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Hugh Sheridan was cast in a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. (Getty/Sydney Festival)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch production suspended after yet another cis man is cast in the titular genderqueer role

Josh Milton - November 18, 2020

gay theatre critic mark shenton

Esteemed gay theatre critic told he’s an ‘abomination’ who will ‘rot in hell’ in shocking email from his own father

Lily Wakefield - November 11, 2020

Richard Cawley (left) and Richard Westcott are the 'Ugly Sisters' in a production of a Cinderella pantomime at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. (Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)

Culture secretary warns panto season – one of the jewels of the queer calendar – is under threat from coronavirus

Josh Milton - July 6, 2020

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Broadway will remain closed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Broadway will remain shuttered for the rest of 2020 and yes, that sound you can hear is a million gay hearts breaking

Nick Duffy - June 30, 2020

Cher (L) and Cher (R) performing a West Side Storey Medley on Cher... Special. (Screen capture via YouTube)

The internet is remembering the time Cher starred in West Side Story and literally played every character

Josh Milton - June 19, 2020

Black, gay playwright Michael R. Jackson has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

This Black gay playwright started his career as a Broadway usher. Now, he’s just made history as a Pulitzer Prize winner

Nick Duffy - May 5, 2020

A recent Zoom session with the cast of 1776. (American Repertory Theatre)

Broadway revival of classic musical 1776 will have an entirely female, non-binary, trans and genderqueer cast

Josh Milton - April 17, 2020

Famous French play La Cage aux Folles is making its English debut in the city of London. (Park Theatre)

Seminal dragtastic French farce La Cage aux Folles [The Play] is debuting in English for the very first time

PinkNews x Park Theatre - January 29, 2020

New play tells story of African-American lesbian who draws her inspiration from Natalie Portman

New play tells story of African-American lesbian who draws her inspiration from Natalie Portman

Patrick Kelleher - January 17, 2020

The new adaptation of In The Heights will explore a lesbian relationship between salon workers Daniela and Carla

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda adds a lesbian twist to In the Heights film

Nick Duffy - December 13, 2019

Keanu Reeves (L) and Carl Marotte starred in a homoerotic play in 1984 and wow, just wow. (Instagram)

Keanu Reeves starred in a homoerotic play in 1984 and this is information we think everyone needs to know

Josh Milton - December 9, 2019

The Color Purple author Alice Walker

The Color Purple author slams ‘homophobic’ actress who was dropped from stage show and is suing for religious discrimination

Lily Wakefield - October 16, 2019

Out of the Closet, which contains no explicit content, is based on real stories of men coming out to their mothers.

Pro-Putin nationalists disrupt performance of gay play in Moscow with homophobic slurs

Nick Duffy - August 30, 2019

Richard E Grant and Max Horwood are set to star in Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie film: Richard E. Grant, Max Harwood to star

Nick Duffy - June 14, 2019

Rotterdam is a play created by Jon Brittain and directed by Donnacadh O'Briain. (Hartshorn-Hook Productions)

Theatre cancels Rotterdam performance after anti-LGBT hate crime

- June 9, 2019

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