Theatre

Non-binary activist Jamie Wilman at PinkNews' office

Community
Apr 21 2020

Fearless activist Jamie Wildman – who came out as non-binary aged 69, proving it’s never too late – dies after cancer battle

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

Theatre
Apr 17 2020

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

Andrew Lloyd Webber streaming musicals coronavirus

Theatre
Apr 05 2020

Andrew Lloyd Webber is giving the gays everything they want by streaming his musicals during coronavirus crisis

Ben Platt reprised his Dear Evan Hansen role for the performance

Theatre
Apr 01 2020

Ben Platt continues to be a shining light in the darkness with at-home ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ reprise

audra mcdonald terrence mcnally coronavirus covid-19

Culture
Mar 27 2020

Broadway legend Audra McDonald pays powerful tribute to gay playwright Terrence McNally after his death from coronavirus

Terrence McNally and Tom Kirdahy attend the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 09, 2019 in New York City.

Theatre
Mar 25 2020

Tributes pour in for award-winning gay playwright Terrence McNally after death from coronavirus

Polish actor and theatre critic Witold Sadowy

Theatre
Mar 19 2020

Polish actor comes out as gay, aged 100, in emotional interview celebrating his birthday

Queer comedian playwright and amputee Jackie Hagan

Health
Mar 17 2020

Queer, disabled comedian eloquently explains why ‘the idea of perfection is really dangerous’

Pete Buttigieg

Theatre
Mar 10 2020

Pete and Chasten Buttigieg went to see a gay Broadway play and received an emotional standing ovation

Cis man cast as trans woman in Breakfast On Pluto and we are so, so tired

Trans
Mar 10 2020

A cis man has been cast as a trans woman in Breakfast on Pluto adaptation and people are furious

Sasha Velour performing 'So Emotional' during Smoke & Mirrors. (Jeff Eason)

Culture
Mar 09 2020

Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors is her own important piece of queer history

Mart Crowley The Boys in the Band dies

Theatre
Mar 09 2020

Mart Crowley, trailblazing Tony-winning playwright of The Boys in the Band, dies at 84

Sponsored
Feb 14 2020

Time and Tide is a bittersweet LGBT+ coming-of-age comedy that’s already raking in stellar reviews

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

Sponsored
Jan 29 2020

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

Jake Gyllenhaal and Rufus Wainwright sang The Everly Brothers and it caused nationwide swooning. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images/Screen capture via Twitter)

Theatre
Jan 25 2020

Jake Gyllenhaal and Rufus Wainwright sang The Everly Brothers and it’s honestly gay rights

Sasha Velour dressed as a devil with gold wings

Culture
Jan 21 2020

Sasha Velour on historic meeting with Ocasio-Cortez and how her new TV show will be more inclusive than Drag Race

Donald Trump gay wedding

US
Jan 21 2020

Theatre producer who married husband in front of Donald Trump says his supporters ‘don’t know what it’s like to be gay’

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

Culture
Jan 17 2020

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

Artist Jonny Woo (L) and actor Alexis Gregory. (The Glory)

Theatre
Jan 17 2020

Jonny Woo and Alexis Gregory on queer theatre, injecting comedy into murder and their intense play Sex/Crime

Cynthia Nixon: Embracing my trans son was choosing a happy child

Theatre
Jan 15 2020

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon is directing a groundbreaking lesbian Broadway show produced by Ellen DeGeneres

TV
Jan 05 2020

Rupert Everett says he lived in ‘terror’ during the AIDS crisis

The Color Purple actor Seyi Omooba

Theatre
Jan 03 2020

Actor unceremoniously axed from The Color Purple for saying being gay ‘isn’t right’ drops legal action

Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman walks the red carpet at the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 5, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/WireImage)

Theatre
Dec 27 2019

Jerry Herman, Broadway composer who penned LGBT anthem ‘I Am What I Am’, dies aged 88

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

TV
Dec 13 2019

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

Travis Alabanza promo shot for their play Burgerz.

Trans
Nov 30 2019

There aren’t enough stars in the universe to put on this review of Burgerz by Travis Alabanza at London’s Southbank

Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Saunders in Sister Act

Theatre
Oct 24 2019

Our prayers to the gay gods have finally been answered – Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Saunders will star in a Sister Act musical

The Color Purple author Alice Walker

Books
Oct 16 2019

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

Theatre
Oct 02 2019

Iconic London theatre the Old Vic is introducing inclusive all-gender bathrooms

The Color Purple actor Seyi Omooba

Theatre
Sep 29 2019

‘Homophobic’ actress dropped from The Color Purple sues for religious discrimination

Kathy Griffin at Los Angeles LGBT Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary With "Hearts Of Gold" Concert

Culture
Sep 25 2019

Kathy Griffin shares list of words that ‘offend the young gays’ she promises to never say again

A gay couple showed their defiance against a group of religious protesters in the best way possible. (Joe Fergus and Robert Brookes)

UK
Sep 19 2019

Gay couple had the absolute best response to religious protesters who targeted Rocky Horror Show

Jackie Kay on growing up Black and lesbian in 1960s Scotland

Community
Sep 19 2019

Jackie Kay on growing up gay in 1960s Scotland: ‘I really did think I might be the only black lesbian in the world’

Elton John is penning the music for the upcoming The Devil Wears Prada musical

Culture
Sep 18 2019

Elton John is writing music for The Devil Wears Prada musical… That’s all

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

Theatre
Aug 30 2019

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

Armelle Kay Harper married actress Jody Smith on-stage after a performance of The Prom musical

Theatre
Aug 07 2019

Lesbian musical The Prom features a real-life wedding on stage

World
Aug 01 2019

Black drag queen booed at opera festival with Angela Merkel in audience

Ian McKellan is backing a campaign for a statue of gay playwright Joe Orton

Arts
Jul 25 2019

Ian McKellan backs campaign for statue of gay playwright Joe Orton

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

Culture
Jun 14 2019

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

Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla kiss at the 2019 Tony Awards

Culture
Jun 10 2019

The Prom stars end Tony Awards performance with a lesbian kiss

The Prom musical stars Caitlin Kinnunen and Isabelle McCalla

Culture
Apr 30 2019

Lesbian musical The Prom lands 7 Tony Awards nominations