Arts & Entertainment
Out & About: April 27
Lady Bunny, Rainbow Families, Miss Gay Arlington at Freddie’s and more
‘Jerry’s Girls’ in Camp Rehoboth
Broadway’s “Jerry’s Girls” is coming to Camp Rehoboth (37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach) starting tonight and will sun through Sunday.
Starring the Annapolis Divas, “Jerry’s Girls” celebrates the work of songwriter Jerry Herman, who wrote hits like “Hello Dolly!” and “La Cage Aux Folles.” The show is under the direction of lesbian Fay Jacobs.
The show will be tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $20.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit camprehoboth.com.
Freddie’s hosts Va. pageant
The Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance is once again holding the Miss Gay Arlington pageant on Saturday at Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant (555 23rd St., South, Arlington).
This year’s theme is Mardi Gras and there will be four categories in which contestants will be judged. The categories are presentation, talent, evening gown and on stage question. The winner will receive a prize packaged valued at $850.
The night will also include a final performance by the current reigning Miss Gay Arlington, Diamond D. Bottoms.
For more information, visit agla.org.
Rainbow Families to hold D.C. conference
Rainbow Families D.C. is having its 2012 Family Conference on Saturday at the Georgetown Day School (4200 Davenport St., N.W.) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This year’s keynote speaker is David Valdes Greenwoord, a nonfiction author and playwright who has written about same-sex marriage and parenting for the Boston Globe and in his book, “Homo Domesticus: notes from a Same-Sex Marriage.”
The event will also include a resource fair that will be open throughout the day. There will be three blocks of interest sessions covering topics such as paths to parenthood, supporting families and more.
There will also be activities for children.
For more information, visit frd.memberclicks.net.
Lady Bunny (Photo by Aaron Cobbett)
Lady Bunny hops into town
Drag queen Lady Bunny will be at L’Enfant Café (2000 18th St., N.W.) on Sunday with Flotilla DeBarge for the dinner show at 7 p.m. and the late show at 10:30 p.m.
Lady Bunny isn’t just a drag queen — she’s a comedian, emcee, singer/songwriter and the founder, organizer and hostess of Wigstock.
She’s also made appearances on television in shows like “Sex and the City” as well as films like “Dragtime,” “Party Girl,” and “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.”
For more information on Lady Bunny, visit ladybunny.net.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
Denali (@denalifoxx) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performed at Pitchers DC on April 9 for the Thirst Trap Thursday drag show. Other performers included Cake Pop!, Brooke N Hymen, Stacy Monique-Max and Silver Ware Sidora.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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