The Most Vicious Reviews Written About 'Glitter,' 'Showgirls,' and Other Camp Classics by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoLady Gagabarbra streisandMichael MustoThe potential horror of sitting through terrible movies is more than made up for by the chance to read (or write) reviews skewering them fo…

SOURCE: Out at 5:59am on October 31, 2016[SHARE]

Chita Rivera on Continuing to Live in the 'Nowadays' as She Prepares for NYC Concert by Jesse Steinbach

Michael Mustonew york cityNightlifeTheater & DanceMichael MustoChita Rivera at The Orlando Show on July 25, 2016. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP. Chita Rivera has created a …

SOURCE: Out at 1:50pm on October 25, 2016[SHARE]

All About Bette Davis Vs. Joan Crawford: The Ultimate 'Feud' by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoTelevisionbroadwayTheater & DanceNightliferyan murphyMichael MustoWhen I heard that Ryan Murphy's upcoming FX series called Feud"about rivetingly bitter real-life rifts"woul…

SOURCE: Out at 9:26am on October 17, 2016[SHARE]

Gay Wit Randy Rainbow on Shaking Up Politics, Broadway, and Facebook by Jesse Steinbach

Michael Mustonew york cityTheater & DancebroadwayMichael MustoRandy Rainbow"yes, his real name"has stuck himself in some videos lampooning Broadway and politics, and struck gold in the p…

SOURCE: Out at 10:18am on October 10, 2016[SHARE]

Gypsy's Worst Song, Angela Lansbury's Raunchy Shtick, A Gay Marx Brother & Other Broadway Tidbits by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoTheater & Dancenew york cityMichael MustoRemember the last Bye Bye Birdie revival? Well, one of the female stars was so bad they actually tried to add auto-correct to her vo…

SOURCE: Out at 9:13am on October 3, 2016[SHARE]

heater review: The Encounter on Broadway amazes both ear and brain by David Cote

Closing one's eyes in the theater can be a sign of boredom or exhaustion. But shutting the peepers at Simon McBurney's utterly transfixing mind-tickler The Encounter is a valid expression of…

SOURCE: Time Out at 7:14am on September 30, 2016[SHARE]

The best things to do in NYC this week by Time Out

Rita McKenzie: ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY. Many would agree: Ethel Merman is Broadway. McKenzie has been performing her one-woman Merman salute for decades, to wide acclaim.

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:50am on September 27, 2016[SHARE]

Bianca Del Rio's Movie Gets a Premiere"And a Sequel by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoqueenRuPaul's Drag RaceBianca Del RioMichael MustoHurricane Bianca swept into NYC last week for a gala premiere, and it proved to be just the jolt of wry insouciance we nee…

SOURCE: Out at 8:43am on September 26, 2016[SHARE]

Review: "A Taste of Honey" is bittersweet at Pearl Theatre Company by Sandy MacDonald

The mystery is why Shelagh Delaney's funny, touching & extraordinarily prescient 1958 play has sat on the shelf so long. It is no mystery that REBEKAH BROCKMAN is a revelation in the role o…

SOURCE: Time Out at 3:51pm on September 19, 2016[SHARE]

There Are Now Officially Too Many Drag Queens Running Around by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoqueenDrew DroegeNightlifenew york cityTheater & DanceMichael MustoBe careful what you wish for. Years ago, in the heyday of NYC clubbing, I became so enamored with drag perf…

SOURCE: Out at 10:11am on September 19, 2016[SHARE]

A Wild Encounter with Jill Soloway, Sandra Bernhard, and Kathryn Hahn by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoTransparentAmazonnew york cityNightlifeTheater & DanceNYFWMichael MustoLeft to right: Brian Belovitch, Kathryn Hahn, Jill Soloway, Michael Musto, Eileen Myles I was having a…

SOURCE: Out at 10:02am on September 12, 2016[SHARE]

Theater review: Spamilton sparks a satiric uprising against Hamilton by David Cote

You're over Hamilton: We get it. After hysterical reviews, obscene ticket prices and all the awards ever, enough is enough. The media coverage has grown so predictable, the hype is so pervas…

SOURCE: Time Out at 10:39pm on September 8, 2016[SHARE]

Here's the Problem with Matt Bomer Being Cast as a Trans Woman by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoMatt BomerLady Gagatranslaverne coxMichael MustoActors should play roles! That's why they do! Matthew McConaughey didn't have to have HIV to star in The Dallas Buyers Club. Mery…

SOURCE: Out at 8:19am on September 6, 2016[SHARE]

Betty Buckley on Using Psychologists to Understand Characters and Herself by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoTheater & DanceNightlifenew york citybroadwayqueen2016 ElectionMichael MustoTexas-born Betty Buckley has long possessed great pipes and a lush way of approaching an assignme…

SOURCE: Out at 9:53am on August 29, 2016[SHARE]

The 20 worst Broadway musicals of the millennium by David Cote and Adam Feldman

From Thou Shalt Not to Amazing Grace, 20 of the absolute stinkiest flops the Great White Way has seen since 2000

SOURCE: Time Out at 5:21pm on August 26, 2016[SHARE]

I Was Caught in the J.T. Leroy Scam and Have a Raccoon Penis to Prove It! by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoqueenNightlifenew york cityMichael MustoPhoto courtesy of Dogwoof.com A new documentary is coming about J.T. LeRoy, the famed ex hustler LGBTQ writer who wasn't an ex hustler LG…

SOURCE: Out at 8:47am on August 22, 2016[SHARE]

Inside the 'Disarm Hate' Rally in DC"Tears and Hope! by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoNews & Opiniongolden girlsqueenMichael Musto"Guns don't kill people, people kill people" goes the familiar saying. Yeah, people with guns. And if they couldn't so easily get…

SOURCE: Out at 9:58am on August 15, 2016[SHARE]

Calvin Klein Biographer Remembers Trying to De-Gay in a Mental Clinic by Jesse Steinbach

Michael Mustocalvin kleinMoviesTheater & DanceNightlifenew york cityMichael MustoIn 1962, at 15, Steven Gaines attempted suicide. As a boy in Brooklyn, New York, Gaines was distraught ov…

SOURCE: Out at 8:44am on August 8, 2016[SHARE]

Ruins of an 1895 Broadway theatre found under Toys R Us in Times Square by David Cote

According to reports at Playbill and Curbed New York, construction workers at the Times Square Toys R Us located at Broadway and 44th Street have unearthed the 121-year-old remains of the en…

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:53am on August 6, 2016[SHARE]

Theater review: Men on Boats at Playwrights Horizons by David Cote

Bad-history plays are a thing now. By "bad" I don't mean poorly researched, but ones incongruously reframed for comic or deconstructive effect (Drunk History, but arty). Out with period fide…

SOURCE: Time Out at 10:02pm on August 1, 2016[SHARE]

The Man Who Made Gay Porn Chic: 'My Actors Were Not Just F*****g' by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoMoviesTheater & DanceNightlifenew york cityNew YorkMichael MustoWay back in 1971, Wakefield Poole's gay porn film Boys in the Sand did more than arouse people. It became a l…

SOURCE: Out at 10:19am on August 1, 2016[SHARE]

Broadway review: Cats at the Neil Simon Theatre by David Cote

My gateway show was not Cats"nor was it Les Miz or Phantom. I grew up, like any self-respecting theater snob, disdaining such tourist trash from afar. Lacking youthful nostalgia for Andrew L…

SOURCE: Time Out at 7:45pm on July 31, 2016[SHARE]

'Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg on Working with La Streep in 'Florence Foster Jenkins' by Jesse Steinbach

Michael MustoMoviesmeryl streepMichael MustoIn the upcoming Florence Foster Jenkins, Meryl Streep plays the real-life socialite who longed to be an opera singer despite a distinct lack of rh…

SOURCE: Out at 12:52pm on July 26, 2016[SHARE]

Frankie Grande: 'I Don't Know How to Date Someone Who Knows Everything About Me' by Jesse Steinbach

Michael Musto2016 ElectionMichael MustoThe endearingly un-shy Frankie Grande has sparkled"literally"through his various endeavors, from TV's Big Brother to Broadway's Rock of Ages to his cur…

SOURCE: Out at 8:36am on July 25, 2016[SHARE]

Privacy: Theater review by David Cote

When Mark Zuckerberg was recently photographed with his laptop camera and microphone jack covered in tape, complacent technophiles began to sweat. If the head of Facebook worries about perso…

SOURCE: Time Out at 9:02am on July 19, 2016[SHARE]