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David Shengold

Director Dustin Wills, a 2023 Obie winner, is leading his first local operatic production.
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Opera preview: Queering ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Heartbeat Opera

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Kitty Hart (Wendy Bryn Harmer), Owen Hart (Rod Gilfry), Sister Helen Prejean (Joyce DiDonato), Jade Boucher (Krysty Swann), and Howard Boucher (Chauncey Packer) in Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking."
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Opera and song interrogates institutional confinement in New York and Toronto

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Peter Toto (Lewis) and Harrison Fish (Matt) in "Fantasticks."
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Boy-meets-boy ‘Fantasticks’ highlights summer theater in P-Town

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Yaritza Véliz (Catrina), Daniela Mack (Frida Kahl), and Alfredo Daza (Diego Rivera) in San Francisco Opera's new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.
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San Francisco Opera marks 100 years with compelling showing

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Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night) and Erin Morley (Pamina) in the Met's "Die Zauberflöte."
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Opera uptown and downtown

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Shavon Lloyd (Betto) and Natalie Lewis (Zita) are skeptical about their inheritance in Juilliard's riotous "Gianni Schicchi."
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Opera roundup: Some comedies, for a change

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Terence Blanchard's "Champion plays through May 13.
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Gay boxers (in brief) at the opera

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Sabine Devieilhe as Sister Constance in Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites."
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From Schubert to Strayhorn, gay composers find voice in New York and Paris

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Marc Kudisch and Kyle Bielfield in "Trade"
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The operatic new year: a brief chronicle

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Voices from all over in opera and song

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An all-Bach concert featuring out gay countertenor Reginald Mobley.
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Opera’s autumn voices

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Librettist Leah Lax uncovers her new autobiographical opera

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LGBTQ creators shine during summer opera season

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Opera season ends on high note in NYC and DC

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Cycles of Lost Love: Anthony Roth Costanzo Sings Berlioz and Spears

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Rising Tenor Star Frederick Ballentine: Living His Best Sportin’ Life

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Arts

  • “The Serpent’s Skin," directed by Alice Maio Mackay, opens March 27 at the Alamo Drafthouse, Brooklyn. Q&A: Trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay on her horror film ‘Serpent’s Skin’
  • “Alpha," directed by Julia Ducournau, opens March 27th at IFC Center. In ‘Alpha,’ a French family confronts a deadly, mysterious virus
  • “Dakan” (aka “Destiny”), the first queer film from West Africa, will be available virtually nationwide March 26-30. Queering the Canon festival set to showcase seven classic LGBTQ films
  • HOMAGE 1 (HOMENAJE 1), 2026. Beauty and the Bestial: Exhibition confronts the ugly truths of Fire Island’s past and present
  • Ignorance = Fear _ Silence = Death by Keith Haring, 1989 copyright © Keith Haring Foundation, Poster House Collection. The visual fight: How posters chronicled NYC’s AIDS crisis

Crime

  • Aljo Mrkulic was sentenced for murdering Christopher Rodriguez, assaulting cops, and setting an apartment ablaze in 2020 at the Acacia Gardens affordable housing complex, which is located at 409 E. 120th St. in Harlem. Queens man sentenced for killing partner, assaulting cops in 2020 arson case
  • Bomb threats, sent via email, targeted the New York University campus on the morning of Jan. 22, the school announced. Anti-LGBTQ bomb threats target NYU, prompting NYPD to increase security
  • The person suspected of voicing anti-LGBTQ slurs and attacking an individual on a 6 train on Jan. 10. Man suffers anti-LGBTQ subway attack after kissing trans partner: police
  • Police tape surrounds a vehicle after its driver was shot by a U.S. immigration agent, according to local and federal officials, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026. ‘They killed my wife’: Outrage follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
  • Report details allegations of police harassment against LGBTQ New Yorkers

Perspectives

  • Katie Blum is underscoring the importance of funding to make sure New York's legal system respects transgender individuals when they seek to align their legal documents with their gender identity. Access to justice is essential for transgender New Yorkers — and it depends on the IOLA Fund 
  • From L to R: Michael-Vincent Crea, Thomas O’Grady, Michael Kane, Caitlin Herrity, Jack Schlossberg, Clover Welsh, Layla Law Gisiko, David Warren, Brendan Fay, Dr. John Lahey, Aaron Pesin, Abby Donley, Nicholas Dodd, Sheila and Meghan Brophy on Fifth Avenue. Lavender and Green Alliance celebrates 10 years in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
  • The Harlem United team on National HIV Testing Day in 2025. Confronting the unequal burden of HIV and AIDS on women of color: Equity cannot wait
  • Bringing awareness to the nationwide attacks on trans youth. In dangerous waters, LGBTQ youth need our support now
  • The bare flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument on Feb. 10. We will not be erased: Donald Trump’s theft of our Rainbow Flag won’t fly

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