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November 20, 2013August 19, 2019

Lady Gaga to have the last dance at Roseland

The NY Daily News is reporting Lady Gaga will close the famed Roseland in NYC with four concerts in late March/April:

Gaga plans to play four shows at the 3,500-capacity venue: Mar. 28, 30, 31 and Apr. 2. Tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 25, at 10 a.m. Prices range from $50 for general admission floor access to $200 for the mezzanine.

Roseland has operated at various times in the city since it opened in 1919, in a space located right around the corner from its current location on 52nd St., west of Broadway. The ballroom ascended with the upswing of jazz in the ‘20s and ‘30s, hosting shows by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie (who had a song called “Roseland Shuffle”), Harry James, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller.

As an actor in NYC, many was the time I reported to Roseland as the “holding area” for extras for film work. The couches and different areas made for a very comfortable place to hang between set ups.

November 15, 2013August 19, 2019

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My husband Michael

November 13, 2013August 19, 2019

Washington Post: Those with conventional views must repress gag reflex over new NYC mayor’s interracial family

I can’t believe the Washington Post actually let Richard Cohen print this crap.

Read his entire op-ed here.

November 7, 2013August 19, 2019

Chilly looking reception for NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio

NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio with outgoing Mayor Bloomberg

Do you get the sense that outgoing NYC Mayor Bloomberg isn’t all that warm and fuzzy with incoming NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio?

Check out the pic of their first meeting at the Mayor’s offices.

Oy. Can you say “chilly”?

(h/t BoyCulture)

October 18, 2013August 19, 2019

Heading home from NYC

Whoa!

I’ve been in NYC for a quick two day trip celebrating my 19th anniversary with hubby Michael. And what a trip!

Stayed at The Out, the fab and stylish boutique hotel that markets directly to the LGBT community; saw the amazing tour de force that is Betty Buckley in the Signature Theatre’s world premiere of “The Old Friends;” saw great friends Mykel McCarthy, Ashley Stover, Kat Murphy and more; and now headed back to Vegas in the “car” Michael arranged. See the pics. I literally laughed out loud. I’m blogging from the limo now since it’s equipped with wifi.

What an anniversary this was.

Whoo-hoo!

October 18, 2013August 19, 2019

NYC: David Drake at the Laurie Beechman Theater in TAWNY TELL ME TRUE

Don’t miss David Drake in TAWNY TELL ME TRUE for three performances only beginning tonight at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42 Street, in NYC.

Drake returns as bubbly starlet Tawny Heatherton, a lovably eccentric showbiz survivor and “one hit wonder” of the disco zeitgeist of the early 1980s — famous for her memorable international pop hit “Run Crazy Man.” Tawny brings her singular blonde-swept brand of sunny, funny optimism while singing songs and recalling stories of alien abduction, her days as a child star on “Dark Shadows,” and reuniting with her long-lost aunt Joey Heatherton at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino.

Click here for ticket info.

You can check out my recent interview with David on The Candi & Randy Show below. David shares the history and “philosophy” of Tawny, plus his recent 20th anniversary gala performance of his iconic, Obie Award-winning play, THE NIGHT LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME.

October 7, 2013August 19, 2019

T.R. Knight marries longtime boyfriend in quiet ceremony in NYC

T.R. Knignt with new husband Patrick. The couple wed in NYC this past weekend after three years of dating.

US Weekly is reporting that T.R. Knight is officially off the market!

The former Dr. O’Malley married his boyfriend of three years, Patrick, in a quiet ceremony in New York City over the weekend! And Katherine Heigl was there

The pair said “I do” on Friday, Oct. 4 in an intimate ceremony in front of family and friends.

“It [was] very small and quiet,” an insider revealed to US Weekly. Knight’s former ABC costars and friends Katherine Heigl and Kate Walsh flew in for the ceremony, the source says.

Congrats to the happy couple!

Katherine Heigl attended T.R. Knight's wedding ceremony in NYC this past weekend

October 3, 2013August 19, 2019

NYC: Bill de Blasio has 50 point lead in mayoral race

Mr. De Blasio, a Democrat, received the support of 71 percent of likely voters, compared with 21 percent for Mr. Lhota, the poll found. The Independence Party candidate, Adolfo Carrión Jr., received 2 percent.

The poll, conducted from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, showed Mr. de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, with a comfortable lead among white voters and an enormous one among blacks and Hispanics. Only 5 percent of likely voters remained undecided, and less than a tenth of those who favored Mr. de Blasio said there was a good chance they would change whom they supported.

Both De Blasio and Lhota have released the first campaign ads.

(via New York Times)

September 17, 2013August 19, 2019

NYC: Anti-gay 22 year old stabs gay man in broad daylight

Steven Torres, a 22-year-old Bronx man, has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime for stabbing 69-year-old Edward Orozco of Queens to death under the elevated 7 train subway station at 90th and Roosevelt in Queens at 1:30 pm on Monday.

According to NY Daily News reports on what set Torres off:

“He (Torres) said the victim was blowing kisses to him. That’s what set him off,” a source said. “This is what he is claiming.”

Police say Torres tried to run from the scene before they apprehended him. The assailant reportedly said nothing as he attacked his victim, but laughed when he was finally caught.

“He was laughing, yes,” witness Julio Lobaton said. “He was laughing like nothing”.

According to the NYPD, Torres has also been charged with the stabbing of a second man, which occurred on September 12th inside 9 Stanton Street near Bowery, because, reportedly, Torres believed that a 47 year old unidentified man was making sexual advances toward him. The second man survived the injuries.

(source)