Raquel Leviss has broken her silence and has confirmed she will be making an in-person appearance at the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 reunion to address “Scandoval.”
03.03.2023 - 04:15 / thegavoice.com
Now that theater companies are producing again in a fairly normal manner after time off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the local spring season is a robust one. Many quality plays and LGBTQ-themed and -friendly works are on tap in Atlanta theaters.
A decade after playwright Donja R. Love found out about his HIV diagnosis, he decided to write about it. His “one in two” opens at Out Front Theatre Company soon, directed by J.L. Reed.
According to Reed, “one in two” is Love’s exploration of coming to terms with the diagnosis, figuring out life within and beyond living with HIV/AIDS. The play opens with three Black men — referred to as Person on the Right, Person on the Left and Person in the Middle — on stage in a waiting room of sorts, where one will get a positive diagnosis.
“Donja leaves it up to the creators to determine exactly what this all-white room is,” Reed said. “He just describes it as pristine and sterile.”
Reed, who is gay, loves the experimental nature of the show, where the audience gets to choose who plays two of the three characters.
“It’s meta-theatrical, and there are some fun and engaging devices that are equal parts hilarious, painful, touching and poignant,” he said. “It’s a bit of a roller coaster. It’s a wonderfully challenging piece to bring to life. My aesthetic as an artist and director, in general, is that I like theater that plays with the rules and structure and isn’t a traditional, linear piece. It’s nice to break away from that sometime.”
Although HIV/AIDS is no longer regarded as a death sentence, it still brings with it all kinds of issues. Hence, “one in two” is still a relevant piece.
“One of the things we talk about is [that] we have medication now and have advanced so much in this realm
Raquel Leviss has broken her silence and has confirmed she will be making an in-person appearance at the Vanderpump Rules Season 10 reunion to address “Scandoval.”
Raquel Leviss isn’t going to be hiding from her co-stars amid Scandoval!
Facing the music. Raquel Leviss confirmed that she will join the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion amid the fallout of her affair with Tom Sandoval.
Rory Culkin leaves nothing to the imagination during a scene in “Swarm”, the new Prime Video series co-created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover (“Atlanta”).
Nabers told the outlet. “She was like, so not into it, because it’s so weird to hook up with a guy that you barely know and then wake up with him holding a bowl of cherries.” This prompted Nabers to include it in the show. “Swarm” fans online are responding to the scene that threw a lot of watchers off because, well, everyone got a full-frontal view of Culkin. “Was that Rory Culkin strawberry scene necessary?” one Twitter user asked. “Good morning to Rory Culkin only #Swarm,” said another.
In the wake of the closure of the Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Atlanta arts organizations like Voices of Note are urging the community to support the arts with a five-pronged plan.
Trevor Jackson will always support Chlöe Bailey.
Karen M. Peterson For singer and songwriter Michael Franti, the road to “Champions” began with a text message during the pandemic. Franti and his long-time friend Woody Harrelson had talked of making a movie together, but the timing never worked. Once COVID hit, the musician found himself with a lot of time on his hands. “I had nothing to do except sit around and watch reels from the movie,” he tells Variety. In “Champions,” directed by Bobby Farrelly, Harrelson plays Marcus Marokovich, an assistant coach for a minor league basketball team in Iowa. After a DUI, he accepts a community service assignment managing players with intellectual disabilities. Working with his athletes over the course of his 90 days, they gradually break down his grumpy exterior and help reveal his empathetic side.
Ezra Williams has discussed the use of their single ‘My Own Person’ in an episode of the smash-hit Netflix drama,Heartstopper.The 2020 track soundtracked a scene where Nick Nelson (played by Kit Connor) questioned his identity, scrolling through online quizzes offering to determine his sexuality.Thanks to its inclusion in the show, ‘My Own Person’ received a major streams uplift – currently standing at over 9 million plays on Spotify alone. You can find a guide to every single song played in the eight-part series here.Speaking to NME about the sync in a new interview, Williams said: “When I was writing that song, I was watching [Norwegian drama] Skam and there’s a scene where one of the main characters is looking up ‘Am I gay?’ quizzes on his laptop.
BreAnna Bell Warning: This story contains major spoilers for “BMF” Season 2, Episode 10, titled “New Beginnings.” Seduction was the leading theme of “BMF” Season 2, but showrunner Heather Zuhlke and the rest of the creative team are ready to up the ante and take the show “out of this world.” As the former “50 Boyz” end their season, brothers Meech (Demetrius Flenory Jr.) and Terry Flenory (Da’Vinchi) end the latest chapter with the hopes of expanding their drug business to Atlanta. Now that they have a new Colombian connect and a friend in the club business down South, Meech sets out on the road to Atlanta and Terry is left to defend Detroit.
Gizelle Bryant is getting us so excited for the upcoming third season of Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip!
announced last year would return for a seventh season with its sights set on New Orleans.
The government has announced its plans to provide a cash boost to Universal Credit claimants by extending a vital scheme.
Out on Film and Atlanta Pride have announced the lineup of films for a special Out on Film Spring Fest, taking place April 3-6 at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema. Featuring films that have already made an impact on this year’s film festival circuit, titles will include Lisa Cortes’ Little Richard: I Am Everything, Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan, Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean, D. Smith’s Kokomo City, and Eva Vitija’s Loving Highsmith.
is losing two of its stars ahead of season 10.ET has learned Anila Sajja and Dr. Contessa Metcalfe are exiting the Bravo reality series as it heads back into production for the upcoming season. Sajja was a main cast member for the eighth and ninth seasons, while Metcalfe was a regular from seasons five through nine.
Elon Musk said he was “rolling on the floor laughing my ass off” at a BBC investigation, which showed that trolling, hate speech, and disinformation have grown on Twitter since his $43B takeover.
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts announced today that Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Two Popes) will become its next Marion Knott Distinguished Artist.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Casey Likes has been cast as Marty McFly in “Back to the Future: The Musical,” which is coming to Broadway this spring. He joins the previously announced Tony Award winner Roger Bart, who will play Doc Brown, as well as Olivier Award nominee Hugh Coles, who has been cast as George McFly. Both Bart and Coles starred in the West End production of “Back to the Future: The Musical.” Likes has some experience bringing beloved films to the stage. He recently appeared in the lead role of apprising rock journalist William Miller in “Almost Famous: The Musical.” Likes casting was announced on “Good Morning America,” with the actor stepping out of a DeLorean. He has the unenviable task of finding his way into a role made famous by Michael J. Fox.
Paul Mescal has clocked his first Olivier Award nomination for his leading performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s buzzy stage adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.
All Quiet on the Western Front‘s Daniel Bishop and Ozark‘s Dave Chameides and Cristian Trova were named Camera Operator of the Year in film and TV, respectively, by the Society of Camera Operators.