NewNowNext: Stage Bits

Harvey Fierstein talks about the future of Broadway shows in Vegas, a “city which never sleeps, but does pass out quite often.”

Don’t leave your gay boyfriend alone in the Berkshires this summer! The Opposite of Sex to tune up Williamstown.

Hairspray sure worked. Next, the same writers are mounting John Waters’ Cry-Baby on stage in Seattle.

A place. Where nobody dared to go. But that’s gonna change when Xanadu, the musical, aims to hit New York next year.

W. and Tony Blair take the stage—sort of. David Hare’s Stuff Happens to open at NYC’s Public Theater.

Bienvenue! Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall take Cabaret to the Paris Folies Bergere this fall.

As you might have heard, Julia Roberts made her Broadway debut (or her preview debut) last night.

Lesbians singing on a plane? The Color Purple performs in flight. For real!

Monet: The Musical? A stage tuner about The Impressionists to open in—where else?—Boca Raton. Your mother is so gonna want to go.

Richard Greenberg is one busy gay. He’s got Julia Roberts in his show on Broadway. And Bal Masque, about Truman Capote’s party people, is hitting D.C

And just ’cuz we have to tell you this kind of stuff… Judy Garland gets a postage stamp.