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Steve Charing OUTspoken: Bullying Not Peanuts at Spotlighters
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Monday, June 08, 2015. Bullying Not Peanuts at Spotlighters. F there is anything wrong with Burt V. Royal’s play, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. Currently playing at the Spotlighters Theatre, it is that not enough people will catch this important work. An “unauthorized parody” of Charles Schultz’ Peanuts. Comic strip whereby the Peanut. S characters have grown into adolescence, Dog Sees God. Crowd because of intellectual property rights.
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: May 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Are Gay Bars the Next Dinasours? Hen the Hippo announced its impending closing, there was a lot of collective hand-wringing. Many in Baltimore’s LGBT communities saw this as a disaster and perhaps the final nail in the coffin for LGBT identity. They feel the gay bar will go the way of the phone booth, record stores, and liberal Republicans. 65279;. 8220;The coolest gay kids today don’t want to go to a gay bar. Grand Central owner Do...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: 'Jumpers for Goalposts' Victorious at Studio Theatre
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Jumpers for Goalposts' Victorious at Studio Theatre. Hat better way to get a jump on DC’s Capital Pride than to see Tom Wells’ Jumpers for Goalposts. At the Studio Theatre, which is what I did the afternoon on June 13 just prior to the parade. This charming, endearing, and often funny play that is making its U.S. debut was written skillfully by British playwright Tom Wells. Jumpers. They are all everyday folks who have had problems...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: July 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Monday, July 27, 2015. Into the Woods at Toby's is a Good Choice. F there’s one thing you can say about Into The Woods. The Tony Award winning musical whose score and lyrics were brought into the world by the genius of Stephen Sondheim and the book by James Lapine, is that the production. Playing at Toby’s the Dinner Theatre of Columbia was perfectly cast. Photo by Jeri Tidwell. The technical crew is also commendable particularly. Is not just one fairy tale...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: August 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Monday, August 31, 2015. 10 Questions for GLCCB President Jabari Lyles. Abari Lyles is a teacher, the outreach specialist at FreeState legal Project and co-chair and education manager at GLSEN-Baltimore. Busy as he is, he has recently taken on an additional role: President of the Board of D. Jabari Lyles Photo: Bob Ford. Irectors for the Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB). We need to be much bett...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: Taking the Local Road to Equality
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Taking the Local Road to Equality. S the transgender rights bill (Fairness for All Marylanders Act) continues to work its way through the General Assembly with hopefully positive results, the last big piece of legislation for LGBT Marylanders will be joining marriage equality in the rear-view mirror. This is not to say the work is done, however. 8220;We are more than our sexual orientation and gender identity,” she said. Volunteers...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: June 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Monday, June 29, 2015. The Producers' is no Flop at Olney. N a turnabout from its previous musical that offered the relatively sober Carousel. The Olney Theatre Center, in the midst of its 77. Season, is currently mounting the gregarious, laugh-a-minute production of The Producers. It is clear from the get-go why this musical captured a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards in 2001 and spawned numerous other productions worldwide as well a successful film in 2005.
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: April 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Thursday, April 30, 2015. The GLCCB’s ‘Renaissance’ on Display. Nly six months ago, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland (GLCCB) was clearly at the nadir of the organization’s 38-year existence. The shift in June of the annual GLCCB-run Pride celebration to a new locale was unpopular, which didn’t help the mood. Far more grave was the financial situation. Income was slow to come in—less than nee...
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: 'The Producers' is no Flop at Olney
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Monday, June 29, 2015. The Producers' is no Flop at Olney. N a turnabout from its previous musical that offered the relatively sober Carousel. The Olney Theatre Center, in the midst of its 77. Season, is currently mounting the gregarious, laugh-a-minute production of The Producers. It is clear from the get-go why this musical captured a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards in 2001 and spawned numerous other productions worldwide as well a successful film in 2005.
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Steve Charing OUTspoken: March 2015
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Commentary on LGBT issues plus theatre reviews. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Empire' Strikes Back at Homophobia. T’s been a few weeks now since the finale of Empire’s. Inaugural season, but I can’t get it out of mind. The blockbuster Fox series, which shattered records for increased ratings as the show progressed, awaits a boatload of well-deserved Emmys. Co-creators Lee Daniels (L.) and Danny Strong. So popular is Empire. Had miraculously found a cure for ALS to keep the character going. It has a solid, ori...
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