musicals

musicals

movie reviews

Lesbian Musical ‘Queens of Drama’ Has Fisting, Paparazzi, and Love

Queens of Drama is a true work of queer art, a campy lesbian musical with songs about fisting.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 21, 2025

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movie lists

From “Calamity Jane” to “The Prom”: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals

To celebrate the release of The Prom here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 11, 2020

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quizzes

Quiz: Which Broadway Musical Lyrics Should You Be Holding Space For Right Now?

Should you be holding space for the never-ending road to calvary or for the need to express (communicate!) or for your short hair and your dungarees? Find out now!

Riese —

Dec 1, 2024

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theater

Welcome to the Dollhouse: With a New Musical, Trans Artists Honor Another

Doll/Girl, a musical portrait of trans artist Greer Lankton, is exactly what’s been missing from the American theatre.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 17, 2024

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featured

theater

Jinkx Monsoon Is Filled With Rage — and a Lot of Hope

“I’m just as much an actor as I am a transfeminine person. Actor feels like part of my gender identity.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 19, 2024

musicals

movie features

The Age of Toxic Queer Women On-Screen Should Tackle Movie Musicals Next

In the last year a slew of movies have begun to presuppose, “What if queer women were out of their goddamn minds?” And that’s exactly what the musical genre needs.

Lisa Laman —

Apr 11, 2024

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musicals

movie features

Every Moment in “Mean Girls” (2024) Gayer Than the Original

Get in losers, we’re listing every moment in Mean Girls (2024) gayer than the original.

Rendy Jones —

Jan 17, 2024

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musicals

movie reviews

“Mean Girls” (2024) Made Us Feel Too Gay To Function

With the power vocals of Auli’i Cravalho and Reneé Rapp and a canonically queer Janis, Mean Girls is back and gayer than ever.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 12, 2024

musicals

theater

16 of the Gayest Musical Theatre Songs That Aren’t Actually Queer

Honestly, I could have added more Sondheim, but I had to stop myself.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jan 15, 2023

horror

musicals

quizzes

Quiz: Which Horror Musical Are You?

I am exhilarated, thrilled, absolutely gobsmacked at how horror musicals have gotten me through this pandemic.

A. Tony Jerome —

Jul 10, 2022

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musicals

music

Sondheim and the Ambivalence of Wanting

Yearning is the thread that runs through everything Stephen Sondheim wrote: for love, for happiness, for recognition, for meaning. The fear of naming that desire. The fear of admitting it…

Christina Tucker —

Dec 7, 2021

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music

Playlist: Musical Theatre for the End of Capitalism

We can end capitalism, and we will do it with showtunes! Because, to quote famed lesbian Elphaba, “Nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is…

Ari —

Aug 10, 2020