14 Days & 14 Nights Listings

Gregory Nalbone on May 15. | SAM DEVRIES

THROUGH SUN.JUN.2: A Funkalicious Haven
“Neon Baby” is a new musical about Puerto Rican B-Boy and Keith Haring muse Juanito Xtravaganza. Inspired by the life of Juan Rivera and Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé’s book “Queer Latino Testimonio, Keith Haring and Juanito Xtravaganza: Hard Tails,” “Neon Baby” is set in a mythical dance club where runaway gay youths of color find family and courage  Pregones Theater, 575 Walton Ave., btwn. 149 & 150th Sts. (#2, 4, or 5 train to 149th & Grand Concourse), Bronx. May 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30-31 & Jun. 1, 8 p.m.; May 12, 19, 26 & Jun. 2, 3 p.m. Tickets are $24; $15 for students & seniors at pregones.org or 718-585-1202; $40, $28 at the door.

THU.MAY.9-TUE.MAY28: Neil LaBute, Bill T. Jones, Laurie Anderson Recommend…
The Modern School of Film is a series where special guests present a favorite movie. Tonight, Neil LaBute (“Death at a Funeral,” “In the Company of Men”) screens and discusses John M. Stahl’s “Leave Her to Heaven,” a lurid, Technicolor 1945 film noir starring a menacing Gene Tierney. IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at W. Third St. May 9, 8 p.m. On May 13, 8 p.m., choreographer Bill T. Jones (“Spring Awakening,” “Fela!”) presents Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1975 “The Mirror,” the Russian filmmaker’s enigmatic, dreamlike meditation on childhood and pre-World War II Soviet life. On May 28, 8 p.m., musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson shows Vittorio De Sica’s “Miracle In Milan,” a 1951 comic fable about the battle between the residents of a poor shantytown and an enterprising industrialist. Tickets are $17 per screening at ifccenter.com.

House of Cupcakes. | COLIN KEITH GREGORY

GRAND OPENING ON THU.MAY.9: Cupcake Wars Hit Sheridan Square
Ron and Ruthie Bzdewka, winners of season two of the Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” host the grand opening of the newest location of their House of Cupcakes, which offers more than 35 varieties baked fresh daily. To celebrate the occasion, House of Cupcakes will give away free cupcakes to the first 1,000 people beginning at 2 p.m. May 9, 101 Seventh Ave. S. at Sheridan Sq. Follow the company at Facebook.com/HouseOfCupcakes.

MON.MAY.13: Courage in International Human Rights Work
Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon hosts the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s Celebration of Courage. Honorees are Yasemın Öz, a founder of that nation’s LGBT movement and an advocacy attorney; Dr. Binnaz Toprak, a professor, member of Turkey’s parliament, and LGBT ally; and Dorothy Sander, IGLHRC’s longest serving board member and an LGBT philanthropist for three decades. Studio 450, 450 W. 31st St. May 13, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets, which include hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and a dessert reception, are $200 at iglhrc.org.

Tony Enos returns to Sugar Bar.

WED.MAY.15: Tony Enos Reprises at Sugar Bar
Out pop artist Tony Enos’ 2009 debut album “Did It Rite” created the most buzz about the Philly music scene since the emergence of Patti Labelle. Tonight, Enos returns, for the second time in as many months, at Ashford & Simpson’s Sugar Bar, 254 W. 72^nd St., 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at sugarbarnyc.com, $15 at the door.

WED.MAY.15: All That Gregory Nalbone Is
Model-turned-crooner Gregory Nalbone returns to the Metropolitan Room with poignant songs — standard to pop — that inspire him. He brings sensational looks, winning stories, and humor to the works of Cole Porter and Mick Jagger — and many in between. 34 W. 22nd St., May 15, 7:3 0p.m. $25 cover, with a two-drink minimum. Reservations at 212-206-0440.

Stella Santana and Jose Santiago.

THU.MAY.16: You Better Free Your Mind Instead…
¡Libérate! (Free Yourself) is a call-to-action social marketing campaign aimed at leveraging film and fashion to urge society at large to let go of the heavy burdens that accompany homophobia. Sponsored by Juntos Construyendo (Building Together), a program of the Latino Commission on AIDS, ¡Libérate! addresses homophobia from a different perspective –– that of the consuming, draining, and overwhelming energy that arise from harboring homophobic sentiments. The public service announcement campaign will launch May 16, 7-10 p.m. at Studio LIC – Studio 3, 21-07 Borden Ave. at 21st St., Long Island City, Queens. Singer/ songwriters Jose Santiago and Stella Santana perform, and Mezetto, a hot new Lower East Side Mediterranean restaurant, caters. For more information, contact Héctor L. Torres III at htorres@latinoaids.org.

Holly Woodlawn.

THU.MAY.16: Holly Came From Miami, FLA
Warhol transgender superstar — and Lou Reed muse (“Take a Walk on the Wild Side”) — Holly Woodlawn screens her 1973 short “Broken Goddess” and discusses her life with NYU drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys. “Broken Goddess” salutes silent films with the story told by singer Laura Nyro. The LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th St. May 16, 6:30-9 p.m. Suggested donation is $10.

THU.MAY.16: Readings Short & Sweet
Kathleen Warnock, host of “Drunken! Careening! Writers!,” welcomes Karen E. Bender, author of “Like Normal People”; Kelli Dunham, everyone’s favorite ex-nun genderqueer nerdy nurse comic and author of “Freak of Nurture”; and Janice Erlbaum, author of “Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir.” KGB Bar, 85 E. Fourth St., btwn. Second Ave. & Broadway. May 16, 7 p.m. Free.

THU.MAY.16: GOP & the Mayor’s Race
The Log Cabin Republicans of NYC host George McDonald, a Republican candidate for mayor who followed up a career as an apparel industry executive by founding the Doe Fund, which employs innovative models to create jobs for low-income New Yorkers. Women’s National Republican Club, 3 W. 51st St., 7:30-9:30 p.m. This event is free, and is preceded by dinner and drink specials from 6-7:30. RSVP to nyc@logcabin.org.

Christine Ebersole.

THU.MAY.16: The Strings of Christine Ebersole’s Heart
Tony-winning actress and singer Christine Ebersole (“Grey Gardens” and “42nd Street) joins jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein and his trio for “Strings Attached,” a performance of standards by Fats Waller, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and George Gershwin. 92nd Street Y, May 16, 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 at 92y.org.

SAT.MAY.18-SUN.MAY.19: The Voices of Youth
The Youth Pride Chorus, galvanizing the voices of LGBT and allied youth 13-22, presents its first original musical. “The Dreamer and the Woman in the Moon” featuring hits by Nicki Minaj, Carlos Santana, Freddie Mercury, and Christina Aguilera in a cosmic journey through alien abduction, sexual awakening, magic, betrayal, and love. National Dance Institute, 217 W. 147th St. (A, B, C, D to 145th St. or #3 to 148th St.). May 18, 8 p.m.; May 19, 5 & 8 p.m. Tickets are $40-$45 at youthpridechorus.org or 212-344-1777.

SAT.MAY.18: Small Works, Big Change
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project Collective, which provides legal services and advocacy for New York’s transgender community, hosts a benefit silent auction of photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, textile pieces, and mixed media installations. Chanel International is emcee for an evening that includes music by DJ Tikka Masala and raffle prizes. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. S. at Thompson St. May 18, 5-9 p.m. Bidding ends at 8 p.m. Admission is free, and bidding price points are from $10. More information at srlp.org.

SUN.MAY.19: Musical Theater to Opera
The Empire City Men’s Chorus, a classical ensemble composed of gay and gay-friendly men, concludes its 20th season with two evenings of opera and musical theater works. ECMC is joined by the Manhattan-based Quo: Queer Urban Orchestra. Church of Saint Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague St. at Clinton St., Brooklyn Heights. May 19, 5 p.m. The second show is at the Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 Ninth Ave. at 28th St., Manhattan. May 23, 8 p.m. Tickets are $25; $15 for students & seniors at empirecitymenschorus.org or 212-545-4110; $30, $20 at the door. VIP seating tickets for May 23 performance are $75: $100 for two.

MON.MAY.20: More than Skin Deep
Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh hosts the seventh annual “Broadway Beauty Pageant,” a benefit for the Ali Forney Center, which provides housing and social services to homeless LGBT youth. The pageant features male Broadway cast members competing in interview, talent, and swimsuit categories. Judges include Andrea Martin (“Pippin”), Billy Porter (“Kinky Boots”), and Michael Urie (“Buyer and Cellar”). NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Pl., btwn. Washington Sq. S. & W. Third St. May 20, 8 p.m. Tickets are $25-$150 at aliforneycenter.org.

MON.MAY.20: Larry Kramer Kisses David Drake
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 20th anniversary performance of David Drake’s “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me,” originally a one-man show about the AIDS crisis that will be performed tonight as an ensemble. Drake appears with Robin De Jesús, André De Shields, Rory O’Malley, Anthony Rapp, and Tony winner BD Wong. Proceeds benefit BC/ EFA and the Sero Project, which fights stigma and criminalization aimed at those living with HIV. Gerard W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 W. 59th St. May 20, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $95 at broadwaycares.org or 212-840-0770, ext .268.

THROUGH SUN.JUL.7 : The Early Work of Paul Thek
The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art opens a groundbreaking new exhibition:, “Paul Thek and His Circle in the 1950s,” which for the first time examines the iconic American artist as a young man, placing him within a group of friends and lovers that provided an adoring audience and creative influence for his earliest works. The exhibition will cover the period of this artist’s work from 1954 to 1964, presenting a rare insight into Paul Thek’s world. Thek became both famous and infamous in the mid-to-late 1960s for his “Meat Pieces” (handmade slabs of realistic-looking flesh encased in plastic), but the work he created earlier in his career revealed a very different artist — a precociously sensitive draftsman who captured his lover asleep naked, making work that was both openly gay and often manifestly erotic. The exhibit is co-curated by gay art scholar Jonathan David Katz and set designer Peter Harvey, with whom Paul Thek had an early romantic relationship and a life-long friendship. 26 Wooster St., btwn. Grand & Canal Sts. Apr. 12-Jul. 7; Tue.-Sun., noon-6 p.m. Opening reception is Apr. 12, 6-8 p.m. For more information, visit LeslieLohman.org.

MON.MAY.20: A Feminist Poetry Reading
Belladonna, a feminist avant-garde collective, presents readings by poets Samantha Zighelboim, Allison Power, Lauren Hunter, and Christine Kanownik.Krystal Languell and Emily Skillings host. The Way Station, 683 Washington Ave., btwn. St. Marks Pl. & Prospect Pl., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. May 20, 6:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $5.

Tom Gualtieri in “That Play: A Solo Macbeth.”

THROUGH THU.MAY.25: The Other Macbeth
Macbeth All Alone Tom Gaultieri returns in “That Play: A Solo Macbeth,” the 85-minute Shakespeare adaptation that he wrote with Heather Hill, who directs. Music is by Erin Hall. With 19 characters — including Macbeth and his infamous Lady, the three weird sisters, no fewer than four terrifying apparitions, and a slew of Scottish lords and ladies — what could be more fun than murder, mayhem, suicide, and revenge? Gay City News critic Christopher Byrne raved, “It is an insightful and moving commentary on political power, intrigue, and ambition… Gualtieri is masterful playing each part with clarity and specificity. He manages the range of outsized emotions that characterize Shakespeare’s bloody play, but remains endearing and charming as himself… His intensity is mesmerizing and his understanding of the language is impressive.” Stage Left Studio, 214 W. 30 St., sixth fl. Apr. 4, 11 & 18, May 2, 9, 16, 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 at stageleftstudio.net.