Don't Put Away Your Skates Just Yet: Xanadu Leads Sign on Through 2009

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

Yes, the Little Gay Rollerskating Musical That Could, Broadway's insanely camp Xanadu musical, has secured all of its leads through January of aught nine. Out lead Cheyenne Jackson, impossibly Newton-Johnny Kerry Butler, Tony Roberts, and bookend divas Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman have all renewed their contracts through next year.

 

Watch Madonna's New York Hard Candy Concert Online

 

Sometimes I think ... what I need ... is a Madonna intervention...I wasn't even there, and I'm giddy from last night's 32-minute Manhattan concert!

The show, which featured mostly Hard Candy songs, crammed 2,200 Madge-freaks into NYC's Roseland ball room; the line formed 60 hours before the show. OK, I guess those gays need an intervention before I do.

 

 

Anyway, you basically have to watch the concert on MSN just for Madonna's performance. Sheeeeee's 50! 50-years-old, ladies and gentlemen!

Well, almost - but she's still hot as all hell when she grinds up on Justin, and her dancing is insane! -sigh- Oh, to have been there ... Well, watch some Madonna music videos after the jump to ease the pain and longing.

 

And check out more pictures from the concert via Faded Youth.

 

The Top Six "Idols" Sing Show Tunes

The top six contestants with Andrew Lloyd ... Webber Photo credit: Michael Becker/FOX

 

-- carolinagrrrl from AfterEllen.com

We're halfway through the finals on American Idol, and yet I feel as though we've been watching these "singers" for months. Oh, wait. We have been. (It's amazing how much they can stretch out these seasons!)

On our first Kristy Lee–free (thank goodness!) night, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber was the mentor, and his songs were the theme.

Kicking it off in the opening time slot was Syesha Mercado, and she looked absolutely stunning.

 

Daily Buzz Bits: Madonna's Sweet Deal, Mya Works It for Chicago

 

Oh, Chrissy - no need to cover up! Yes, any picture of Chris Crocker is news-worthy. - Dlisted

I'm just enjoyin' Channing Tatum's big gun for his role in the upcoming G.I. Joe movie. Thinking of my childhood, where is Thundercats? - Towleroad

Mya's vlogging her road to Chicago's Velma Kelly on Broadway; her run begins May 12 in NYC. I love her – and she can really sing! – so I'm pretending that little reality show that got canceled after one day just - umm - didn't happen. – Broadway.com

Hard Candy is almost upon us, and Madonna will make $165,000 (?!) a minute if she plays a concert in Dubai in November. Sticky and sweet... - Dlisted

 

Mario Lopez Interview With NewNowNext NOISE!

 

In case you missed our Step & It Up recap vlog, you can still catch John Polly chatting up Mario Lopez, the newest member of Broadways's A Chorus Line, right here!

We snagged him at rehearsal to talk about that Nip/Tuck ass shot, being an object of gay lust worldwide, Liz Berkley and Showgirls ... and Miss Teen South Carolina! Oh ... and about A Chorus Line too. We've even got Mario dancing onstage!

And you'll get to hear Mario's bedroom-sexy whisper. ...Or maybe that's just what I heard.

 

Suck It Up & Dance! The Step It Up Recap Vlog! With Mario Lopez!

 

We really crammed it in this time! First off, John and Colin recap Episode 2 of Bravo's Step It Up & Dance - we're a little upset about that elimination - then Colin plays segments from his interview with the lovely, and booted-off, gay, James.

And then! John runs over to A Chorus Line rehearsals to interview newly-cast Mario Lopez ... and Mario touches him!

 

 

It's a Saved by the Bell reunion! ... kind of.

 

Daily Buzz Bits: Tyra Has a Stalker; David Hernandez Is a Lease Boy?

The Hills starts up again tonight, and The New York Times called Heidi Montag a feminist icon and Whitney Port a Shakespearean mute. So much credit! -€“ NY Times

And Audrina: Ix-nay on the someone-cast-you-as-Lauren's-friend-ay. - Radar

Idol reject and stripper David Hernandez might be auditioning for Rent/makes lame jokes. - Towleroad

Yikes! Call Miss Jay for protection! Tyra Banks' stalker - who'€™s out on bail -€“ showed up to her studio with a duffel bag of Ty-Ty magazine clips and notes about trying to contact her. -€“ NY Post

OK, TMZ,€“ I'€™ll give you the "bi, bi, bi" is brilliant. ...And couldn'€™t Chace Crawford feed the rumors a little? Ride the gay-character buzz for Gossip Girl'€™s sake! - TMZ

George Michael announced a 20-concert tour for the U.S. in support of his new greatest hits album. - Towleroad

Sean Hayes "Virile Enough" to Play Romantic Lead to Anne Hathaway?

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

In his Broadway Matinee column, Post writer Michael Riedel mentions that Burt Bacharach's musical romp Promises, Promises is heading to workshop for a possible return to Broadway. He then mentions that Will & Grace star Sean Hayes will be playing the romantic lead opposite Anne Hathaway, and questions whether Hayes is "virile" enough to pull off a role originated by Jerry Orbach, who could crush buildings with his bare thighs.

Daily Buzz Bits: Rosie Supports Clay Aiken; Jodie Foster Not in Love?

I kinda like Ferras’ debut album cover … especially compared to the recent string of awfulness from Madonna-Ashlee-Britney. - Towleroad

Did Jodie Foster just take back her “soft coming out”? ...She's not in love? - Just Jared

Rosie O’Donnell supported her ... "people?" and took this totally hetero shot with Clay Aiken at Spamalot in NYC. - Page Six

Interview magazine’s new editor Christopher Bollen is a hot “gay fashion template.” – Gawker

GLAAD-approved gossip mag US Weekly is running a favorite couple poll – and TR Knight’s right behind Rihanna for first. - Queerty

They’ve got to stop messing with my Pussycat Dolls ... I can't take it anymore. Thank god that Audrina from The Hills thing was a rumor. - USmagazine

NewNowNext Interview: Margaret Cho Goes Back to Beautiful

Queer as a clockwork orange.

It seems like only yesterday that Margaret Cho shimmied our diaphragms into hiccup-inducing, hysterical laughter with her off-Broadway, burlesque-style variety show, The Sensuous Woman. Yet already, the award-winning comedian and laser beam of queer conscience is returning to classic stand-up form with Beautiful, a new one-woman stage assault on the perverse politics of body image, along with other provocative, Cho-centric topics.

Catch a NewNowNext chat with Margaret Cho after the jump!

True Colors 2008 Concert Tour Has a Fierce, Gay-Loving Lineup!

Yes, performers/hosts Cyndi Lauper, Rosie O'Donnell and Carson Kressley are all insanely excited for True Colors 2008! Last year's concert tour was a total success, so we're all more than ready for Round 2 - which kicks off Pride Month on May 31. Logo is once again sponsoring the tour, a partnership with the HRC, and the rotating lineup will take on 24 cities across the country.

But the big question, Who's playing where? And who's playing?? Major acts include Wanda Sykes, Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Joan Armatrading, Indigo Girls, Nona Hendryx, Deborah Cox and The Cliks.

Even more True Colors buzz after the jump!

Mya Joins Chicago on Broadway as Velma!

Exactly what Mya's been doing lately other than gay events around NYC has been a big mystery to me.  Her fourth album, Liberation, should be here by now; I hope it doesn't catch Nicole Scherzinger Syndrome. But some good news: Despite Mya putting a hold on her album, she'll be joining the Broadway cast of Chicago as Velma Kelly from May 12 through July 13!

But what about that album? And that Win a Date with Mya contest? After the jump...

Watch Idina Menzel Video - "Brave"

Idina Menzel - the girl from Rent and Wicked who's married to Taye Diggs - has been trying to break into pop music for a while now: She came out with albums Still I Can't Keep Still in 1998 and Here in 2004. Whoops!

Here's the video for "Brave" from her new album, I Stand. Can she stop being so inspirational? She's singing about the exact same bull sh*t she did in "Defying Gravity;" gays love "Defying Gravity," though. Idina feels a little rough up-close-and-personal, but, yeah, she can certainly sing.

Watch the "Brave" video after the jump...

Daily Buzz Bits: Heidi Montag's "Higher;" Kylie Minogue's Censored

I didn't even know there was a Pete Doherty gay sex-tape rumor; apparently he only kissed Peter Wolfe for a photo shoot. - Towleroad

Huh? Kylie Minogue’s “Wow” video didn’t air as scheduled because it failed to meet “guidelines on strobe lighting” and Kylie pole-danced with aliens. Well, that second part is very true. ... - NME

The new Heidi Montag single “Higher” makes me miss Spencer's rapping! Wait for the bridge; that’s when it gets straight-up hilarious. – Usmagazine.com

He certainly "talked it up," if you know what I mean. Here are pictures of Alfie Allen - Lily's little bro - in the stage production of Equus. - Dlisted

Sarah Silverman surprised boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel with a special music video: Guess what? “She’s f*cking Matt Damon!” – Just Jared

Margaret Cho's New Stand-Up Tour: Beautiful!

You may know that comedienne and queer icon Margaret Cho has been busy performing in her touch-risque burlesque show The Sensuous Women as of late; remember those tassels? I know you saw that video, at the very least.

As fantastic as I'm sure that show is, I'm more than excited to hear Margaret will be kicking off another stand-up/one-woman show called Beautiful starting next month!

Ticketing info after the jump...plus her special guests!

Eviction Notice Served for Rent

Au revoir, la vie bohème: Rent takes a bow.
A sign of shifting cultural tastes, or the gayest warning to date about our doomed, sub-prime economy? Producers of the long-running Broadway musical, Rent, factored declining ticket sales into their announcement today that the bohemian rock opera will close after a final performance on June 1.

How do you measure 12 years in the life of a musical that included celebrity performances by everyone from Wilson Cruz and Neil Patrick Harris to Joey Fatone?

Tally up Rent after the jump!

There's Going to be a Fight Club Musical?

I just hope it doesn't become a movie-musical in five years: Director David Fincher wants to bring Fight Club to Broadway in 2009. Fincher told MTV.com...

"One of the things I want at the 10-year anniversary is to do Fight Club as a musical on Broadway. I love the idea of that."

Mmm...Lucky casting director; everyone has to take of their shirts, right?

2008 Grammy Hall of Fame: Divas and Musicals Galore

-- Ace from AfterEllen.com

A couple of days ago, I finished the project that's kept me working around the clock for weeks — and I celebrated by getting some sleep, and by checking the theater news I've been neglecting since the end of the stagehands strike. I was thrilled to discover that some of my Broadway and movie musical favorites were just inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

On the diva front, we have Barbra Streisand's “The Way We Were.”

Movie theme songs don't get much better than this, and divas don't get much better than Barbra. You know you want to watch her belt the song back in the day, so here you go:

Broadway Backwards 3: The Gayest Thing Since Broadway Backwards 2

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

Broadway Backwards, an annual benefit concert for New York's LGBT Community Center that features male Broadway stars performing women's musical numbers (and vicey-versey), has announced the initial lineup for next year's show and it's awesome. Check out this preliminary list: Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, Cheyenne Jackson, Gary Beach, Charles Busch, Malcolm Gets, and Tituss Burgess. To represent the ladies, Nancy Dussault and duo Tastiskank (Kate Reinders and Sarah Litzsinger) are on board as well. (Note: Playbill lists Jackson amongst the cast, although the show's official site doesn't have him among participants at this point.)

What's in a Dame: Has Pantomime Gone Full-on Gay?

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

Pardon my Yankee if I speak in vague terms and mumble a lot in this post, because over here in the States "pantomime" means "those people in Washington Square park who pretend they're in an invisible box and ruin a perfectly good Dean and Deluca picnic lunch".

Over in the UK, "pantomime" refers to an increasingly gay theatrical tradition of exceedingly camp productions that involve a lot of wholesome sexual innuendo, men in drag, and a skewering of classic tales. The productions are apparently quite popular around Christmastime (there are currently several in the works, including Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Aladdin) and are something of a national pastime, from what I can tell.

The Broadway Strike Is Over: Bring on The Divas!

-- Ace from AfterEllen.com

Oh, Happy Day! Or Oh, Happy Night as I'm writing this. I just watched Charlotte St. Martin, the spokesperson for the League of American Theatres and Producers, announce that a tentative deal has been reached to end the Broadway stagehands' union strike. Shows are reopening immediately, and happiness reigns in my home and in midtown Manhattan. (You can read a good timeline of the strike here.)

And the end of the strike is not the only good Broadway news these days. I just read that Patti LuPone will be reprising her role as Mama Rose in Gypsy next March. 

This summer, the Encores! Summer Stars production of Gypsy at New York City Center was the hot ticket. (I certainly couldn't get my hands on one.) Everyone I know who saw it loved it, despite the tepid New York Times review. 

Tony-winning Duo to Write Musical Ugly Betty

-- Adam Lubitow from AfterElton.com

In an interview in the current issue of Instinct Magazine film composer Marc Shaiman (best known for his musical scores to quirky films like The Addams Family, Down With Love, and the brilliant music and lyrics for South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut) and his partner, lyricist Scott Wittman announce that they've been signed to write the long-rumored musical episode of ABC's Ugly Betty for the end of this season. The pair previously won the Tony Award for Best Score for writing the music and lyrics for the musical Hairspray.

This announcement further solidifies Betty's title as "The Gayest Show On TV". As Shaiman himself says in the interview:

"It's great we're talking to a gay magazine, because where else can you say 'How much gayer can it get on TV?' Only with c*cksucking on TV could it get any gayer."

Nearly Naked Boys Not Singing

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

Forget Sweeney Todd. Forget The Golden Compass. Heck, even forget Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (uh ... exactly). We know the holiday movie you're all waiting for...

Naked Boys Singing.

In the classic Hollywood tradition, the pitch is a bit misleading. Because the boys aren't always naked, although they are almost always singing. if they weren't, JustUsBoyz wouldn't be able to lay claim to being the exclusive bun-hugger provider for the film adaptation of the long-running stage hit. But they do (Edith Head, eat your heart out!) and they've graciously provided us with a few pics of the able-bodied cast in ... er, costume.

A few racier (although just as inoffensive, really) pics appear after the jump, and the frothy flick hits DVD on December 4th. It'd make a great stocking-stuffer!

Gideon Glick Stars as a Gay Teen in Speech & Debate

-- Brian Juergens from AfterElton.com

Recently a new play opened in New York that is handling themes of gay adolescence and predatory authority figures with wit and class.

 Speech & Debate, the first production in the Roundabout Theater Company's Roundabout Underground initiative, stars out Broadway vet Gideon Glick (Spring Awakening) as a gay teen who bands together with two other misfit students to expose a sexually predatory drama teacher ... by putting on a musical about a time-traveling witch and a gay Abe Lincoln.

The Sensuous Woman: On the Couch with Margaret Cho

Cho takes her seat off-Broadway.

“It’s Margaret, b*tch!”

When comedian Margaret Cho took the stage on Wednesday to open her new off-Broadway show, The Sensuous Woman, her reference to martyred pop queen Britney Spears signaled the Vegas-sized bone her new work intended to pick with the world. Namely, this award-winning conscience of the LGBT community dared to ask, "Why can’t people of all shapes and sizes love themselves and others just the way they are?"

Starting from the point of body image, The Sensuous Woman heaves, moans, and, finally, yes, comes into a sidesplitting orgy of self-acceptance aimed directly at today’s larger threats to queer wellbeing. Multilingual, pansexual and above all therapeutic, the burlesque-style variety show was inspired by Cho’s passion for the saucy performance genre that has lately helped her grow more comfortable in her own skin.

Created by and starring Cho, The Sensuous Woman features a cast of her mostly L.A.-based comedic and dance associates. Fresh from a stint in Chicago, the lineup now in New York through October 20 includes Kurt Hall and Diana Yanez of the Gay Mafia Comedy Troupe; actor Liam Sullivan as Internet rock star, Kelly; emerging transgender comedian, Ian Harvie; and choreographer, Sir Ryan Heffington, whose super-freaky rendition of “Dirty Diana,” complete with animal-print leotard, is destined to claw its way into this season’s list of must-sees.

Jazzed for her arrival in the Big Apple, but sad for the death of a cast member’s cat earlier that day, the Notorious C.H.O. chatted with New Now Next shortly before the first performance of The Sensuous Woman on September 26 at the Zipper Factory on Manhattan’s West Side. Surrounded by vintage Times Square signage and car seats that had transformed the venue into a peeped-out drive-in, she riffed on subjects ranging from breasts, to those guitar heartthrobs, The Cliks, to Hillary Clinton.

And why not mash them all up? Like Cho later told the audience, “It’s political to be beautiful!”

Go with the flow of Cho after the jump!

Legally Blonde Comes to the Small Screen...With Ashley Tisdale?

Blonde-power, yeah!

Disney’s been shaking their High School Musical money-maker long enough! After the made-for-TV sequel’s ridiculous success, I can just see the “we have to do whatever Disney is doing” meeting over at MTV.

Well, it looks like they’ve come up with something to tap into that generous tween market – MTV signed with the Broadway show Legally Blonde to air the full Rialto production on their channel starting September 29. This is the first time a production’s been shown on TV uncut while it’s still running in Gotham’s Palace Theater.

What's Sharpay got to do with all of this? After the jump...

Daily Buzz Bits: KT's new video, Britney on the VMA's, Beth & Gossip Take the U.S.A.!!!

KT "holds on" in her hot new clip, Beth is gonna hit the road, and Brit is gonna get back to her VMA roots.

Wanna see K.T. Tunstall’s new video “Hold On” from her forthcoming new disc Drastic Fantastic. Yes you do!!! (Go here for Quicktime, here for Windows Media.) And she’s totally butching it up, and serving up honkytonk twang, breakdance chic and fashionista hotness! All at once!

The Gossip are gonna tour the U.S. this fall! As in, November. It’s like an early Thanksgiving present!

And Britney is gonna perform “Gimme More” at the VMA’s this coming weekend after all. And spooky magician guy Criss Angel is involved? Aw, sure... Why not?

AND...

Kelly Clarkson has a “theater tour” of major cities planned for this fall. Bring on them pop/rock gals, please!

Those little media-beloved lads in the Klaxons just scored the U.K.’s covered rock award, the Mercury Prize. Meaning they beat out folks like Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzee Rascal, etc.

And Devendra Banhart kicked off his North American tour this past weekend. I mention this just as an excuse to post the photo below. Go, Lady!

Devendra Banhart: "Why this old thing? I just threw it on..."

Daily Buzz Bits: Ne-Yo on Britney, Meryl's "Mamma," and Dolly's Broadway Date

Ne-Yo tells tales on Britney, Meryl takes her "Mamma" out in Greece, and Dolly's hitting Broadway--in two years.

 

Ne-Yo sounds off about the songs he wrote for Britney, then sold to Pussycat Doll Nicole for her solo debut. That’s why they call it the music business, okay?

Work is underway in sunny Greece on the Meryl Streep-led movie version of the Broadway musical Mamma Mia! It costars Christine Baranski and Julie Walters as the best gal-pals, and Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård and Colin Firth as her former lovers who might just be her grown daughter’s daddy. Fun, fun, fun!

That big 9 to 5 stage musical that Dolly Parton’s been hard at work at? It’s headed to Broadway in 2009. Hurrah, Dora Lee!

 

AND...

 

Oh, yeah... Ellen DeGeneres picked a new DJ for the new season of her show. It’s L.A.’s Ted Stryker (no, he’s not a porn star) who’s other day job is working at KROQ. Busy!

So if you’re Amy Winehouse and your life is sort of a mess, what would help sort things out? Getting pregnant!!??? Word has it she wants to have a kid.

Fashion vs. Showbiz: Elton John is gonna play for Dior’s 60th anniversary bash in Paris; and Chloe Sevigny’s debuting a line of her own at NYC’s Fashion Week. Oh, the glamour of it all...

And in L.A., you can buy a creamsicle from the ice cream man and then belt out a tune, too? Yep, it’s karaoke on your local ice cream truck!!! Which is either genius, or really annoying...

 

Grease (Well, Max and Laura) You're the Ones That I Want!

It's Slacker Danny and Small-town Sandy!

I caught the latest Grease revival Thursday, directed and choreographed by two-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall. And yup, this was the one starring Laura Osnes and Max Crumm from that NBC reality show, Grease: You’re the One That I Want, as Sandy Drumbowski and Danny Zukko.

My roommates loved the show that cast Max and Laura when it was on (I could never get that into it), and even though ratings were low, the show created enough buzz that ticket sales for the Broadway show topped nine million. Reviews, on the other hand, are a little mixed, although most seem to like Laura and Max.

What did I think of the show? After the jump!

The Musical Greats Meryl, Glenn and Barbra Battle It Out For Sunset Boulevard!

OK, this is my last ABBA-related post (for a while), I promise, but this is a battle of the greats! Well, the greatest has already won when it comes to ABBA. And I'm talking about Meryl as she’ll be playing the lead role of Donna in the upcoming movie version of the Broadway musical, Mamma Mia!

Now this is one of the few Broadway shows I’ve actually seen, and although I couldn’t really go to bat for the plot, the musical numbers are fantastic, thanks to ABBA! So I’m totally excited for the movie.

Meryl’s actually rarely sung on camera, but I hear she’s got a fantastic voice, and she’s not going to stop after Mamma. Apparently, she’s in the running for the upcoming movie version of Sunset Boulevard (the musical), along with Glenn Close and Barbra Streisand.

More on the casting battle...after the jump!

Kelly Osbourne Goes (Not So) Matronly For Her New Role in Chicago!

Whoa! I don't know what to think!

This picture came out yesterday to promote Kelly Osbourne's new role as Matron Mama Morton in Chicago...and I must agree with many commentators that she looks quite airbrushed (or else that's one tight corset).

I've only seen the Chicago movie, but why did she have to look thinner to play Mama Morton? I kind of like the picture, though...maybe Kelly could totally rock it.

More on Kelly's previous work, and is she right for the part? After the jump...

Daily Buzz Bits: Beyonce Crowned Aida? Lez Love for Hillary! Mariah's Acting Chops!

Beyonce as Aida? It's as "Easy as Life." Hillary gets some female fan action. And Mariah's next movie is, like, totally good. Hurrah!

Beyonce might star in Disney’s big-screen version of the Broadway musical Aida! Are theater folks fussy that Heather Headley might get dissed? Whattya think?

Yay! A lesbian crush song for Hillary Clinton! Why wasn’t this voted as Hill’s official song? Celine who?

Evidently, Mariah Carey’s next flick Tennessee is, like, totally gonna win her the Oscar. Which would be amaaaaazing. I thought she should have won for that catfight with herself in the ladies room in the “Heartbreaker” video. Bitch was robbed!

AND...

Ummm, there’s a lot going on with those Live Earth shows tomorrow. MTV will help you sort it out.

Poor Amy Winehouse just keeps getting harrassed for missing shows. It’s enough to drive a gal to drink. Er, wait a minute...

Remember that Pentagon “Gay Bomb” news story from a few weeks back? So does queer porn company Dark Alley Media. They’re planning a dirty spoof. Har!

Dead or Alive's oft-nipped-and-tucked lead singer Pete Burns had a big hot gay wedding today in Britain. Awwww... How can that not be nice news? Congrats!

Lance Bass is in Hairspray. No, not the movie, sillies. On Broadway!

HOT! Festival: An NYC Celebration of Queer Culture

Glenn Marla and Joseph Keckler both perform at HOT!

And I do mean Culture. If you’re tired of the same old rock shows and queer film festivals, this is definitely something different.  HOT! has everything from music and dance to performance art and puppetry.  Also theatre, literature, and plenty of things that could be classified as “other”.  Tonight they kick off the two-month festival with a sneak preview of some of the performances that will be taking place later on.  The good news is that none of it seems in the least bit boring.  Here is a random sampling of acts that promise to save me from run-of-the-mill queer summer activities:

Gretchen Phillips (from Austin!)

The Daisy Spurs

The Lesbian Overtones (acapella!)

The Georgettes

Joseph Keckler (super low voice)

Moving Men (dance)

an+na (music and trapeze!)

Dynasty Handbag

Whore’s Mascara

Glenn Marla

Puppet Blok

Linda Simpson hosts Sex and The Modern Drag Queen

Elvira Kurt Goes Wild!

Yes, this woman was raised in the wild. By Hungarians. She'll explain...

FYI, those of you who like comedy stuff and happen to be in Los Angeles. Lesbian comedian Elvira Kurt (she who hosts First Comes Love, that "Ack-I'm-getting-married-show-and-I'm-freaking-out!" show on Logo) is doing some of her deliciously twisted stand-up next weekend in L.A. She'll be skewering all aspects of queer life, from politics and pop culture to... er, penguins! Really!

The show is called "Elvira Kurt. Raised in the Wild." And it's next Saturday night (June 23rd at 8pm) at the Renberg Theater at The L.A. Gay Center's Village in Hollywood. Tix are just $20, and it's a benefit for the Center. Nice, eh?

And if you're really into Ms. Kurt, she's hosting a special on Logo on June 26th, Cruising the Caribbean with Olivia. Meaning Olivia Cruises, not like, Olivia Newton-John. Though that would be fun, too.