Stage: Earlier this year, Arlington’s Signature Theatre won the Tony Award as the country’s best regional theater. This Saturday, at its annual open house, the theater will put it on display. “You can get your picture with a Tony,” teases Signature Theatre’s Matthew Gardiner. Indeed, a photographer will be on hand to snap pictures with the theater’s gold statue.
Of course, the real draw of the day is highlights from Signature’s upcoming season, including musical productions of Dirty Blonde, Showboat and Sweeney Todd, as well as cabarets and concerts from well-known local actors and singers.
“The open house is an opportunity to give free performances to the community, and give everybody a little taste of what Signature Theatre is all about,” explains Gardiner, the resident assistant director in charge of the event, which will take place throughout the Signature complex, from its two theater spaces to its expansive lobby and outdoor plaza. There will be activities for children and giveaways from corporate sponsor Target. Signature itself will offer a this-day-only special: half-price tickets on select dates to the six main shows next season. ...more
Of course, the real draw of the day is highlights from Signature’s upcoming season, including musical productions of Dirty Blonde, Showboat and Sweeney Todd, as well as cabarets and concerts from well-known local actors and singers.
“The open house is an opportunity to give free performances to the community, and give everybody a little taste of what Signature Theatre is all about,” explains Gardiner, the resident assistant director in charge of the event, which will take place throughout the Signature complex, from its two theater spaces to its expansive lobby and outdoor plaza. There will be activities for children and giveaways from corporate sponsor Target. Signature itself will offer a this-day-only special: half-price tickets on select dates to the six main shows next season. ...more
By REBECCA ARMENDARIZ, Washington BladeFacing a $6 million budget shortfall, Focus on the Family is shifting control of its Love Won Out conference to an outside organization.
Exodus International, a group that claims people can overcome unwanted same-sex attractions with the help of its ministry, announced Tuesday it will take control of the program starting in November.
“Exodus is the ideal organization to transition Love Won Out to,” said Melissa Fryrear, director of Love Won Out. She noted that Focus on the Family and Exodus have been closely aligned for years.
That move comes at this time in part, Fryrear said, because ...
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)Sponsors of a campaign to overturn Washington state's domestic partnership law have asked the state's Public Disclosure Commission to keep the names of their donors secret because they say the supporters have received threats.
In t; In a letter sent Thursday, Protect Marriage Washington asked the commission to hold an emergency hearing and requested that "any disclosures made prior to any hearing be held under seal."
An attorney for the R-71 campaign, Stephen Pidgeon, wrote that a threat posted on the Web site Queer Equality Revolution was forwarded to the FBI.
On the Web site, which sa ...
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington BladeD.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty joined gay sports enthusiasts Monday night for a rally near Dupont Circle to show support for the city's bid to host the 2014 Gay Games, the world's largest LGBT sporting event.
The rally occurred in Stead Park at the end of the third day of a four-day visit by the Gay Games Site Selection Committee. The three-member committee toured D.C.-area sporting facilities to compare Washington's ability to host the games with two other cities competing for the games: Boston and Cleveland.
“We will put the resources of the government at your disposal,” Fenty told the gathering. “We will ...
Second Presbyterian Nashville will host ?The National Conference of Welcoming and Affirming Presbyterians" on September 4-6.
Second Presbyterian Nashville will host "The National Conference of Welcoming and Affirming Presbyterians" on September 4-6.
Tennessee's only male strip bar is set to open Labor Day Weekend. A Metro Councilman is under fire after making a comment that some people consider sexist and degrading to women - and it all started over a male strip club soon to open in Nashville..
Supporters, opponents gear up for two-week battle before next session. After some serious arm-twisting before and during the Metro Council meeting on Aug. 6, a proposed change to Metro’s non-discrimination policies long pushed by the GLBT community...
Gay rights groups in California pressed to decide on when to move on gay marriage
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples have applied for Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry in its first week
A Florida lawyer's personal anti-gay campaign includes a paid advertisement in a local paper
In his Advocate piece, “Was Obama a One-Night Stand?,” Dan Savage swings and misses as many times as he hits — but when he connects, it’s a solid thwock! of leather against ash. But when he misses, he misses by a mile. Give it a read, and then come back and see if you wouldn’t call the [...]
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