#thearts — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ch/128791/ AROUND THE LAKES: New Geneva music festival, Seneca Sounds, debuts this weekend | News #acoustics #Arts #culture #entertainment #FingerLakes #Geneva #music #musicology #PerformingArts #popularity #SenecaSounds #sound #TheArts

Revisiting ‘#Iowa,’ #PatrickMoore’s #neglected #gay #novel

Patrick Moore’s #book is a prime example of overlooked #Midwestern #literature that deserves renewed #attention. Set against the #conservative #backdrop of #Smalltown #Iowa, the #novel explores the #life of a #closeted #gay #teenager navigating #desire, #repression, and #identity in the 1990s.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://littlevillagemag.com/plain-spoken-revisiting-iowa-patrick-moores-neglected-gay-novel/

Where #Funhouse #Erotics Meet #Art #History.

A new #volume of #HilaryHarkness’s #paintings enfolds us into #surreal #worlds of #genderbending #militaries, #feminine #revenge, and #alternative #histories.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Painting #Representation #Culture

https://hyperallergic.com/928342/hilary-harkness-funhouse-erotics-meet-art-history/

#Sir #IanMcKellen #hospitalized after #falling during a #performance in #London.

The #acclaimed #gay #actor reportedly lost his #footing in a #fightscene and #fell.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/ian-mckellen-hospitalized-london

#JonathanGroff thought #comingout would make #fame '#impossible.'

Here's why he #cameout anyway. The #Broadway veteran thinks that "everyone that was #closeted at some point" can #relate to his latest #role in #MerrilyWeRollAlong.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/jonathan-groff-coming-out-merrily

#JohnSingerSargent's #portrait of #EnaWertheimer: The #painting that #challenged #sexualnorms.

The #article #discusses how #JohnSingerSargent, in his #circle of #friends and in his #art, #embraced #unconventional and #progressive #individuals, including those who #defied #traditional #gendernorms and #sexualorientations.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts
#Painting #Representation https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231121-john-singer-sargents-portrait-of-ena-wertheimer-the-painting-that-challenged-sexual-norms?ocid=global_culture_rss

Hundreds of #photos from the #collection of #EltonJohn and #DavidFurnish will go on #display in #London.

The #exhibition, titled “#FragileBeauty,” will include 300 #images by more than 140 #photographers, including #DianeArbus, #CindySherman, #RobertMapplethorpe, #WilliamEggleston, #ZaneleMuholi and #AiWeiwei..

#UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/hundreds-of-photos-from-the-collection-of-elton-john-and-david-furnish-will-go-on-display-in-london-18137221.htm

#DIVA’s #Friday #RoundUp: #ReneéRapp is #everything

#SnowAngel is finally here! While we are still #mourning the loss of our beloved #Leighton, we’re super excited to listen to Reneé’s new #album

Earlier this year she released the titular track, and we cannot get enough of her beautiful voice. Go stream the album now!

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Media #TheArts #Music #Literature #TV #Movies #Representation #Culture
https://diva-magazine.com/2023/08/18/divas-friday-round-up-renee-rapp-is-everything/

#Watch: #TeganAndSara Take #ComicCon Back to #JuniorHigh #sharing their latest #project with a completely packed room of their fans.

That project,#JuniorHigh, is a new #graphic #novel written by the twins and drawn by the singularly talented #TillieWalden. #Spoileralert: It’s great.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #GraphicNovel #Representation #Culture

https://www.pride.com/comic-con/tegan-and-sara-comic-con#rebelltitem1

#TheSecretLifeofBees has all the #makings of a truly great new #musical – #review

The #musical is based on #SueMonkKidd’s novel and premiered #OffBroadway in 2019. It's now at #AlmeidaTheatre in #London, with #book by #LynnNottage, music by #DuncanSheik, and #lyrics by #SusanBirkenhead - It is a promising show.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/the-secret-life-of-bees-has-all-the-makings-of-a-truly-great-new-musical-review/

#Trailblazing #trans #author and #DCComics #writer #RachelPollack #dies aged 77.

She was credited with creating the first #mainstream #transgender #superhero #character

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Comics #RoleModels #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/08/rachel-pollack-death-dc-comics-trans-writer/