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Drive page 21 Lt. Dan Choi (second from left) and Capt. James Pietrangelo II handcuffed themselves to the White House gates March 18 to protest “Don’t Ask, Profile Don’t Tell.” They were then arrested, and appeared before a judge—where they chose to stand trial April 26. Photo by Patsy Lynch Also inside this —A wrap-up —An interview with week’s issue of of activities openly gay U.S. Rep. Windy City Times: in D.C. Barney Frank page 7 page 6 Amid increasing hostilities, Spring Theater health bill passes By Lisa Keen Preview Keen News Service Tegan & page 20 The health care reform legislation President Obama signed into law March 23 Sara does not include any of the pro-gay provisions sought by the LGBT communi- ty. The provisions were not part of a companion bill also passed by the House March 21 and one that the Senate began debating March 23. That companion
Shove o to Stardust at Berlin. tMarch 17, 2010 page 11 bill includes “fixes” to the approved legislation. But there is a silver lining: nightspots Congress can soon turn to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Tug It A bitterly divided U.S. House of Representatives approved the Senate health St. Pat’s weekend revelry at Hamburger Mary’s Rec Room. page 17 care reform bill late Sunday night, a bill that promises to provide long-sought health care to millions of Americans who have not been able to afford it and protect the coverage of those who already have it. page 11 While Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said March 22 that although he is “disap- pick it up pointed in some aspects” of the law, “it’s a very good step forward and, in a
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SPRING THEATER LGBTQ preview 11 Interesting revivals 12 Beauty’s Anthony Fett 12 Theater reviews 14 Dance round-up 17 Days of Late (above) is one of the LGBTQ Consultants, behind the scenes 18 productions touted in WCT’s spring theater preview. See page 11.
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Joe Solmo- nese along with Eric Alva and others felt it was Gays and lesbians were arrested in three sepa- important to stay and engage those at the rally rate protests March 18 at the White House and in ways they can continue building the pressure at the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in needed for repeal. This does nothing to diminish Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. the actions taken by Lt. Choi and others. This is —Mary Daly At the White House, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” the nature of social change and everyone has a memorial May 1 activists Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo role to play.” were arrested after they handcuffed themselves AMERICAblog’s John Aravosis then called HRC —Gay man leads to a fence. They were charged with failure to liars. Gainesville, Fla., obey a lawful order. The two were jailed over- “I was there, standing next to Dan, about 10 mayoral race night, pleaded not guilty and face trial April feet from Kathy Griffin and Solmonese,” Ara- (left) 26. vosis wrote. “They were behind a rope line, to Also arrested was activist Robin McGehee, who keep them from the rally attendees. They looked —DeGeneres co-organized last year’s National Equality March. over at Dan when he asked them, for the sec- gives She was taken into custody after helping Choi ond time, to come with him to the White House Miss. teen and Pietrangelo attach themselves to the fence. ... and they just stared back at him. They were $30K check McGehee reported via Twitter that she was fined not helping engage the rally about how to build $35. pressure—the rally was over, they were already ing, the National Senior Citizens Law Center, and The D.C. action started at an anti-DADT rally off the stage, behind it actually, getting ready to the Center for American Progress, with a foreword organized by the Human Rights Campaign and Lt. Dan Choi. Photo by John Fenoglio leave behind a secure rope line to separate them from the AARP. The report was formally released comedian Kathy Griffin. Choi crashed that rally from the crowd. I’m sorry, but this statement is at the American Society on Aging’s national con- and, after initially being rebuffed, was allowed flat out untrue. They were getting their photos step down and disappear so someone can take ference, being held this year in Chicago. to speak. He then invited Griffin and HRC Presi- taken. Unbelievable.” over with guts and a sense of what’s really im- “This historic collaboration addresses the dent Joe Solmonese to march with him to the Meanwhile, GetEqual.org activists in D.C. and portant and (who) knows how to strategize.” many challenges facing LGBT older adults and White House. San Francisco staged sit-ins at the offices of Equality Illinois co-founder Rick Garcia called provides broad-ranging ambitious policy recom- Neither went with the group of about 100 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying they would HRC “a house homo” for the Obama administra- mendations for those who want to help transform people who marched to the White House—a not leave until she promised to bring the Em- tion. this landscape,” said Michael Adams, executive decision that led to criticism of Solmonese and ployment Non-Discrimination Act to the floor of “HRC does what it is told,” Garcia said. “It director of SAGE. “What will we do about the HRC on blogs and elsewhere. HRC’s critics said the House for a vote this month. dupes well-meaning gay people to open their older lesbian widow who loses her family home Solmonese’s refusal to support Choi, who has Four protesters were arrested in D.C. and six wallets and it produces nothing for us and pro- because she is not eligible for Social Security become something of a hero in the gays-in-the- were arrested in San Francisco. The California vides cover for politicians who fuck us over.” survivor benefits, the single gay man who lives military battle, was another example of HRC be- activists were cited and fined on a disturbance HRC seemingly attempted damage control af- in isolation and fear in a nursing home, or the ing out of touch and ineffective. charge. The D.C. protesters were released with- ter Solmonese’s inaction was criticized online. person kept from the hospital bed of a dying ACT UP founder Larry Kramer called for Solmo- out bail and will appear in court April 6. “There’s been some confusion about Lt. Dan partner? This report outlines the issues and of- nese to resign over the debacle, writing: “Joe “A majority of Congress supports this bill to Choi’s role in the rally,” HRC wrote. “As Joe Sol- fers solutions, making it a much-needed road- you are one big schmuck! Choi wants to speak, stop job discrimination based on sexual ori- monese was walking on stage Lt. Choi asked Joe map for creating a society where all older adults you let him speak and thank him for showing up entation and gender identity, but promises to if he could have a speaking role. Joe explained are treated with dignity and respect.” and offering to do so. When are you going to bring it to a vote last fall were broken several that it wasn’t his sole decision to make on the “Most Americans already face challenges as times,” GetEqual said in a statement. “ENDA has they age, but LGBT older adults have the added been jammed up in committee for six months, burden of a lifetime of stigma; relationships that awaiting a signal from Speaker Pelosi that hasn’t generally lack legal recognition; and unequal come. We have visited, called and written Con- treatment under laws, programs and services de- gress by the thousands, and have been ignored. signed to support and protect older Americans,” The 20thth Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference H\Y&$h\5bbiU`;kYbXc`mb6fcc_g7cbZYfYbWYThe 20 Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference ... 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Barney Frank is the Democratic leadership in Congress, but it down, but from the bottom up.” optimistic for the future of the LGBT community, was a victory marred by increasingly hostile par- Even though the bill Obama will soon sign into particularly because of the past. tisan rancor. law has no gay-specific provisions, it does pro- And he was a longtime pessimist. Hostilities escalated so dramatically in the vide for all U.S. residents in a number of ways. “When we first started this [fight for equal- hours leading up to Sunday’s dramatic vote that Insurance companies will no longer be able to ity], we didn’t know how hated we were. But anti-healthcare-reform protesters twice sur- drop a person who develops a particular disease, the progress has been good, and it’s mainly by rounded Democratic leader Frank, one of only such as HIV or breast cancer. Insurance compa- coming out. Part of it is, you can’t hide and win three openly gay representatives in Congress, nies will no longer be able to set a cap on how the fight at the same time,” said Frank, who has calling him “faggot.” Frank said he did not feel much coverage they will provide over a lifetime. represented Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional physically endangered by the incidents, which People with low to moderate income who do not District since 1981. took place as he walked between various offices have employer-provided health coverage will— “The fact that the American people now on Capitol Hill. But he said the “bullying” had with financial aid from the federal government, know who we are, and that we are relatives and reached a point where Capitol police offered him as needed—be required to buy coverage, start- friends, customers and teammates, students and Barney Frank. Photo courtesy of Harry Gural security protection. He declined. ing in 2014. Certain preventive care screenings teachers, barbers, lawyers and policemen, etc. Jim Ready, Frank’s partner for the past four will be covered without co-pays. Coming out has helped us, so [non-LGBT] people “If you go back to 1976, [former presidents] years, was with him during the confrontations The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force noted realize we are them, too.” Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford were sort of equal- and said they were both “scary” and “seemed that the legislation includes $8.5 billion for com- And, of course, Frank is one, too. ly moving forward on gay rights. [They were] not like junior high stuff.” munity health centers. But it expressed “deep Frank, who turns 70 on March 31, became yet there, but moving forward. Since then, the “What scares me is that some kids heard it and disappointment in the absence of LGBT-specific the second openly gay member of the House of Democrats have gotten a lot better; the Repub- it could make them afraid to be proud of who provisions that were in the original House bill.” Representatives, and has been one of the most licans have gotten a lot worse. Take a look at they are,” said Ready. There were four such provisions: One to prohibit prominent LGBT politicians ever. John McCain, [for instance.] He used to be bet- African-American legislators who supported discrimination based on sexual orientation or “I did not think we would be as far along as ter [in support of LGBT rights], but now because the president’s healthcare reform reported be- gender identity; one to end a tax for gay em- we are; I didn’t think I’d be in a position where he’s gotten national Republican politics and a ing spat at and being assaulted with racist pe- ployees only on health coverage they could pro- I would be taking my partner to the World Eco- primary in Arizona has become one of our lead- joratives. One male representative whose wife is vide through their employers to their partners/ nomic Forum in Switzerland,” admitted Frank. ing opponents in Congress.” expecting had someone shout at him, “I’m go- spouses; one to provide early treatment of HIV But the battle has been aided by supportive Still, Frank added, the LGBT battles are in their ing to burn your house down with your pregnant infection; and one to collect data about dispari- public opinion across most of the United States, best positions “ever.” wife in it.” On the floor of the House Sunday ties in healthcare for LGBT people. along with a Democratic chief executive and leg- “The difference is, [today] we have a some- night, one Republican member yelled out, “Baby “The Task Force is also disappointed in the islative body. what better Democratic Senate majority in this killer” at Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. Stupak had, inclusion of funding for abstinence-only-until- “The last time we had a Democratic President House and Senate, and also, public opinion is in fact, been fighting for months to ensure that marriage programs; the continuation of a ban and Congress was 1993-1994, and things got much better by every measure,” he said. “We’ve nothing in the healthcare-reform bill provided on legal immigrants’ Medicaid eligibility and on better then, but we still were not in a situation been making progress pretty steadily.” federal funds for abortions. On Sunday after- undocumented residents’ access to health insur- where the majority opposed discrimination,” Find out much more about Barney Frank— noon, he and several other Democrats made a ance; the ongoing restrictions and attacks on Frank said. “I do believe we have public opinion including his private life and his thoughts on critical decision to support reform based on an funding for women’s reproductive rights servic- with us on almost everything else, including [al- the federal hate-crimes bill and even sports— assurance from President Obama that he would es; and the lack of a public option,” said a Task lowing] gays in the military. online at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. issue an executive order emphasizing that the Force press release. healthcare-reform bill would not change the cur- But while the legislation is “far from perfect,” rent federal law against federal funding of abor- said Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey, tions. “this legislation marks a historic step toward Meanwhile, Frank, chairman of the House Fi- ensuring access to healthcare for roughly 32 nance Committee, charged into his own partisan million people who are currently uninsured, and spar with House Minority Leader John Boehner toward ending some of the health insurance in- over a remark Boehner made in a speech to bank- dustry’s most egregious abuses.” ers, telling them not to be thwarted by “little Rep. Frank said in a phone interview March 22 punk staffers” in Congress. Frank wrote Boehner that he does not believe the increased rancor a letter urging him to apologize for taking such between Democrats and Republicans will jeop- a “cheap shot.” Frank also told reporters Sunday ardize ENDA’s passage. He noted he recently that Republicans were “encouraging the disrup- picked up another Republican co-sponsor for the tion” of the proceedings during the debate over bill because the representative had received a healthcare reform, according to Politico.com. visit from a couple of gay constituents. Boehner has increasingly dropped the deco- Frank said he told Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., rum normally expected of a member of Congress, who chairs the House Education and Labor Com- particularly a leader. During the March 21 debate mittee, “Now, it’s our turn.” However, Frank said on the floor—which was nationally televised he thinks the ENDA vote “may not come this by a number of networks—Boehner repeatedly week,” as he originally predicted. Congress takes said “Hell no!” And his Republican colleagues a recess March 29 through April 9, and Frank cheered wildly. said he expects a vote as soon as they come But the vote said “yes” to H.R. 3590, to the back from that recess. tune of 219 to 212. ©2010 Keen News Service Republicans then tried to block a vote on a separate “reconciliation” bill of House-sought changes to the Senate bill, but failed on a vote
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male-on-male rapes, Sheehan replied, “Seven An Arab language specialist, Choi is a founder Spring fever or March madness—take your pick. percent.” of Knights Out, a West Point alumni organization Whatever the explanation, gay-rights activists, In even more eye-popping testimony, the gen- for LGBT soldiers. Pietrangelo, who unsuccessful- gay veterans and a retired Marine Corps general eral suggested that openly gay service members ly challenged to DADT in court, was discharged grabbed headlines last week both on Capitol Hill made poor soldiers, citing, as an example, the under DADT for being gay. Choi’s discharge is and outside the White House. And it all hap- Dutch armed forces. After the Dutch permitted still pending. pened the same day, Thursday, March 18, as “open homosexuality,” that “led to a force that Sure enough, the White House incident got members of Congress began reviewing a report was ill-equipped to go to war,” Sheehan said. Robert Gibbs, the president’s press secretary from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Of- “The case in point that I’m referring to is when talking. Asked at his daily briefing if Obama had fice estimating the costs of healthcare reform. the Dutch were required to defend Srebrenica any plans to meet with Choi, Gibbs replied, “I That morning the Senate Armed Forces Com- against the Serbs. The battalion was under- don’t believe there are any meetings scheduled mittee heard testimony once again over Presi- strength, poorly led, and the Serbs came into today.” dent Barack Obama’s call to repeal the military’s town, handcuffed the soldiers to the telephone Choi and Pietrangelo were held overnight and ban on openly gay service, a policy commonly poles, marched the Muslims off, and executed arraigned in D. C. Superior Court on Friday, March known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). Com- them. That was the largest massacre in Europe 18, according to Sgt. David Schlosser, who said mittee members heard from a panel of three for- since World War II.” both men were taken from the White House to mer active duty military officers. Testifying in This time, the patience of Sen. Carl Levin, the Park Police’s Anacostia station for booking. favor repeal were former Air Force Major Mike D-Mich., wore thin. The committee’s chairman The Secret Service arrested Fresno, Calif.-based Almy and former Navy Lieutenant junior grade asked if Dutch military officials had told Shee- activist Robin McGehee, who served as co-chair Jenny Kopfstein, openly gay service members han specifically that Srebrenica fell “because Marine Corps Gen. John J. Sheehan. for the National Equality March last October and both of whom were discharged under DADT. there were gay soldiers there.” is now associated with a new grassroots organi- Opposing the repeal was retired (since 1997) The general said, “Yes. They included that as zation, GetEqual.org. Marine Corps Gen. John J. Sheehan, a former Americans and the Dutch,“ said Almy, who part of the problem,” adding, “It was part of the “Robin placed the handcuffs on the White NATO commander. It was two of his “out there” served in the field alongside Dutch officers and liberalization of the Dutch military—that was a House fence and was seen as an accessory,” said remarks that raised eyebrows stateside and in enlisted. contributing factor.” local gay-rights activist Paul Yandura, who at- Europe. In fact, “From my experience with DADT, it’s a Voicing disbelief, Levin said, “We all remember tended the protest. McGehee, however, was let Sheehan said his opposition to repealing DADT bit of a running joke and mockery among gays Srebrenica. Any effort to connect that failure on go without a charge but with an arrest record. stemmed from “my experience in a combat en- and straights alike,” he said, “from the stand- the part of the Dutch to the fact that they had She also paid a $35 fine, according to Yandura. vironment” during the Vietnam War when a “ho- point everyone knows gays and lesbians are homosexuals” serving openly “is totally off tar- During then-President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re- mosexual Marine molested another Marine.” The serving openly and often times are valued and get.” election campaign, Yandura served as liaison problem, Sheehan explained, “was not the disci- patriotic members of their units who make valu- In rejecting Sheehan’s comments, the Dutch to the LBT community and subsequently in the pline of the unit, but what it did to the cohesion able contributions to their units.” ambassador to the United States told the Wash- White House. Voicing frustration over the lack of of the organization.” Asked about her openly gay service, Kopfstein ington Post, “I take pride in the fact that lesbi- LGBT legislative action on Capitol Hill, Yandura First, he explained, “The private first class did said, “I only had positive experiences with my ans and gay men have served openly and with said, “They’ve made all the same excuses for 15 not believe he was being supportive. Second, shipmates and people I served with. Nobody had distinction in the Dutch military forces for de- years ago—it’s not convenient,“ he said, refer- people took sides. You cannot afford to take a any complaints taking orders from me. No one cades, such as in Afghanistan at the moment,” ring to the White House and Congress. “I’m done unit out of combat for three to four days while asked to be moved out of sharing a stateroom said Renee Jones-Bos. with it,” Yandura added. “We’re gonna take it to you sort out these kinds of issues. The enemy with me.” For his part, Almy agreed with Levin. “Sexual them.” does not allow” that “luxury.” Meanwhile, a growing sense of frustration and OrbitzAd_WindyCT_10.25x6.625.pdf 1 3/4/10orientation 6:03 PMwas a complete non-issue for both But Illinois Sen. Roland Burris would have impatience among gay-rights activists’ surged
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I’ve made, already, many BY JOHN FENOGLIO Americans For Truth About Homosexuality’s (AF- corrective actions.” TAH’s) Web site as a hate group after the Chica- He said that problems arose after an employ- The Youth Pride Center (YPC) celebrated its 4th go-based Gay Liberation Network (GLN) lobbied ee, who no longer works for Northstar, falsified annual “Living Legends Gala” honoring individu- the center to do so, according to a GLN release. paperwork in order to embezzle money from the als who have provided outstanding service to The listing appeared in the most recent issue clinic. Berger declined to name the employee, the LGBT community, March 15 at Hearty Boys. of the law center’s quarterly publication, Intel- and did not know whether that person was the Honorees included Alderwoman and Cook ligence Report. The release stated that the law subject of any investigation. County board president candidate Toni Preck- center’s criteria involve the use of slander as Karen Riley, who works for the FDA’s Office of winckle; Officer Jose Rios, LGBT liaison for the well as the opposition of legal equality for gays Public Affairs, said that because the investiga- Chicago Police Dept.; Rev. Doris Green; and Ariq or others. tion into Northstar is “open,” she couldn’t com- Cabbler. Vernita Gray, a longtime LGBT commu- Former Illinois Family Institute founder and ment on the details of it. nity activist, as well as, Renee Ogletree, YPC Executive Director Peter LaBarbera leads AFTAH. Berger, who said that he continues to run drug honorary board chair, also received special rec- trials at Northstar, indicated that he was hopeful Dr. Daniel Berger. Photo by Andrew Davis ognition for their service to YPC. Lesbian to be that the matter would be successfully resolved. “These individuals have worked to improve the “I have a very long history of doing very quality lives of LGBT youth of color in Chicago. They’ve ordained April 10 FDA research,” Berger said. “I’m very optimistic that gone above and beyond to show these kids that Janine Denomme of Chicago and Marty Meyer- I will be cleared.” they are our leaders for tomorrow,” said Frank Gad of Minnesota will be ordained Roman Catho- investigating The FDA letter to Daniel Berger is available Walker, YPC founder. lic priests in Chicago April 10, according to a at www.fda.gov/downloads/RegulatoryInforma- Mark Sikorski, youth chair for YPC’s board of press release from RomanCatholicWomenPriests. tion/FOI/ElectronicReadingRoom/UCM193324. ambassadors, said that the honorees have all org. Joan Clark Houk of Pittsburgh, Penn., will Lakeview clinic pdf. be the presiding bishop. BY SAMUEL WORLEY helped make YPC a safe place for kids who strug- gle with issue of identity and sexuality. Denomme and Meyer-Gad will join almost 70 other women priests, including five bishops and Windy City Times has learned that Northstar Alleged CTA “That’s especially important in communities that don’t offer a lot of support for gay youth. seven transitional deacons. Healthcare, a Lakeview clinic that treats people attackers indicted Denomme—a former youth program director at with HIV, is being investigated by the Food and These people here tonight help provide that sup- BY ANDREW DAVIS port and are there for us when we need them,” Center on Halsted whose partner is Cook County Drug Administration (FDA) for improprieties re- Circuit Court Judge Nancy Katz—has been side- garding how it documents drug trials. Sikorski said. Three Evanston men were indicted March 17 for “This honor means a lot to me because I am lined in recent months with stage four cancer. According to Northstar founder/medical direc- allegedly harassing and attacking a gay man on She has chronicled her life at CaringBridge.org. tor Daniel S. Berger, last November he received a part of you,” Green said. “And, not just because the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA’s) Red Line of my work at the AIDS Foundation, but because letter from the FDA’s Leslie K. Ball notifying him Jan. 10, according to the Cook County State’s of the initiation of proceedings that would dis- I fight homophobia and stigma everyday of my Daley names LGBT Attorney’s Office. life. I fight it because it is wrong. All of us in qualify him from conducting further drug trials. An office spokesperson told Windy City Times advisory chair Ball is the director of the Division of Scientific this world make this world a beautiful place, and that Sean Little, 21; Kevin McAndrew, 23; and you are all a part of that. And, don’t worry be- Dana V. Starks, chairman and commissioner of Investigations within the FDA’s Office of Compli- Benjamin Eder, also 23, were each indicted on the City of Chicago Commission on Human Rela- ance. cause some of these other churches are going to one count of hate crime and two counts of ag- come around. Maybe not all of them, but some tions has announced that Mayor Richard M. Daley Under the sponsorship of pharmaceutical com- gravated battery. has appointed Elizabeth A. Kelly, Ph.D., as the panies, Northstar conducts drug trials following of them will.” The charges stem from a Jan. 10 incident in “I think you guys are our future,” Rios said. new chairperson of the Commission’s Advisory FDA-approved protocols. which the three are alleged to have beaten a Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen- In the letter, Ball said that a spring 2009 in- “My world changing is going to be because of Rogers Park man, 33-year old Daniel Hauff, after you guys. I also want you to know that I’m not der Issues, according to a press release. vestigation of Northstar had revealed numerous Hauff attempted to intervene in an altercation Kelly is professor of women’s and gender stud- inconsistencies, for instance, that the clinic “re- the only one fighting for you within the police on the train. Hauff, who was taken to the hos- department. There are more of us out there. I’m ies at DePaul University, where she has taught peatedly or deliberately submitted false infor- pital for injuries sustained in the attack, told since 1992. She was a founding member of De- mation to the sponsor in a required report,” and here tonight with the 23rd District Police Com- Windy City Times that the hate-crimes charges mander and several other officers. We care about Paul’s interdisciplinary program in LGBT studies that Berger “failed to maintain adequate records filed against the three were the result of pres- Program and served for six years as director of of the disposition of the drug, including dates, you guys because we need you to continue set- sure that he placed on the police department ting positive examples in your own communi- women’s and gender studies. Kelly has been a quantity, and use by subjects.” The letter listed and the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. member of the Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, a number of documents that it said contained ties. I’m honored to receive this award because, Little, McAndrew and Eder will appear for ar- believe it or not, I look up to you guys, too.” Bisexual and Transgender Issues since 2006. “fraudulent signatures.” raignment March 26. The advisory council chair also serves as an Sections of the letter that indicate the name For more details about the incident and what ex officio member of the Commission on Human of the drug, or the company that produces it, has transpired since, visit www.WindyCityMedia- Relations Board of Commissioners. were redacted. Group.com. Berger told Windy City Times that the inves- Gray to receive Damski Award Longtime LGBT-rights activist Vernita Gray will receive the 12th Annual Jon-Henri Damski Award Wed., March 31, at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, 6-8 p.m. Wed., March 24 Gray’s activism stretches back to the 1960s, when, as a press release put it, she “had three 7:30 p.m. strikes against her—she was a woman, she was black and she was lesbian.” Her perspective was Lisa Lutz shaped by influential figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., who moved into her Lawndale The Spellmans community. 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She did her undergraduate work tions and society view and treat sexual violence, that many experienced gay activists swear by, I know that my son’s world will be a better one at George Washington University and then re- going from the micro to the macro—[which is] and see dissolving in a new rush to litigate.” because no one, no matter how hard they try, turned to Chicago’s Loyola University to pursue why RVA fits so well for me,” she said. — Newsweek, Feb. 17. can stop our progress.” — Former American her master’s degree in social work. It was dur- Regarding the incidence of sexual and domes- Idol star Clay Aiken at a Human Rights Cam- ing graduate school that her queer and political tic violence among LGBTQ communities, Majmu- “From the Pope on down, through paign dinner in North Carolina, Feb. 27. identity flowered. dar noted that there is a lack of good statistical the Vatican and there- “I met Neena Hemmady and the women who data, and that the problem cuts across sexual fore through the lower were founding Khuli Zaban at a People Like Us and gender identity. “How people are impacted echelons, the whole or- bookstore event for the release of Urvashi Vaid’s and what access they have to resources to help ganisation, in my belief, is Virtual Equality,” Majmudar said. “To meet Ur- them deal with it may be different [however],” utterly anti-Christian and If Christ was vashi and local South Asian queer people was she said. “There aren’t as many queer-friendly evil, as proven by centu- huge for me. The women of Khuli Zaban provided sexual and domestic-violence services out there ries of torture, bloodshed, here, he space and nurturing and a meaningful place for in the world. For example, shelter services—how burnings, terrorism, and would be me to continue my coming out journey. It was a many shelters openly, and I specifically mean coverings-up of ‘the worst burning down place I could be completely myself [and it] was openly, accept queer women?” crime’ known to man. And essential to being comfortable with who I was Increased reports do not necessarily mean in- if Jesus Christ is to be the Vatican. and coming out to my family. creased incidence, she explained, expressing the seen in the vulnerable of —Sinead O’Connor “It also politicized me. I was already on that hope that it indicates better communications by this world, then all the trajectory, having done work around violence activists so that individuals can take advantage church has done is crucify against women and HIV/AIDS in college. Khuli of the resources available to them through anti- the man over and over and Zaban really pushed me to consider issues around violence programs such as the one at Center on over again. If Christ was here, he would be oppression and social justice and the intercon- Halsted. burning down the Vatican. And I for one would “I’ve lived with the same man for 23 nectedness of homophobia, racism and sexism. Does Majmudar ever get discouraged? “I get be helping him.” — Singer Sinead O’Connor in years, and much of the film (A Single Man) is It also dovetailed with the Color Triangle work… frustrated, angry. It’s painful, messy work … a March 4 letter to the Irish Independent. taken from my own life. I will have someone creating dialogue around the issue of racism but if I didn’t believe that we were making an still say to me ‘your lifestyle.’ And I say: ‘My within the LGBTQ communities.” impact, that there is joy and beauty and healing “The power of truth and living hon- lifestyle? What is that?’ I live with somebody Now 36 and a licensed clinical social worker, possible in the world, not just possible, but that estly is very liberating. So, what the hell I love. We make dinner at home together. We Majmudar’s work focuses on trauma and violence actually happens everyday, that there are mo- took me so long? I was waiting, like so many lie around and read books and watch television against women and queer people. “Looking at ments where justice is served and that we can folks are waiting, for change—for attitudes and walk our dogs and go on vacation and ar- the individual consequences of oppression but see the change as a result of our collective ac- to change, for laws to change—and I real- gue occasionally—that’s a lifestyle? ... That’s also at what systemic responsibility we have to tions, I wouldn’t be doing this work,” she said. ized that the time for waiting (to come out) what I wanted to depict—just a very straight- changing the very conditions that allow and cre- “If I weren’t affected by it I shouldn’t be doing has passed.” — Former American Idol star Clay forward love story.” — Director Tom Ford to the ate that trauma and oppression,” she said. “The it because then I cease being present, feeling Aiken at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Pittsburgh gay newspaper Out, February issue. eternal question is ‘Where do we start?’ Do we the humanity of what has happened. So it has to North Carolina, Feb. 27. start locally, as in ‘peace begins at home’ or do be hard. You have to find your way through that, we have a responsibility to be also addressing find whatever touchstones and light there is to —Assistance: Bill Kelley institutional and global issues? I think that’s a keep you going and believe that a better world false dichotomy. I don’t think we can afford to is possible.” do just either.” Read more about Majmudar’s anti-violence should be 100 words or less and should state At RVA, Majmudar and her staff provide medi- work at rapevictimadvocates.org. WCT seeking what achievements or contributions the nomi- cal and legal advocacy as well as counseling Majmudar and 24 other activists will be 30 Under 30 nee has made. Nominators should include their services to individual survivors of sexual and do- honored Wed., March 24, at the Chicago Foun- Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 own names and contact information as well as mestic violence; she also works with institutions dation for Women 2010 Impact Awards. Visit more outstanding LGBT individuals (and allies) the contact information of the nominee. 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VIEWPOINT VOL. 25, No. 25, Mar. 24, 2010 The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, should be the current multibillion dollar deficit, and student loans. I am a wife and mother of founded May 1987. and our public schools 35th ranking out of the twin daughters. I know the effort involved in MEGAN 50 states. maintaining relationships with friends and fam- PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR I think the current method to select our gov- ily. As a small business owner, I understand the Tracy Baim DRILLING ernor and lieutenant governor team needs to be struggles of trying to bring in more business to ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky retooled. It is important for the lieutenant gov- cover the 130-percent increase in your insurance MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis ernor candidate to work well with the governor. premium. I get it; I have the same struggles as BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit We need to utilize the position to further a joint most of our citizens. DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright message. It is a waste of the position, salary and In college, I learned the value of diversity ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy Matheny, Throwing my budget if the lieutenant governor is not a top and equality. To me, every human being is equal Kirk Williamson advisor to the governor. As lieutenant governor, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes hat in the ring I would do the retooling with the legislature to orientation, religion and economic situation. NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson find a new solution. Everyone I meet receives my respect. It is my NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie The Democratic Party of Illinois opened the I have been an advocate for healthcare re- interactions with them and their choices that J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, search for the new democratic candidate for form since Congress was debating the Kennedy- determine whether my respect increases or de- Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia lieutenant governor to all citizens of Illinois Kassebaum Health Insurance Portability and Ac- creases. THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan countability Act (HIPPA) of 1996. I continued As lieutenant governor, I have the enthusiasm CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. Feb. 27. I applied almost immediately. Similar BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair to most Illinois Democrats, I was disappointed my advocacy as a board member of the Chicago and energy to work with Gov. Quinn to fix what ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS in our selections in the February primaries and Chapter of the National Organization for Women, is broken; to tweak what is going awry; and to Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, lack of available information about the candi- 2004-05. I became the women’s health task support successful programs, laws and ideas. Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Catey Sullivan, force leader, organizing a postpartum sympo- Drilling is president and founder of the 4M Zachary Whittenburg, Jonathan Abarbanel dates for lieutenant governor when they were COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Susie running. sium and joining with the Campaign for Better group, a WBE-certified project management/ Day, Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Lisa I have the character and qualifications to be Health Care to educate women on the existing consulting group; was art director for the film Keen, Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Mark Corece, your next democratic candidate for Lieutenant discriminations in the current system. Sunday Hannah Free; National Organization for Wom- Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Masters, John night, we finally passed comprehensive health- en, Chicago Chapter Board Member, 2004, Fenoglio, Chuck Colbert, Micki Leventhal, Sarah Governor. In 2005, I started my own design/ Toce, Rachel Pepper build and facilities project management firm. My care reform in the United States of America! 2005; Women’s Health Task Force Leader, PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, Hal expertise is organization, efficiency and execu- I have strong ties to many communities and an 2004; and has an Illinois Institute of Tech- Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia tion. I am a problem solver. understanding of people from all walks of life. nology Professional Bachelor degree in Archi- CIRCULATION The recent recession and some legacy deci- I come from a lower-middle-class, blue-collar tecture, 1994. She is also the cousin of Windy CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright family of incredibly hard workers. I put myself City Times publisher Tracy Baim. DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, sions have given our state a handful of problems Sue and Victor that need immediate solving. Our first priorities through college and paid off my credit card debt
mate how much money one earns just by know- non-work environment are generally not expect- ing one’s place of employment. For example, em- ing to be compelled to participate in an on-the- JAMAR ployees of McDonald’s earn a median hourly rate spot interview/interrogation about their work between $5.84 and $9.74. When an employee of history. In such cases, a person can be caught OSBORNE McDonald’s discloses his place of employment, off-guard and unprepared. he is, in effect, also disclosing how much money Here are my tips for dealing with an employ- he makes. In essence, when the McDonald’s em- ment interrogation: ployee is asked where he works, he is also being —Realize that that no one is entitled to know Copyright 2010 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media asked how much money he makes. Most people anything that you don’t want to disclose. The Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). Gays and probably would not tolerate a perfect stranger bottom line is that you don’t have to answer Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, demanding to know how much money one earns anything, regardless of how persistent and as- and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. employment in a casual conversation but it seems accept- sertive the person becomes. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy able to ask what a person does for a living even —Nip it in the bud. If you don’t want to talk City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned about it, don’t talk about it! Answering just one for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing interrogations though it may operate as the same question. and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, Although the topic of employment impacts so- question can open a Pandora’s box, subjecting cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own ciety at large, it seems that many in LGBT com- you to several follow-up questions which get in- and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City If you have ever met someone in a gay social Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of setting, one of the first questions you’ve proba- munity define others by materialism and social creasingly detailed and person. a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy status to a greater extent. Some even go be- —Try to change the subject. Deflect by talk- City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the bly been asked is, “Where do you work?” I cringe sexual orientation of such person or organization. While every time I hear this question. Is it just me or yond their financial means to keep up with the ing about a completely different subject or by we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make Joneses. With this exaggerated sense of fabu- interviewing the interviewer. (Some people love this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept is that an extremely personal question to ask responsibility for advertising claims. lousness, it is not at all uncommon for gays to talking about themselves.) upon seconds of meeting someone for the first (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 time? inquire into a person’s employment as a way to —If all else fails, be direct! 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What a person does for a living There should be a time and a place for every- columnist and human-rights activist. He has (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) speaks only to the person’s livelihood and does thing. As a general rule of thumb, it should go a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma and a without saying that it is inappropriate to in- bachelor’s degree from Cameron University. Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. not speak to who the person is as an individual. Nightspots Deadline Wednesday prior to street date. It’s lazy to sum people up and categorize them quire into a person’s occupation directly follow- Identity (BLACKlines and En La Vida): Now based on the type of work they do instead of ing introducing oneself and barely learning the online only Deadline The 10th of month prior. really putting in the effort to get know them. person’s name. Not only is it a display of utter tactlessness and lack of social skills but it also OUT! 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setting before Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire La Ronde changes things around by focusing on 23-June 13. Chicago premiere of Annie Baker’s tackles A Chorus Line later this year. a different decade of the 20th century for each drama about a lesbian couple who are at odds LGBTQ —Right as Rain, InnateVolution Theater couple. He also explicitly features some male over hosting a male photographer as part of a Productions at North Lakeside Cultural Center, same-sex coupling where there was none in the college “Body Awareness” week, especially since theater now through April 24. April Smallwood’s world- original. he is infamous for his subject matter of female premiere drama concerns two teenage boys who —Days of Late, SiNNERMAN Ensemble at the nudes. befriend each other. One is openly gay, while the Viaduct Theater, April 14-May 22. The world pre- —Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, preview other is a son of a right-wing, anti-gay preach- miere of Braden LuBelle’s comical and dramatic About Face Theatre at Viaduct Theater, April 29- er. look at eight young professionals and aspiring May 29. The world premiere of E. Patrick John- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN —Swear Jar, Annoyance Theatre, now through artists, each of whom deal with career issues son’s one-man show based upon his book of the May 1: Openly bisexual Annoyance Theater and love tied to different sexualities. same title about the oral history about gay Black Some of the hottest spring LGBTQ shows actu- founder and artistic director Mick Napier directs —Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry! men in America’s South. ally opened in the winter. But thanks to long his first sketch show for the company. Expect Piccolo Theatre at Evanston Arts Depot, April —Liza Minnelli, Chicago Theatre, 7:30 p.m. runs, you can still catch Terell Alvin McCraney’s plenty of adults-only 9-June 5. A 1999 femi- June 6 only. Yes, it’s a stereotype that gay men acclaimed trilogy of The Brother/Sister Plays up- comedy as only the An- nist comedy that looks love their singing iconic divas like Liza Minnelli. stairs at Steppenwolf Theatre through May 23. noyance can do. back at King Henry VIII’s But stereotypes derive from some truth, so you Then over at Steppenwolf’s Garage Theatre, the —The Bloody Fabu- six wives, but told from can expect plenty of “family members” to be in drama Adore and comedy punkplay continue on lous Curse of Count Windy City the imagined perspec- attendance for this legendary Academy Award- until April 25. Dragula, Mary’s Attic, tives of Catherine of winning and multiple Tony Award-winning en- But be sure to also check out these shows March 25-April 23. Ex- Times’ Aragon, Anne Boleyn, tertainer. with LGBTQ connections that also play into the pect plenty of camp Jane Seymour, Anne of spring: comedy in Duane Scott Cleves, Kathryn Howard —Billy Elliot The Musical, Ford Center for Cerny’s cross-dressing Spring Theater and Catherine Parr. Find the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, now in romp that spoofs the out more beyond than an open run. This 10-time Tony Award-winning Dracula horror story. Ed Preview 2010 the memorization device musical is the biggest Broadway show to hit Chi- Jones and Michael Miller of “Divorced, beheaded, cago since Wicked. It features a score by out pop star and Mark Contorno died, divorced, behead- icon Elton John and has been re-imagined for directs. ed, survived.” the stage by many of the creators of the origi- —The Flaming Dames in Nerdlesque, New —Cabaret, The Hypocrites at Storefront The- nal hit 2000 film about a North English lad who Millennium Theatre Company at The Spot, March ater, April 15-May 23. The celebrated 1966 discovers a love for dance during a violent coal 26-May 7. Appease your inner geek boy or geek Broadway musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and miners strike in the 1980s. It’s now in previews girl with this brand new burlesque revue featur- Joe Masterhoff about a bisexual American writer in advance of an official opening night on April ing famous ladies from cartoons, comics and the and his time in Weimar Republic Berlin during 11. silver screen. the rise of the Nazis. It will be interesting to , Court Theatre, through April —The Illusion —The Madness of Oscar Wilde, First Congre- compare and contrast this intimate approach 11. Acclaimed Angels in America playwright gational United Church of Christ, Des Plaines, 5 with Drury Lane Oakbrook’s big spectacle pro- Tony Kushner freely adapts Pierre Corneille’s p.m. March 28 only. Sebastian Melmoth’s play duction from earlier this season. French Baroque play called “L’Illusion comique.” exploring the famed Irish poet and playwright —Spring Awakening, Promethean Theatre Ostensibly, it’s about a father attempting to find after his imprisonment for “gross indecency” Ensemble at The Artistic Home, April 16-May 9. his estranged son, but Kushner makes it into a could be a plea for tolerance or a condemnation Long before it became a Tony Award-winning hit larger statement about the power of art. of the gay icon. See just how actor Glen Allen musical, Spring Awakening was Frank Wedekind’s —A Chorus Line, Village Players Theatre, Oak Pruett plays Wilde in this one-man drama. oft-banned turn-of-the-century drama that ex- Park, now through April 18. This classic 1975 —Hello Again, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble at plicitly showed young adults struggling with musical about dancers bearing their souls at an Heartland Studio Theatre, April 2-May 1. Michael their budding sexuality (including a very then- A Chorus Line. Photo by Paul Kolnik unconventional Broadway audition still packs an John LaChuisa’s 1994 off-Broadway musical controversial admission of homosexuality). emotional wallop. Catch it here in an intimate based upon the controversial bed-hopping play —Body Awareness, Profiles Theatre, April 12 Mar. 24, 2010 An 85-year-old blind man is uprooted from the a fading and desperate Southern belle who is Crescent City as he tries to save his grandson forced to move in with her sister and brutish from the dangers of the streets. brother-in-law in steamy New Orleans. —The Drowsy Chaperone, Marriott Theatre, —Baal, TUTA Theatre Chicago at Chopin The- Lincolnshire, April 28-June 27. It will be inter- atre, May 18-June 20. After presenting Brecht’s esting to see how this five-time Tony Award-win- The Wedding earlier this season, TUTA offers ning 2006 musical about an obsessive musical more of the famed German playwright in this theater fan who describes his favorite obscure parable about an approaching mythological god 1920s Broadway show comes to live in the Mar- of fertility. But what is really interesting is the riott’s famed-in-the-round stage. new score by Joshua Schmidt, who garnered —The Love of the Nightingale, Red Tape The- much acclaim for his Next Theatre score to Add- atre at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, April 29-May ing Machine. 29. Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation of the —Tobacco Road, American Blues Theater at Greek myth of Philomele’s delves into ugly (yet Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, very dramatically juicy) issues of rape, revenge May 21-June 20. Once deemed obscene in Chi- and even cannibalism. cago back in the 1930s, Jack Kirkland’s stage —The Ghost Sonata, Oracle Productions, May adaptation of Erskine Caldwell’s novel about a 7-June 19. This is August Strindberg’s drama of Georgia farmer’s family during the Great Depres- two families bound to their ugly legacy of greed, sion returns in a new production to celebrate duplicity and manipulation. the American Blues ensemble’s 25th anniversary. —A Streetcar Named Desire, Writers’ Theatre, Tobacco Road is also the second longest-running Glencoe, May 4-July 11. Critically acclaimed di- non-musical play in Broadway history (after Life rector David Cromer returns back to Glencoe to with Father). Street Scene. Photo by N. Warren Winter stage Tennessee Williams’ landmark drama about
about three hot grannies on the prowl for fresh NUNN ON ONE: THEATER young male meat. Intriguing —Hephaestus: A Greek Mythology Circus Beauty and Tale, Lookingglass Theatre Company at the revivals Goodman Theatre, April 7-May 23. Tony Hernan- the Beast’s BY SCOTT C. MORGAN dez and Heidi Stillman’s hit circus-inspired Greek myth returns with even more daring stunts. Find Anthony Fett From established historical theater classics to out about the outcast god who encounters ad- BY JERRY NUNN recent Chicago hits from this past decade, there ventures on earth before becoming the master are plenty of revivals on tap to let you catch up metal-worker who falls for the goddess of love. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast presents a “tale on shows you might have missed before (and —The Taming of the Shrew, Chicago Shake- as old as time” at the tail end of March when those that you’ll want to see again and again). speare Theater, April 7-June 6. Bush Theatre ar- the award-winning musical comes to Chicago. —Unveiled, 16th Street Theater at Victory Gar- tistic director Josie Rourke got none other than Ensemble member and local talent Anthony dens Richard Christiansen Theater, now through playwright Neil LaBute to write a new prologue Fett returns to Chicago to shake it like a pep- April 4. This hit production from Berwyn comes to Shakespeare’s controversial romantic comedy per shaker. into the city to share Rohina’s examination of about a boastful fortune hunter who attempts to Windy City Times: Hi, Anthony. You are modern Muslim women and their many life expe- break the will of a headstrong woman. originally from Chicago? riences. —Into the Woods, Porchlight Music Theatre Anthony Fett: That’s right, born and bred— —The Crucible, Infamous Commonwealth at Theatre Building Chicago, April 9-May 30. Ravenswood. Theatre at Raven Theatre, now through April Celebrate the 80th birthday of composer/lyricist WCT: Did you go to school here? 25. Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Stephen Sondheim by seeing one of his most ac- AF: Yes, I went to Franklin Fine Arts for mid- about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 fits into cessible (and heartfelt) Broadway musicals that dle school and Whitney Young for high school. this company’s current season examining re- shows what happens after “happily ever after” I was in the Chicago Children’s Choir for 12 demption. in a number of intertwined fairy tales. years, which was a big start to my training. I Anthony Fett. —Ragtime, Drury Lane Oak Brook, Oakbrook —Curse of the Starving Class, New Leaf The- moved to the East Coast for college. I had a Terrace, now through May 23. Rachel Rockwell atre at Lincoln Park Cultural Center, April 15- major in musical theater at The Hart School in directs a cast of 33 in this epic 1998 musical May 22. Expect plenty of tension in this revival Hartford, Conn. AF: It’s funny, because you get critics of Broad- based upon E.L. Doctorow’s historical-fiction of Sam Shepard’s drama about four lone wolves WCT: You did perform local theater here as way who get stuffy about Disney, but this score novel that looks at three U.S. families in the trying to break free from their squalid surround- well? is just beautiful. These musicians are in the pit early years of the 20th century. ings. AF: I worked with the Bohemian Theatre En- playing two or three instruments at a time. We —Street Scene, Clock Productions and Nation- —The Good Soul of Szechuan, Strawdog The- semble. I was very fortunate to do their first have a reed player who is juggling three instru- al Pastime Theater, now through April 18. Elmer atre, April 22-May 29. An angelically rewarded musical The Wild Party. This was in 2005. ments during one song. Rice’s sprawling 1929 Pulitzer Prize-winning prostitute gets taken advantage of in David Har- WCT: What led you to audition for Beauty WCT: I interviewed the woman who sang drama about a day in the life of an immigrant- rower’s adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s drama. and the Beast? the part of Belle in the cartoon. filled New York tenement gets remounted in this —I Do! I Do! Theatre at the Center, Munster, AF: I needed a job like everyone. I had just AF: Paige O’ Hara? Oh, she is all over the DVD famed former speakeasy Ind., April 22-May 23. A heterosexual couple gotten off tour from Bye Bye Birdie, literally when I was researching it. She looks like the —A Life, Northlight Theatre, Skokie, now weathers the ups and downs of married life in the same day I went to my first audition for character. through April 25. Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble this 1960s musical by The Fantasticks creative Beauty. The casting director had sent an e-mail WCT: She is great. Are there new songs as member John Mahoney stars in Hugh Leonard’s duo Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Chicago to all of us on the road and asked us to audi- well as the Disney classics? Irish drama about the evolution of friendships regulars Bernie Yvon and Heidi Kettenring star. tion. I learned a combination of several counts AF: It is almost all of the songs that you in a small town as an elderly man reflects on his —The Man Who Saved New Orleans, eta Cre- of 8 and kicked for Jesus! Here I am months know. There is an additional song or two that life. ative Arts Foundation, April 22 through June 13. later, kicking still. was written for the Broadway stage show in —Mud, Village Players Theatre, Oak Park, WCT: And now you are a pepper shaker. 1994. One was written as a showpiece for Toni March 25-April 25. This free-flowing play about [Laughs] Braxton but has become ours for Belle, sang a farming woman who comes to the realization AF: Exactly. I kick with a hat now. I have gold by Liz Shivener. This girl knocks it out of the that men are holding her back is by influential pants that were made for me by Ann Hould- park every time. That is my favorite part when Latina playwright Maria Irene Fornes. Ward. God bless her—she designs the most she sings “A Change in Me” in act two. You —Endgame, Steppenwolf Theatre, April luxurious things that you could put on your get a diva and put her center stage, it’s gonna 1-June 6. This revival of Samuel Beckett’s bleak body every day and call it your work uniform. work. and possibly post-apocalyptic comedy features WCT: Tell our readers about the show. WCT: You are hosting a cabaret at Sidetrack a wealth of Steppenwolf Ensemble talent: Frank AF: It is one of the shows that you have to [3349 N. Halsted]? Galati directs and Ian Barford, Francis Guinan, see it live. All those emotional associations AF: Yes, we are. It’s called Magical Musical Martha Lavey and William Petersen all star in the that you might not even realize that you have Monday and is on March 29 at Sidetrack. It is production. to the film start to bubble to the surface. I a benefit for Season of Concern. The cast of —Our Lady of the Underpass, 16th Street don’t think the audience anticipates the emo- Beauty and the Beast really wanted to raise Theater at Berwyn Cultural Center, April 1-May tional impact that the story will have on them. money and awareness so any chance to get up 1. Tanya Saracho’s recent docudrama makes a It is such a moving story. They just love it. You and sing a show tune we will do. I love at this quick return to the Chicago area. It’s all about can really feel them responding. point in my life that I can give back to the city the 2005 true story of a Chicago woman who You know the story. It’s a beautiful girl who of Chicago and my hometown. thought she saw the image of the Virgin Mary on is looking for adventure [singing] “in the great Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will be in- a discolored wall of the Fullerton Avenue under- wide somewhere.” She stumbles upon a beast, viting you to be their guest at the Cadillac pass. and the rest is history. Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, through —Cougars! The Musical, Fireworx Productions WCT; Well, it is a sweet story. April 4. Visit www.BeautyAndTheBeastOn- Ragtime. Photo by Brett Beiner at Greenhouse Theater Center, April 3-May 22. A Tour.com or www.BroadwayInChicago.com. quick revival of the hit Annoyance Theater show Mar. 24, 2010 13
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The ceremony of Holy Communion was founded “Hilarious, Tragic, Complex!” on the common provender of its time and place, —NewCity so why shouldn’t low-sodium saltines and grape soda (aka “unleavened bread” and “liquid sac- rament”) enjoy similar privileges in ours? And since nobody really knows the face of Jesus, Now why can’t a bearded biker bringing comfort to Messiah on the Frigidaire. Photo by Jason Da- the troubled be a celestial messenger from on browski Playing! high? Most important, who’s to say that a curi- In the Steppenwolf ously wrought natural phenomenon is not the the Christ (or Willie Nelson, depending on your Upstairs Theatre sign from heaven its humble witness believes it orientation). But can its beneficiaries resist the to be? Such are the questions explored by John temptation to exploit their discovery, especially Culbertson in this unpretentious look at what with Elroy’s mayor, banker and preacher all ex- self-styled sophisticates dismiss as tabloid sen- horting them to practice deception? sationalism and their obsequious clergymen, as Culbertson could have taken the cheap and subversive mysticism. predictable route to a happy ending instead of The titular appliance sits on a porch in Elroy, leaving his characters wiser, but not altogether S.C.,’s second-best trailer park—its owner, Mrs. bereft of the doubts intrinsic to the human con- Lou Ann Hightower, having won it in a raffle dition. Director Dennis Frymire, too, adopts a only to find it too large to move inside. But the refreshingly candid approach to his material, young matron has fallen prey to a number of rejecting the gratuitous condescension affected dissatisfactions lately—the major one being by smug “high-church” zealots seeking to dis- her decision, 10 years earlier, to marry her high tance themselves from popular images of grass- school sweetheart and stay in Elroy. Dwayne, roots Christianity, his ethos echoed by honest her currently unemployed spouse, despairs of and contemplative performances from the cast escaping his legacy of missed opportunities, for this Hubris Theatre production. while Betsy, their neighbor and Lou Ann’s BFF, And if that’s not enough to render you com- also suffers from a creeping restlessness. Into fortable in the company of these pilgrims, be this slough of despond, however, drops an event advised that the invocation “I love Jesus” at the promising to deliver them from their malaise— Greenhouse box office will give you a discount the brother/ namely, a shadow on the refrigerator door look- on your ticket price. G’wan, say it! Who’s gonna sister plays ing very much like a Veronica’s Veil portrait of hear ya? written by Tarell Alvin McCraney directed by ensemble member Tina Landau A breakthrough theatrical event: three interconnected plays in two programs by a brilliant new American voice. Grand in scope, yet intimate and heartfelt, McCraney’s delightful stories will leave you touched and inspired.
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Corporate Production Sponsor Foundation Production Sponsor Hotel Partner Mar. 24, 2010 15 THEATER REVIEW overall ambience is that of a made-for-TV movie Glee, with a small rock-band accompaniment. transferred to the stage, so that it comes as The in-between included several songs inspired Trust small surprise when we read that the script is by poetry with spring imagery and selections Playwright: David Schwimmer currently being tweaked for just that purpose. from various musicals. No single genre was a At: Lookingglass Theatre at When you have sufficient clout, you can afford noticeable strength or significant misstep for the Water Works, 821 N. Michigan to workshop your play in a 160-seat Gold Coast this well-trained ensemble. Edwards had them Phone: 312-337-0665; $28-$62 auditorium. in impressive lyrical and dynamic unison. Only a Runs through: April 25 group of professional and hard-working singers CONCERT REVIEW can harness sound on this level. BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE The first half of the set delivered the serious- It Might As ness most choral groups are known for with On the detective shows (e.g., Law and Order: exception of the men singing Eric Lane Barnes’ Well Be Spring! “Lambscapes”: seven memorable variations on SVU), we get the fast ‘n’ noisy version of the sto- By: Windy City Performing Arts “Mary Had a Little Lamb” in the style of differ- ry. On the television news programs, we get the At: Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted detached ‘n’ analytical version. And last season, ent composers from George Handel’s oratorios to Franz Schubert’s art songs to gospel music. The with David Harrower’s Blackbird, playgoers got BY STEVEN CHAITMAN the inverse version. But author David Schwim- second act was much more theatrical, campy and most certainly gay. After all, though Pride is in mer—Lookingglass founding member-turned- Despite snowfall attempting to ironically spoil the summer, it goes without argument that no Hollywood celebrity and, significantly, a board its It Might As Well Be Spring! concert March 20, season is more inherently gay than spring. The member of the Santa Monica Rape Foundation— Windy City Performing Arts managed to briefly men sang of pansies and brought their most ec- thinks we still need to be alerted to how sexual dupe its audience into believing there might ac- centric hats for Irving Berlin’s “Easter Parade.” deviants, taking advantage of the anonymity af- tually be such a thing as spring in Chicago. The women helped close the show with a fully forded by the Internet, lure girls and boys into The concert was the third in WCPA’s 2009-2010 choreographed spin on the 1979 Weather Girls illicit liaisons. To that end, he has crafted a mi- “Seasons of Song” series, but it was the first for classic, entitled “It’s Raining Femmes.” crocosmic docudrama that walks us, step by tiny new artistic director Stephen C. Edwards, mak- Trust. Photo by Sean Williams The entire group on the whole sounded the step, over a 1 3/4-hour intermissionless minute, ing the show an appropriate spring-like rebirth best with the low male voices providing a power- through a textbook case of statutory rape. for both the Windy City Gay Chorus and the Aria And what does this latest tract reveal? That ful foundation upon which the rest of the group ior contrasting with a later moment, when one women’s ensemble. Both choirs were clearly on unlike the stereotypical fantasies of teddy bear- balanced with ease. At times, the women strug- of them discovers a candid photograph of his Edward’s wavelength and appeared especially clutching children dragged from their beds by gled with intonation in the high voices, which is own adolescent daughter, garbed in scarlet lin- engaged in the music under his passionate and masked strangers, or plump rococo wenches in anything but uncommon of women’s ensembles, gerie, imposed on the promotional montage.) nuanced direction. filmy robes spirited away by invading armies, and a soloist or two had pitch issues, but the Under the direction of Schwimmer and fel- The concert set a spring tone right away with- the contemporary predator’s scenario frequently combined group sound was anchored so well low Lookingglasser Heidi Stillman, the caveat out a note even being sung. The group’s rich mimics romantic seduction, its impetus rendered that together the sounded great. The singers is presented clinically, our rake’s progress—its blue, green and yellow color palette in their out- repugnant solely by the age disparity between also seemed most enthusiastic about their music banality-of-evil factor heightened by Raymond fit choices and stage decoration alone helped the participants. That pedophiles are not always when all together. Fox’s boyish visage—tracked with an obvious set the illusion of springtime that the singers’ withdrawn loners in need of a shave, but can Spring might be a fantasy in this city, but the eye to middle-America demographics (begin- warm voices only enhanced. be the very picture of wholesome family men. diverse repertoire and enthusiasm of Windy City ning with its setting in—where else?—an af- The program for the two evening performances And that our culture abounds in erotic images Performing Arts and its new A.D. helped all in fluent, squeaky-clean, conspicuously white was diverse in genre, tempo and style, never of youthful odalisques. (An early scene depicts attendance play make-believe, at least for an suburban community). But this cut-and-dried giving the audience the chance to consider two businessmen ogling a nubile waitress before hour and a half on a miserably snowy day. approach makes for a noticeable absence of boredom for very long. The set began with part negotiating a clothing company’s advertising (Note: In the interest of full disclosure, Windy suspense and—except for the videotronic scene of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” and ended with campaign featuring topless teenagers of both City Times theater critic Scott Morgan is a mem- changes—a waste of the Lookingglass play- a performance of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believ- genders, their casual acceptance of this behav- ber of the Windy City Gay Chorus.) house’s extensive technical budget. Indeed, the ing” done in a style akin to the Fox TV show 16 Mar. 24, 2010 THEATER REVIEW Flawed source material aside, Wildclaw’s Le- CRITICS’ PICKS gion is a laudable effort. Director Anne Adams’ Legion impressively large cast (14 actors portray more Playwright: Charley Sherman, than 30 roles) is fully invested in the work. The Analytical Engine, Circle Theater, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty Leading the way the shambling Lieutenant Kin- through March 28. Jon Steinhagen’s new At: WildClaw Theatre Company derman (Len Bajenski, well on his way to fully romantic comedy may be old-fashioned, but at the Viaduct, 3111 N. Western inhabiting the role at Legion’s final preview) it’s delightfully so. Everything about this Web: www.wildclawtheatre.com, $10, $20 an investigator who calls to mind Columbo im- Victorian period piece about computer dat- Runs through: April 18 mersed in a continuing-ed course in Western ing (!) is also lovely to look at. SCM lit. Dancing at Lughnasa, Seanachaí The- BY CATEY SULLIVAN In Blatty’s book, Kinderman manages to be atre at the Irish-American Heritage Center, both down-to-earth and pretentious, a paradoxi- through April 4. St. Patrick’s Day may be If you’re talking about the definitive gold-star cal and unfortunate effect that is amplified on over, but the building has a pub downstairs, standard for terror, you’re talking about William stage. A bit of editing would go along way with and upstairs is the Seanachaí company’s in- Peter Blatty’s novel The Exorcist and John Car- this character. When not quoting from the canon timately convivial production of the popu- penter’s 1978 film Halloween. Embarking on a of Dead White Male Poets, Kinderman is focused lar Brian Friel play. MSB sequel to either is a thankless task; fall short on solving a string of murders that seem to have Master Harold and the Boys, TimeLine of the fearsome perfection of the original, and been committed by the Gemini Killer. Compli- Theatre, through March 27. South Africa, you’ll suffer the blood-drenched slings and ar- cating matters is the fact that Gemini has been 1950. Will teenage Hallie become a white rows of inevitable comparisons. dead for 12 years. Of course, (as anyone who racist like his father? Or will he absorb the With Legion, Blatty mines the themes he in- has ever perused the daily horoscopes knows), wisdom of his older Black servant? Athol troduced in The Exorcist with considerably less Legion. Gemini is the sign of the twins. Cue the scary Fugard’s exquisite play examines a nation’s success. Where the Exorcist tapped into primal music. soul. JA psychological fears, Legion offers a façade of than being a simple gorefest. Schlock, camp and Speaking of which: In the pitch-black moments The Rant, Mary Arrchie Theatre Company moody atmospherics veiling a pretentious and cliche (Asylums for the criminally insane, any- before the lights come up on Legion, Scott Tal- at Angel Island, through March 28. Director ridiculous plot. one?) can be deviantly delightful, provided they larida’s piercing symphony of screaming minor Sharon Evans creates a gritty moral murder In his adaptation of Blatty’s novel for Wild- don’t put on airs. Here, there are airs aplenty. key strings bathe the audience in sonic terror. mystery that reveals the shades of gray claw, Charley Sherman hews closely to the Blatty expects us to take all the violent and With sound design by Tallarida and Mikhail Fik- within a justice system we’d all prefer to novel—perhaps a bit too closely. The narra- spooky excesses of the genre seriously, even sel, Legion offers a worthy successor to Tubular believe dealt in black and white moral ab- tive is a hydra-like beast, subplots splitting off though he fails to provide a story worthy of such Bells. solutes. As police procedurals go, this one’s into ever-lessening tangents as corpses stack consideration. both wholly compelling and disturbingly up like cordwood. It doesn’t do to examine the realistic. CS tale closely—crafting a well-constructed story —By Abarbanel, Barnidge, doesn’t seem to have been Blatty’s priority: He Morgan and Sullivan goes from lurid to ludicrous before the first body has had time to cool. Such bloody preposterousness would be fine if SPOTLIGHT Legion didn’t have pretentions of being a phil- osophical treatise on the nature of evil rather
CULTURE CLUB Korean-American playwright and director Young Jean Lee penned the drama The Shipment to look at “black identity politics and the FIND US ON FOLLOW US ON media.” See just how provocative her work can be when the Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company’s The @SeeChicagoDance Shipment plays 7:30 p.m. March 26 and 27 and 3 p.m. March 28 at the MCA Stage of the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. Tickets are $25; call 312-397- 4010 or visit www.mcachicago. org. Photo by AJ Zanyk
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The Thodos Dance Company held its exciting and glamorous 18th Annual fundraising “All That Jazz” ball March 13 at the Chicago History Museum. There, 150 guests could gamble for prizes and bid on fabulous wines and gifts during cabaret performances by Tommy Hen- zel and Dan Stetzel. Soon they were seated to watch a wonderful Charleston performance by the Thodos/Menominee Club Youth Ensemble, which was followed by a spectacular show, “Fosse Trilogy,” featuring nine dancers specially directed by Ann Reinking to the chore- ography of the masterful Tony Award-winning, Chicago-born Bob Fosse. Those who bid on Dancing with the Thodos Stars were given quick lessons that very evening to their choice of swing, cha-cha, salsa or tango.Photos and text by Steve Starr Mar. 24, 2010 17 and Pop music, including jazz, modern, African ing to a press release, the event will be “[a] Spring dance dance, old-school, krump and lyrical hip-hop. non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral For more information call 773-281-0824 or visit emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery; filled with www.linkshall.org. flying dancers, pumping beats, engaging dream round-up —DanceWorks Chicago presents Dance Bytes, sequences and a multidimensional swimming By Alicia Wilson Harold Washington Library, Cindy Pritzker Audi- pool above the heads of an audience who is torium, 400 S. State. 12:15 May 20; Free. This standing on stage in the middle of the action.” This season’s dance line-up includes everything showing blends a dynamic dance presentation For more information call 312-922-2110 or visit from the traditional Swan Lake to the sensory with informative behind-the-scenes insights, www.fuerzabruta.net. dynamo that is Fuerza Bruta. providing an opportunity to connect with dance —David Herrera Performance Company (DH- —Hedwig Dances, The Dance Center of Colum- and dancers through an intimate look into PCo.), A Slice of Americana, Links Hall, 3435 bia College, 1306 S. Michigan. 8 p.m. April 4-6; the artistic journey. For more information call N Sheffield, Suite 207. 8 p.m. May 28-29, 7:30 $24-28. The company’s 25th anniversary sea- 773-472-1105 or visit www.danceworkschicago. p.m. May 30; $17. DHPCo. is a modern dance/ son, this program features world premieres from org. theater company based in San Francisco, CA. The three women choreographers: Andrea Miller, Su- —The DanceCOLEctive presents COLEctive No- company commits itself to producing movement san Marshall and Artistic Director Jan Bartoszek. tions, Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield, suite 207. 8 pieces with a textured emotional core manifested For more information call 312-369-8330 or visit p.m. May 21-22, 7 p.m. May 23; $18, $14 stu- by athleticism, theatrical measures, and cultural www.colum.edu/dancecenter. dents. This concert gives company members a integrity. This show contains two works, drawing —Joel Hall Dancers present Here’s To Life! chance to show their own dance works, featur- on political and social topics. “Origins of Flight: Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport. 2 p.m. ing choreography by Molly Grimm-Leasure, Don- An Immigration Story” explores the troubles and 8 p.m. April 2, 8 p.m. April 3; $15-30. For nette Cannonie, Olivia May, Jessica Post, Maggie Latin American women face during immigration Celebrating 36 years, the company’s spring con- Koller and Margi Cole. For more information call from their homelands to the United State. “A cert features premiere works by Joel Hall and 773-281-0824 or visit www.dancecolective.com. Slice of Americana” comments on current social Fuerza Bruta: Look Up. Photo courtesy of Fu- guest choreographers William Gill, Joel Valen- —Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, presented by Broad- and political American climates, using iconic erza Bruta Press tin-Martinez, James Morrow, Paul Sanasardo and way in Chicago, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt American photographs to draw parallels and jux- Vanessa Truvillion. Call 312-902-1500 or visit University, 50 E. Congress. Ongoing beginning tapositions in our collective past and present. www.joelhall.org. May 14-15, 7:30 p.m. May 16; $10. Kish Jackson May 21st, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and For more information call 773-281-0824 or visit —Elements Contemporary Ballet Presents and Baron L. Clay, Jr., bring together 14 Chi- Thursdays, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Fridays and Sat- www.linkshall.org. In This Place, Ruth Page Center For The Arts, cago-based dancers in a fusion of dance styles urdays, 3 and 6 p.m. Sundays; $75-80. Accord- 1016 N. Dearborn. 8 p.m. April 9-10 and 16-17; rooted in musical theater and current Hip Hop $20-25. This features works by Artistic Director Mike Gosney, guest choreographer James Gregg and company member Joseph Caruana. For more information call 312-337-6543 or visit www.el- ementscontemporaryballet.com. —Collision Theory, Links Hall, 3435 N. Shef- Z_`ZX^fg\iXk_\Xk\i field, Suite 207. 7:30 p.m. April 12; $12, $10 students. Featuring Chicago underground musi- 9i`Xe;`Zb`\#>\e\iXc;`i\Zkfi cians ZELIENOPLE and improvisational dance artists Lisa Gonzales and Jennifer Kayle, this monthly collaboration between live music and dance encourages a collision of improvised per- :FD<J<<N?8K The first words after “Let’s put on a show,” ac- cording to tradition, reference a father’s surren- dering lumber for scenery and a mother’s willing- ness to make costumes. These materials, along with lights and sound, comprise the accepted minimum of technical factors needed to mount a play. Most theater companies in 2010 also know that if your play has people swapping punches and kicks, you call in a fight choreographer. And if the playwright’s vision encompasses live animals onstage, you enlist the services of the backstage zookeeper designated a “wrangler,” even when the fauna in question is a goldfish. Savvy directors of plays involving characters Chess (left) and The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Left photo by Johnny Knight; right photo by Liz Lauren with disabilities—Wait Until Dark, say, or Trea- sure Island—are also smart to invite individuals languages receive the closest attention: For the The cast has done stunning work to overcome time of the play] had a program for promising sharing the impairments of the fictional charac- world premiere of Arthur M. Jolly’s A Gulag Mouse their own individual speech patterns in transi- players that was similar to what their Olympic ters to sit in on rehearsals where they can assess (opening March 29; 773-904-0391), winner of tioning to Dinka.” athletes received, offering organized training the verisimilitude of the actors’ mimicry. the 2009 Joining Sword and Pen competition, More tricky are the plays whose characters and state favors—but it was tough. In the U.S., With more plays exploring aspects of human the usually action-oriented Babes With Blades speak a mixture of languages. Will Cooper’s Jade chess doesn’t attract the kind of donations that experience hitherto marginalized in popular asked Russian speaker Rita Shimelfarb to record Heart (opening April 30 at Chicago Dramatists; team sports do, relying instead on foundations entertainment and delving themes focused on words and phrases appearing in the script. For 312-633-0630) recounts the ambivalence of a and charities. So, yes, it takes intelligence to vi- obscure historical events or exotic communi- Victory Gardens’ premiere production of Lonnie Chinese orphan adopted in infancy by a Cauca- sualize chess positions and memorize variations, ties, theater companies are increasingly relying Carter’s The Lost Boys Of The Sudan (opening sian American woman. “After reading the play,” but smart doesn’t always mean well-educated. on special consultants to lend their production March 28; 773-871-3000)—featuring characters says dialect consultant Cleo Ngiam, “I was in- There are many street people, for example, who the accuracy demanded by audiences grown speaking the “Dinka” tribal tongue—dialect trigued because it wasn’t just about the search have achieved Expert and even Master ranks.” more sophisticated in their expectations. Law- consultant Sheila Landahl studied the history of for identity, but how we, the audience, define That said, the activity still boasts a wide range yers, doctors, clergymen, morticians, surfers, the culture to derive the source of the language, that identity. A Chinese person raised in the of personalities, said Sprandel: “Veselin Topalov magicians, computer wizards, pastry chefs, drill augmenting her research with taped interviews United States will adopt the accent of whatever of Bulgaria is reputed to be a calculating type, sergeants—all kinds of arcane expertise may be of Sudanese natives, pursuant to pinpointing key region they inhabit. So in this play, the source but Magnus Carsen, one of the highest-rated solicited to ensure that the universe depicted on sounds and rhythms for actors to heed in their of each character’s cultural influences is linked players in the world, is a seemingly well-adjust- the stage is the most truthful (or plausible, at practice sessions. “Our greatest challenge was to how easily they express themselves in Ameri- ed 20-year-old Norwegian fond of soccer. And least) permitted by artistic license. maintaining the authentic Dinka sound during can speech.” Vassily Ivanchuk, from the Ukraine, another top In a city of immigrants such as ours, foreign scenes of rapid, emotionally grounded dialogue. Some consultants are hired for a single skill— ten player, does wonderfully wacky things like as with the production of Haroun and the Sea of showing up at a tournament wearing a surgical Stories at DePaul University (opening March 30; mask because another player was seen coughing. 312-922-1999), which employs both a move- But he also gives free “simultaneous exhibitions” ment coach and an East Indian dance tutor— [a stunt engaging several opponents at the same and some are courted for their wide range of time], where he’ll analyze positions while sitting knowledge: For Remy Bumppo’s production of on the floor with 12-year-old kids.” Les Liaisons Dangereuses (running through May The availability of specialists can be incremen- 2; 773-404-7336), Nick Sandys not only plays a tal to the very decision to do a particular play. major role, but choreographed the sword fights, Last season’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad oversaw his fellow actors’ French pronunciation Deity would never have been attempted with- BY AARON SORKIN | CHICAGO PREMIERE and offered a study guide to the 18th-century out the participation of pro wrestler Christian epistolary novels referenced in the text. Litke, himself hired at the request of fight direc- Sometimes the consultant’s influence is so tor David Woolley, to invoke the gaudy ambience tightly integrated into the play’s action that we of this popular spectacle. Nor could Northlight barely notice it. Theo Ubique’s current (through have essayed The Lieutenant of Inishmore be- April 25; 773-347-1109) production of the “cold fore securing the services of Steve Tolin to sup- war” musical Chess involves onstage personnel ply the indispensable fake exploding cats and moving at sharp angles to one another, like— dismembered corpses. As we now speak, it’s well, chess pieces. So it should come as no sur- only March, but the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble prise that Tom Sprandel, president of the Illinois (773-334-7728) is already interviewing female Chess Association, was included on the creative Iraqi war veterans for a project on women war- DIRECTED BY NICK BOWLING | STARTS APRIL 14! team from the earliest planning stages to fa- riors not due to launch until May—not a mo- miliarize director Fred Anzevino, dance chore- ment too soon, either, when you’re looking for ographer Brenda Didier and the principal actors the Real Deal. with the game whose vocabulary encompasses such cryptic terms as a “Halloween gambit” and a “fried liver attack?” “Board logic doesn’t play a big “A MASTER OF SEXUAL part in the production, because the OBSESSION AND SEDUCTION dialogue makes the logic obvious,” ‘CHLOE’, ONE OF ATOM EGOYAN’S BEST, BEGINS AS A HYPNOTIC says Sprandel, “But [Anzevino and STORY OF SUSPICION AND JEALOUSY AND CONTINUES THROUGH PASSION AND EROTICISM TO AN UNEXPECTED CONCLUSION.” Didier] wanted the positions [of the -Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN–TIMES chessmen] to be authentic. 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See www.siskelfilmcenter.org. THE —Turner Classic Movies is hosting its first- ever film festival in Hollywood April 22-25. To MOVIES celebrate, it is hosting advance screenings of classic Hollywood films throughout the country in a program titled “Road to Hollywood.” Chi- cago’s legendary Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, will screen director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 classic North By Northwest on Tuesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the tour. North By Northwest, one of Hitch’s most entertaining thrillers, finds Cary Grant as a Madison Avenue ad man mistaken for a spy who soon finds him- self outrunning both the authorities and a group Chloe; of sophisticated baddies led by James Mason and Martin Landau as his gay and rather deadly film notes sycophantic number two. Eva Marie Saint plays By Richard Knight, Jr. one of Hitchcock’s sexiest blondes who has an agenda all her own. TCM host Robert Osborne Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned … by an- Amanda Seyfried in Chloe. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures will host the evening and Saint will attend. Tick- other woman. Or so goes the subtext of Chloe, ets are free (first come, first served) and can be director Atom Egoyan’s latest sexual thriller their comely escorts (a typical Egoyan conceit), Film notes: downloaded at www.tcm.com/roadtohollywood. that features Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Catherine hires Chloe to find out if her instincts —The monthlong 13th Annual European —Threat Level: An Evening of Queer Shorts Amanda Seyfried in a sort of kinky variation are right. “How do you do this?” the anxious Union Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Cen- groups a cross-section of LGBT-themed shorts on John Schlesinger’s bisexual classic Sunday, Catherine asks the assured Chloe, who answers ter, 164 N. State, continues with the inclusion of in a program titled “Channeling: An Invoca- Bloody Sunday. There are also many sexy ele- confidently, “I try to find something to love three more queer-tinged entries. OSS 117: Lost tion of Spectral Bodies and Queer Spirits” Wed., ments from the Wachowkis’ Bound, which found in everybody”—an answer that intrigues Cath- in Rio again finds the bumbling, hunky French March 31, at The Nightingale, 1048 N. Milwau- Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly unexpectedly erine. Soon, she finds herself inexplicably drawn James Bond-like detective on the trail of spies kee. That’s also the title of a DVD release of the ending up as lovers. The result is par for the to the Lolita-like beauty, only to find herself in down South American way. As in the first edi- evening’s eight queer-themed shorts, curated course for Egoyan, who has been doing his over her head. And, yes, that kiss you’ve read so tion, expect a lot of homoerotic undertone. It by Lathan Zearfoss and Ethan White, which the best to turn on audiences since his 1994 break- much about between the two leads to a sensual plays March 26 and 27. night also celebrates. Doors open at 7 p.m. with through, Exotica. tryst that the L in LGBT moviegoers will defi- Brotherhood, an entry from Denmark, is the screenings beginning at 7:30 p.m. See myspace. Egoyan doesn’t waste any time and brings nitely appreciate. story of Lars, who joins a group of homophobic com/threatlevelqueershorts or facebook.com/ out the lingerie immediately over the opening All this, as expected, places us in typical Neo-Nazis after being kicked out of the Army threat.level. credits—the fishnets and the lacy bra and garter Egoyan country exploring the sexual tension 0324.RUN.5x6.625.WCT_2:Layoutand for being gay. But soon the group 1 suspects3/17/10 that 2:04 PMCheck Page out 1 my archived reviews at www. belts—along with the red lipstick worn by Sey- hidden kinks of the lead characters. But in cast- Lars is a closeted homo just as he’s finding his windycitytimes.com or www.knightatthemov- fried as Chloe, the shapely, mysterious blonde ing the luscious Seyfried (who expands her range attraction to a straight counterpart surprisingly ies.com. Readers can leave feedback at the goddess, a prostitute with a thing for fantasy. from Mamma Mia! and Dear John) as a sort of reciprocated. It plays March 27 and 31. latter Web site. Suitably teased, Egoyan gives us the plot (as lesbian nymphet variation on the Glenn Close adapted by Erin Cressida Watson, from Anne character in Fatal Attraction—in itself a refresh- Fontaine’s script for the French film Nathalie). ing twist—and Moore as the older, experienced Moore plays Catherine, an uptight gynecolo- female, the script touches on the rarely explored “‘THE RUNAWAYS’ BURSTS WITH ENERGY, YOUTH, gist who suspects her college professor husband area of female eroticism from a woman’s point “‘THE RUNAWAYS’ BURSTS WITH ENERGY, YOUTH, David (Neeson) is fooling around with one, or of view. And the script also gives Moore—who EXCESS, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, many, of his willing female students. The couple, gives her usual fearless performance—a great along with their sexed-up teenage son, Michael confessional monologue about aging in a world SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK ‘‘N’’ ROLL”. (Max Thieriot), live in one of those ultra-modern of 23-year-old glamour pusses. ––Kiirrkk Hoonneeyyccuutttt,,TTHEE HOLLLLYYWOOD REEPORTTEER glass houses that filmmakers use to reflect the This perspective helps elevate Chloe from icy emotions kept prisoner within. Catherine, Egoyan’s usual sexy (but satisfying) thriller (as it “STEWART AS JETT STRUTS by appearances, is apparently the only one who does a nice last-act twist) into something a tad isn’t gettin’ any. more insightful—the filmmaker having discov- WITH ABANDON.” After a chance meeting with Chloe at a fancy ered apparently that a little female philosophy, ––AnnddiiTTeerraann,, restaurant populated by middle-aged guys and along with the fishnets, never hurt anyone. VVANIITTYYFFAIIR..ccoom a public program of the 164 N. State Street Hotline: 312.846.2800 ““SSEEEE IITT!!”” $10 General/$7 Students /$5 Members FINAL WEEK! Discounted parking at 20 E. 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The singer has been forced to cancel the shows are a result of “unforeseen circumstances.” The Blackpool musician has apologized to fans. She is still scheduled to take part in the Tegan and Coachella Festival, which will take place April Sara. Photo 16-18 in Indio, Calif. Other musicians slated to by Pamela perform at Coachella include Jay-Z, Corinne Bai- Kenny Fries. Photo courtesy of Riva Lehrer Littky ley Rae, LCD Soundsystem, Devo and La Roux. BOOKS: EVENT Diana Ross NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC I miss loving someone but it makes my job a lot Queer writer easier. in Chicago May 27 Tegan and WCT: With putting out so many albums in Superstar singer Diana Ross is embarking upon Kenny Fries the past few years I can imagine it is a big her “More Today Than Yesterday” tour, according Sara’s show & undertaking. to a press release. on disability SQ: Yeah, it is. It is funny each album is a Ross will perform her greatest hits in a live by Yasmin Nair little more successful than the last. What that show complete with costumes and stage de- ‘Sainthood’ means not that we are selling more records but by JERRY NUNN signs, along with a live string and horn section. Kenny Fries is a well-known gay writer and poet that we can tour a lot more. So we are on the The shows kick off in Boston, Mass., May 15, and whose works have addressed the intersection of road more and in different countries. It is really Tegan and Sara seem more like a circus act— end June 12. Ross will perform at the Chicago disability rights and queer identity. The author tough to balance having a normal life. A normal twin lesbians from Canada who sing in an indie Theatre, 175 N. State, Thursday, May 27, at 8 of the memoirs The History of My Shoes and the life would be to go to work everyday, sleep in punk band. With six albums since 1999 and a p.m. Evolution of Darwin’s Theory and Body, Remem- the same place and we don’t have that. Juggling huge tour, these rockers are out to prove that Ross is an Academy Award-nominated actress ber was in Chicago as part of a visit that includ- a relationship is hard but I have managed to do this is more to life than the big top. Windy City for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The ed workshops at UIC followed by a presentation it before. Times talked with Sara about the album. Blues; a Tony and Golden Globe winner; a best- at Access Living March 19. WCT: Describe a live show with Tegan and Windy City Times: Hi, Sara. Where are you selling author; winner of eight American Music Fries (pronounced Frees) read from The History Sara. calling from today? Awards; and a recipient of The Kennedy Center of My Shoes and then addressed questions from SQ: Our shows are now hovering between an Sara Quin: I just flew back to Vancouver where Honors. In addition, she has sold more than 100 the audience. Born with a congenital condition hour-forty and two hours. We play material off of my mom and Tegan live. I am visiting with my million records and recorded 18 number-one hits. of his feet that requires him to walk with spe- all of our albums. We have a banter or dialogue mom and hanging out for a week. It is sort of a Her music became the sound of young America in cially constructed orthopedic shoes, Fries has with the audience and that was important. We vacation, I guess. the ‘60s soon after she signed with Motown Re- written extensively about the relationship be- grew up Bruce Springsteen telling stories in con- tween disabled bodies and the environment they WCT: So, you were born identical twins. cords in 1961 with The Supremes. She embarked cert and I think we gravitate towards that con- must often struggle in and against. Her name is very unusual. Where did it come on her extraordinary solo career in 1970. nection. I have always enjoyed that about other He has been an intrepid traveler, determined from? To get breaking news, latest tour information people’s live shows. We give ourselves room to that his physical condition will not prove to be SQ: My parents just found it in a baby book. It and exclusive content, become a fan of Diana shoot the shit. Sometimes we do, sometimes we a disability in his experience of the world. In is a Welsh name. It is a boys name and in a baby Ross’ official Facebook page (www.facebook. general, built environments present challenges book. don’t. We are really casual about it. com/dianaross). WCT: I look forward to seeing the show. You to the disabled. However, as the excerpts that WCT: Interesting. Can people tell you Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 27, at 11 have been working on other people’s albums Fries read from clearly showed, sometimes the apart? a.m.; see www.Ticketmaster.com. literally rough terrain of the natural environ- SQ: Most people, yeah. this year, such as Fences and Hesta Prynn. SQ: Yeah, we have both been working with ment can prove to more adaptable. In his first WCT: Where did you learn to play keyboards other people. I got to work with Fences last year excerpt, Fries recounted a hiking trip he took and the guitar? Elton John at and that was my first thing on my own. It was in Maine’s Acadia National Park with his then- SQ: We took piano lessons when we were kids. really fun. Sears April 15 partner, the able-bodied Ian (who also provided We did that for about fourteen years. With gui- Sir Elton John will be in concert Thursday, WCT: Where do you see your music going in the illustrations to the book). tars we didn’t take lessons. We just picked it up, April 15, at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman the future? The two trekked upwards using only metal figured out a couple of cords. Estates, Ill., at 8 p.m. SQ: I hope Tegan and I keep making records. rungs inserted into a cliff and, to their surprise, Once I started playing the guitar then I start- John and his band perform their “Rocket We still have a couple left to go. I don’t think Fries’ smaller feet and top-heavy body proved to ed writing songs. Man—The Greatest Hits Live” concert, featuring I want to tour the rest of my life. This is our be perfect for executing the difficult climb while WCT: “Arrow” is a really great song on the number-one chart hits and classic album tracks twelfth year of touring professionally and I feel Ian found the going much rougher, and had to album Sainthood. from John’s five-decade career. The gay icon is like we have a really wonderful good relation- be coaxed and helped back down. Fries used the SQ: The album is split down the middle, half one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, ship with touring. We both love to write songs passage to illustrate a key point in his and the the songs are written by me and the other half with 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, 29 con- for other people and have them come out to see work of contemporary disability theorists: Dis- by Tegan. In the past we have done a lot of secutive top-40 hits; in addition, he has sold ability is not an inherent quality of a body being us. We have a job not like other people’s jobs. I recording independently because we hired musi- more than 250 million records worldwide. wrong; it is entirely defined by the environment get up everyday and prefer to go to work. I have cians to back us up. With this record we tried Tickets are $39.50-$169 each. Visit www.Tick- in which a body finds itself suited or unsuited one of those kinds of jobs that feels like fun. to do it in a more traditional way. We recorded etmaster.com or the Sears Centre box office, or to its surroundings. In this case, Ian found his Even when I am pulling my hair out crying and a lot of the material as a band with back up call 800-745-3000. There is a six-ticket limit per body to be too big and unwieldy. frustrated, I think this is awesome! musicians live off the floor. We wanted it to be customer. Fries went on to read other sections from the To see Sainthood in all its glory, watch Tegan an album, which felt a little more like our live book that addressed the theory of evolution, and Sara perform live on Friday, March 26, at show is like. We wanted the energy and intensity focusing on Alfred Russell Wallace, the British the Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. Lawrence. For of the live performance. Tegan and I were writ- naturalist whose work on natural selection came more information on the band, visit www. ing introspectively about relationships. Not just about at the same as Darwin’s and may even have teganandsara.com. ones that we were in but the cycle and end of pre-empted it. Musing over Wallace’s discovery relationships. of a rare king bird-of-paradise, Fries pointed out WCT: What inspired this? Lilith tickets the inherent contradiction that the scientist was SQ: We were both inspired by a Leonard Cohen keenly aware of: The bird would become extinct song about an unrequited relationship. It be- on sale March 27 the more its stunning beauty was seen by other came a thematic talking point that we were both The 2010 Lilith Tour—this year’s version of the species. In other excerpts, he pointed out in- feeling during the making of the record. popular Lilith Fair tours that took place years stances of species that would shift their colors WCT: Are either one of you in a relation- ago—will stop locally Saturday, July 17, at the to adapt and survive in environments but then ship? First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park. die away when the adaptations were no longer SQ: Tegan has had a long-term girlfriend that Among the artists expected to perform are necessary. Refuting the more simplistic and pop- she has been with for a couple of years and I am Kelly Clarkson, Sarah McLachlan (Lilith’s found- ular appropriations of evolutionary theory and of not currently in a relationship. er), Kate Nash, Cat Power, Mary J. Blige, La Roux Darwin in particular, Frees said that “survival of WCT: Well, we will have to get the girls to and Heart. the fittest is only part of the story.” come out to the show. [Both laugh.] Tickets are available Saturday, March 27, at Find out more about what Fries had to SQ: To be totally honest I was in a relationship noon. See www.LiveNation.com. say—including why he thinks disability is for five years. Once it was over, I actually quite Sir Elton John. not a meaningful category—online at www. enjoy being single. 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This year’s porary folk music and has recorded nine Mary’s Attic, 5400 N Clark, http://www. theme is Builder of Positive Reality: A albums, ranging from the traditional folk bailiwickchicago.com Celebration of the Lifelong Achievements sound to cabaret jazz and pop. With a of Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti. Through April music career born in a Pennsylvania cof- Monday, March 29 3. [email protected]. 1:30pm, fee house, Gorka recorded his first album Viniyoga Monday Class at Yoga Now Edge 773-995-4440, http://www.csu.edu/ in 1987 and has been penned by Rolling Water Viniyoga class focusing on asana, gwendolynbrooks Stone as “the preeminent male singer/ pranayama and meditation. All levels wel- ICE DREAMS with Johnny Weir Fresh off songwriter of the new folk movement.” come. Adjustments in teaching are made of their Olympic and World Championship $32 for adults, $30 for seniors and $22 for the physical abilities of the attendees. seasons,Johnny Weir, Rachel Flatt & Jer- for College of DuPage students and youth. $16 class fee. LaGenia Bailey, Certified AVI emy Abbott share their thrilling perfor- 11:15pm, 630-942-400, McAninch Arts Instructor; 7:30pm, Yoga Now EdgeWater, mances with Chicago figure skating fans. Center, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd. 5852 N. Broadway, http://www.yoganow- 7:30pm, 646-274-0955, http://www.ice- Glen Ellyn, http://www.atthemac.org chicago.com dreams2010.com/ Saturday, March 27 Tuesday, March 30 Deborah Gould, Moving Politics, Emotion and ACT UP’s Fight Against AIDS Gould is Taking Over the Runway 2010 Milon V. Stud Puppy Tuesday at Temptations Ev- an assistant professor of sociology, UCSC. Parker the winner of the 2009 Chicago- ery Tuesday, hot drink specials and even Part of Northwestern University Gender Pride.com Summer Model Search pres- hotter guys. Watch the action on one of Studies Colloquium series on Gender and ents the 1st Annual Rainbow Fashion seven flat screens throughout the bar or Sexuality in Transition. Migration, labor, Show. (Casting call for dominant women, mingle in our new VIP lounge. Free unlim- tourism, transgender/transsexual identi- femmes and guys for LGBT fashion show.); ited parking; 7pm, Temptations Nightclub, ties and the methodologies and philoso- 2pm, 312-730-7687, 2744 W SUPERIOR ST 10235 W. Grand phies of feminism, queer theory, and gen- CHICAGO IL 60612, http://www.themak- Women’s Pride Performing and Cultural der studies. Email gender@northwestern. ingsofmvp.com Arts Fest: She Slam Finals Featuring Tai edu; 6pm, 847-491-5871, Hagstrum Room, Palabras Dulces, Palabras Amargas screen- Freedom Ford, M’Reld, Deanna Dean, eni- University Hall, Northwestern University ing Center on Halsted, Amigas Latinas, La najay, Lucy Schumpert, Tristan Silverman, Dulce Palabra and Voces Primeras present Marty McConnell, Nikki Patin, Deja Taylor a 45 minute documentary featuring the and hosted by C.C. Carter. powwowinc@ Friday, April 16 Day of Silence Day of Silence is a project work of La Dulce Palabra a multi-cultural, gmail.com; 7pm, Chicago State University, of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education multi-generational Spoken Word Ensemble. http://https://sites.google.com/site/ Network (GLSEN) and is a student-led day Join us for a reception at 6pm followed by powwowinc/powwowwomenspride2010 of action. Concerned students take some the film and a post film Q&A with the film Miss Foozie Bingo for PAWS CHICAGO! B- form of a vow of silence to bring attention maker and performers and then a “meet & I-N-G-O! hosted by Miss Foozie! 9pm, to the name-calling, bullying and harass- greet” with book sales, signings and live Queens Tavern & Bistro, 750 Cornelia Ave., AILEY DOUBLE ment experienced by LGBT (lesbian, gay, performances. A $10 suggested donation http://www.missfoozie.com bisexual and transgender) students and to attend is requested. 6pm, Center on Wed.-Sun., March 24-28 their allies. 12 p.m., Any school, http:// Halsted, 3656 N Halsted, http://www.cen- www.dayofsilence.org The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will teronhalsted.org be performing at the Auditorium Theater, 50 E. Congress. Get : WindyCityMediaGroup.com Photo by Andrew Eccles online ChicagoPride.com Mar. 24, 2010 25 BILLY MASTERS happy people...room after room turbing way. He was at the production office to drop off the scenes he wanted submitted for an Emmy award and was told the storyline was end- Sidetrack ing in April. As Heidi Klum says, “One day, you’re in. The next day, you’re out.” We hear that Fish finds out he’s the biological father of a baby, the Comedy gay couple gets custody, and happily retreat to suburbia. A gay couple may be leaving ABC daytime, Thursday but primetime is a different matter. This sea- Open at 3pm son’s breakout hit, Modern Family, features a Laughtrack from 8pm two men and a baby—and maybe they’ll soon have some company. The network has ordered a pilot called It Takes a Village, about a divorced couple raising their son with the help of their new partners. The woman (played by Leah Rem- ini) is remarried, but the twist is that her ex- husband is gay and has a hot spousal-equivalent of his own. The ex-hubby will be played by our bon ami Christopher Sieber and appearing as his boyfriend is sexy Cheyenne Jackson—marking Cheyenne Jackson (above) may be one of perhaps the first instance a gay couple on a the “Village” people soon. Photo courtesy of network show is played by two out actors. The Monte Lapka pilot was shot last week, so fingers crossed “She was very sweet. She asked me to sign her it makes the cut for next season. It certainly vagina. I didn’t have a pen, so I just did her hat would be a happy partnership for Cheyenne and Keep up-to-date instead.”—Boy George talks about meeting Lady Christopher, who have been friends for eons and have collaborated on stage in the past. Just last on special events Gaga. Who would have thought he’d be the one by joining us on to confirm Gaga had a vagina? month, they performed the song Bosom Buddies I’m still in Fort Lauderdale, and just came in at the Drama League benefit honoring Angela from spending a memorable night with singer Lansbury. Sieber took on the role of “Mame” and Gioia, male strippers, the police and a chimpan- Jackson played “Vera.” The two definitely have zee! That almost sounds like the beginning of chemistry, as is evident in the video you can a joke. But it was no laughing matter for Kathy watch on BillyMasters.com. Griffin, who was in our nation’s capital doing her You’d probably not call Boy George and George Sidetrack the video bar • 3349 N. Halsted • Valet parking available part for gay rights. Each year, “My Life on the Michael bosom buddies. For the better part of a SidetrackChicago.com D-List” has had one serious episode. In the past, quarter century, the two have been at each oth- Kath has gone to Iraq to entertain the troops. er’s throats ... but that’s in the past. According She’s gone to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to Boy, “We have exchanged emails and things to perform for injured vets and their families. are pretty good between us. We’ve ‘spoken’ a And this year, she’s tackling “Don’t Ask, Don’t couple of times and he seems to be doing OK.” Tell” (DADT). The cameras followed Griffin as she Our Ask Billy question comes from Jane (yes, organized and appeared at a rally at Freedom I said Jane) in New York City: “I saw the picture Plaza in Washington, D.C., the goal of which you ran of Pamela Anderson and her gorgeous was to pressure the Obama administration to Dancing with the Stars partner. Is he new? He repeal the ban on gays in the military. And if it doesn’t look familiar.” happens to bring in good ratings and an Emmy, He is new to the show—at least the U.S. that’s just the icing on the cake ... or is it the version. Damian Whitewood is from Australia, cake? where he’s appeared on their version of Dancing Like me and the chimp, it didn’t go so well. with the Stars. In addition to winning all sorts First off, the assembled “crowd” numbered of dancing titles around the world, he also ap- roughly 150. I know they say there’s strength peared on Broadway last season in the dance ex- in numbers, but I think you’ve gotta be slightly travaganza Burn The Floor. A hot little frosted- further into triple digits. After Kathy spoke, Lt. tipped muscle boy who is limber? Just my type. Dan Choi came onstage to talk about his per- No news if he’s gay or simply Australian, but I’m sonal experiences fighting DADT. Then he asked told he’s in a committed relationship. Hmmm, the “crowd” to follow him to the White House, I’ll have to look into this a bit more—especially where he planned a protest by chaining him- given the photos sent to me from some Aussie self to the fence. He asked Kathy if she’d join fans. Whitewood definitely enjoys showing off him, and she exclaimed, “Of course”—and then his incredible body—my favorite pic being one quickly slipped away. About 50 people followed where he’s clad in only a Scooby Doo towel. We’ll Choi and watched him handcuff himself to the post some of the more sizzling shots on Billy- White House fence. He was joined by Capt. Jim Masters.com. Pietrangelo, who brought his own handcuffs, When I can mention Scooby Doo and a chimp which begs the question—why do gay men al- in the same week, it’s time to end yet another ways have handcuffs handy? In short order, 30 column. I’m sure you all saw Ke$ha on American police and secret service officers cleared the Idol last week. And you know that she’ll be ap- area by threatening to arrest people. Choi and pearing on Saturday, April 10, in Palm Springs at Pietrangelo were unlocked by policemen (who Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party. Now we hear that had their own keys) and were arrested for failure Kim from Real Housewives of Atlanta will be at to obey a lawful order. Sunday’s T-Dance to sing “Tardy for the Party” The flurry of same-sex romances featured on in front of her biggest audience yet—7,000 wet soaps appears to be coming to an abrupt end. and wild gay boys in Speedos. You can get more Luke and Noah will be history when As The World information and tickets for all the events at Turns goes off the air later this year. Now we www.JeffreySanker.com. While online, check out hear that Fish and Kyle will be departing One www.BillyMasters.com for all your gossip needs. Life To Live. The daytime drama’s producer sim- If you’ve got a question, write to me at Billy@ ply said, “We are concluding the story that we BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to set out to tell with Kyle and Fish. We are very you before George Michael and Boy George re- proud to have broken new ground with a same- cord a dance version of Bosom Buddies! So, until sex couple on daytime.” Actor Brett Claywell, next time, remember, one man’s filth is another who plays Kyle, learned of his dismissal in a dis- man’s bible. 26 Mar. 24, 2010 The CMSA Hall of Fame Committee first met in 2005, and the first class was inducted in March, 2007, honoring Marcia Hill, Peg Grey, Sam Mo- linaro, Jimmy McKinzey and Dick Uyvari. The Class of 2008 honored Rich Essig, Art Johnston, Doug Malm, Bobby Nicholson and Sidetrack. Last year’s honorees were Nancy McKenzie, Mike McHale and Early Quintana. Hill said there were more than 12 candidates this year, although some ultimately did not meet the eligibility requirements. The Class of 2010: —Peter Meyer: To be honored for open Sunday softball; founder of Senior Cup softball tourna- ment; previous president of CMSA; and former board member “Peter has been involved as player, coach, manager, commissioner and tournament direc- tor. He has received several awards from vari- One of the Chicago Blackwolves (of the CGHA) in action in Ohio. Photo courtesy of Stephen ous tournaments for outstanding service and Leonard Adrene “Big Red” Perom. Photo from GayLife sportsmanship,” Hill said. “He was instrumental archives in teaching beginners how to play the game of softball with sportsmanship and pride.” game that night in Northbrook from Chicago. —Lucas Wonn: Co-founder of CMSA badmin- CGHA wins See www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?o CMSA inducting ton and kickball leagues;former open volleyball id=109305815753695&view=user#!/event. commissioner; longtime player; manager; coach in Ohio php?eid=350725513197&ref=t. By Ross Forman In addition, the CGHA has teamed with the five in its of various sports “Lucas positively influenced many people to Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association to The Chicago Gay Hockey Association (CGHA) offer a five-week floor-hockey season; visit hall of fame try various gay sports and also [was] involved scored one of its most high-profile wins in club By Ross Forman www.chicagomsa.org. with fundraising for several causes,” Hill said. history March 13, defeating the Columbus May- —Mel Ferrand: Former President of CMSA, hem 8-0 in front of more than 200 fans. The late Adrene “Big Red” Perom was a straight former board member, women’s volleyball com- The game was played at Nationwide Arena in owner of a North Side gay bar, Big Red’s, that Johnny Weir missioner, player/coach/manager, photographer, Ohio immediately after the Columbus Blue Jack- played an important part in the LGBT commu- advocate for women’s sports. ets of the National Hockey League (NHL) lost to nity during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in in Bensenville “Mel has long provided info to the local pa- the St. Louis Blues. helping build the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Controversial figure skater Johnny Weir will pers, whether it is photos of the league champs “The weekend in Columbus was certainly one Association (CMSA). headline “Ice Dreams 2010,” an ice show that or weekly standings,” Hill said. to remember,” said CGHA President Stephen “She was a huge supporter, financially and will take place Thursday, April 1, at 7 p.m. at the —The North End, longtime supporter of CMSA Leonard. “The CGHA brought four teammates morally, of all GLBT sports, especially the MSA Edge Ice Arena, 735 Jefferson, Bensenville. “Ever since The North End bar opened in 1983, from the Madison Gay Hockey Association to sports of bowling and softball, where she spon- Recently, Weir—who competed in the 2010 it has provided a space for gay athletes to bond take on the Columbus Mayhem, and this was sored countless teams over the years,” said cur- Winter Olympics and finished sixth—told the TV and a space for friends to have a drink together the first time [players from all three] teams had rent CMSA President Marcia Hill. “During the entertainment-news show Access Hollywood that and also to have registration parties or end-of- shared the ice.” 10th anniversary of MSA, Big Red’s never-ending the larger Stars on Ice tour has barred him from season gatherings,” Hill said. Added CGHA’s Austin Baidas: “The opportu- sponsorship in the association was recognized competing because he is not “family-friendly” nity to play in an NHL arena was a lot of fun. at the 1988 softball banquet, when Adrene was enough, Philly.com reported. However, a tour The Columbus Blue Jackets warmly welcomed us honored as Sponsor of the Decade. spokesperson responded in a release that “[w] Gay Games, GLISA and the whole event was great exposure for the “At that point, she was the only sponsor from hile Stars on Ice wishes it could accommodate CGHA.” 1979 who had continuously fielded a team in many more talented skaters as part of our cast, aim for joint Joseph Head, Tony Tiet, Matt Massich and MSA. Her unbroken streak as a sponsor was ac- the fact is we cannot sign every skater.” Columbus native Benji Michalek led the CGHA’s knowledged with a special plaque given to her Fellow Olympian Rachel Flatt is among the 4-yr. event in ‘18 offense. that evening to commemorate her years of sup- other skaters slated to perform. Skating legend Following a meeting of the co-presidents of “The game was well played by both teams, and port.” Dorothy Hamill will host the event. Tickets start the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and the it was a big [win] for Chicago,” Leonard said. The CMSA is again honoring Perom. She is part at $25; see www.icedreams2010.com. Gay and Lesbian International Sport Associa- “Our players really come together when we were of the class of 2010 for the CMSA Hall of Fame, tion (GLISA) March 5 in Manchester, England, to on the road. We worked extremely well with the who will be formally inducted Saturday, March discuss the future of worldwide LGBT sport and added Madison players and all had a great game Red Stars 27, at Spyners, 4623 N. Western. culture, the organizations have agreed to aim to and experience.” The class of 2010 also includes Peter Meyer, have one four-year event in 2018, according to Nick Lang and John Adams shared the goal- open season Lucas Wonn, Mel Ferrand and The North End. a press release. tending chores for the CGHA Blackwolves. “Thanks to the dedication of this year’s class, April 11 Sports, culture, and human rights will be com- “For most of the players, this was the first along with previous inductees, CMSA stands ponents of the 2018 event, as they have been time playing on NHL ice,” Leonard said. “It was The Chicago Red Stars and Women’s Profes- strong today in providing the LGBT community a in the past. a great feeling to be welcomed onto professional sional Soccer (WPS) have announced their 2010 place to play sports,” Hill said. “Our Hall of Fame A joint working group will be set up between ground. It really gave us all a heightened sense schedules. The season will comprise 24 games process is very simple. We open up the nomi- the two organizations to continue the discus- of connectedness to the game. We were all very (12 home, 12 away) for each team. nation period from May to November. A person sions needed to reach the goal of the quadren- honored to have been asked to participate by The Red Stars’ first game will take place Sun- needs to download a ballot for either an indi- nial event. the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Columbus day, April 11, at defending champion WPS cham- vidual or a fan/supporter and then e-mail it back FGG Co-President Kurt Dahl (Chicago) ex- Mayhem. pion Sky Blue FC; it will shown on Fox Soccer to [CMSA]. Once the ballots are returned, and pressed his gratitude to the board of directors “It certainly was an experience we hold close. Channel. The Red Stars’ first home game (at Toy- the nomination deadline date has passed, the of the FGG: “We have heard the calls for a single To be in the center of a huge and respected ota Park, located 7000 S. Harlem in Bridgeview) HOF chairperson takes the essay portion, blanks quadrennial event and sought to achieve this arena, definitely gets the blood pumping. It was will be Saturday, April 17, vs. Saint Louis Ath- out the person’s name, numbers them and then goal to better serve our mission of promoting a blast.” letica at 7 p.m. distributes the essay portion to be graded by the equality. We look forward to the first step in this The CGHA brought 13 players from the Chicago Tickets start at $15 each; see www.chicagore- HOF committee. new chapter, with the presence of GLISA at Gay area. dstars.com or call 866-WPS-2009. “The HOF committee is composed of volun- Games VIII, which has received the enthusias- Leonard confirmed that the CGHA is consider- The first part of the schedule is as follows. teers and any previous inductee who wants to tic support from our host organization, Games ing its options for the Gay Games this summer (Home games are in bold.): serve on the committee. The committee meets Cologne.” in Cologne. —Sunday, April 11, at Sky Blue FC, 5 p.m. (Fox and verifies the category/point values. The com- The eighth edition of the Gay Games will be “There are a few players who are very inter- Soccer Channel) mittee also takes the time to verify if the infor- held in Cologne, Germany, July 31-Aug. 7. Chi- ested in playing in the Gay Games. Hopefully, —Saturday, April 17, vs. Saint Louis Ath- mation submitted is true. The first guideline is a cago’s seventh Gay Games in July 2006 drew we will have more a definite answer in the next letica, 7 p.m. person needs to have been involved in CMSA for 11,700 participants. Antwerp, Belgium, will host few weeks,” he said. “[The Columbus trip] really —Sunday, April 25, vs. Sky Blue FC, 5 p.m. at least five years to be eligible. Based on the the 2013 World Outgames. brought us all together and allowed us all to en- —Saturday, May 1, at Boston Breakers, 5 total points, a certain threshold is needed to For information about how to sponsor or par- joy ourselves and the experience. As competitive p.m. be elected. 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