Gay-Revised ‘The Fantasticks’ May Be Heading For Broadway + More

Some news items for you as we head over Hump Day.

• Broadway World: A new production of the beloved musical The Fantasticks, reimagined as a contemporary gay love story, is now in development for Broadway under the direction and choreography of my longtime friend and Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli.

• New York Times: The victim of today’s ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, remembered as a compassionate, giving person. A video circulating on X appears to show her distraught partner sitting in the snow in Minneapolis sobbing, “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do.”

• The Advocate: A town in Indiana is being sued — again — for blocking an LGBTQ+ Pride celebration by imposing strict regulations on public events — and ignoring organizers even after they met the requirements.

• Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out this week’s round-up of the latest in LGBTQ publications including the latest from POZ Magazine featuring out Texas state Rep. Venton Jones sharing his journey with HIV and life as an elected official.

• Variety: In the latest episode of his uber-popular podcast, Las Culturistas, Bowen Yang shares why he unexpectedly left SNL this season.

• TMZ:  Ex-NFL pro Matt Kalil is suing his ex-wife Haley for saying in a November 2025 interview his penis size ended their marriage, describing his appendage as “two coke cans, maybe even a third.” Kahlil is suing for invasion of privacy, as it disclosed “highly intimate and private facts regarding Plaintiff’s physical person and sexual life.”