bailey's Crossroads community Pride march on June 25. (Photo courtesy of Goodwin Living)

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.

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