GLR Review March-April 2019

        Festivals and Events Art Exhibitions Cultural Calendar F ILM F ESTIVALS Los Angeles Outfest Fusion. March 1–6. Philadelphia QFlix. March 25–31. Boston Wicked Queer Film Fest. March 28–April 7. Miami Outshine Film Fest. April 18–28. St. Louis QFest. April 21–25. Charlotte Reel OUT. April 28–May 5. E VENTS LGBTQ Conf. at Harvard Annual weekend of panel discussions talks, and other events will take place at the Law School, March 8–10. Visit: www.harvardlgbtqconference.org Out to Innovate Career development summit for LGBTQ students and professionals in the STEM fields. March 16–17 at USC in LA. www.noglstp.org/outtoinnovate/ PrideWorks conf. for LGBTQ youth & their allies. March 20th at Pace Univ. in Pleasantville, NY. www.prideworks.com/wp_new/ True Colors L GBTQ youth conf. with over 200 panels, workshops. At UConn in Storrs, CT, March 22–23. www.ourtruecolors.org Saints and Sinners Literary Fest. Annual confab for LGBT writ- ers in New Orleans happens March 29–31. www.sasfest.org LGBT HealthWorkforce Conf. will feature speakers on a range of relevant medical topics, workshops, and social events. May 3–4 in NYC. www.bngap.org/lgbthwfconf/ Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have rele- vance for a North American readership. Allow 2 months’ lead time for any listing. E-mail: stephen.hemrick@GLReview.org The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos) Comedy about Queen Anne, her female friend, and the new servant girl. Reviewed in this issue . The Happy Prince (Rupert Everett) Drama stars Rupert Everett (self-directing) as Oscar Wilde in the playwright’s last days as he re- flects with ironic detachment upon his tragic life. The Infiltrators (Christina Ibarra, Alex Rivera) The title of this drama refers to a group of activists who deliberately get detained at the U.S. border so as to infiltrate a shady detention center. Lizzie (CraigWilliamMacneill) Psycho-thriller about Lizzie Borden as she and her lover take an ax to the patriarchy in this modern spin. Man Made (T. Cooper) Documentary explores the world of trans- gender bodybuilding, tracking the path of four hopefuls preparing for the Trans FitCon competition in Atlanta. Sister Aimee (Samantha Buck, Marie Schlingmann) Biopic tells the story of America’s most famous evangelist in 1926 when she flees her fame with another woman and heads to Mexico. This is Not Berlin (Harry Sama) Mexican drama about a 17-year- old misfit who has no life until he discovers a mythological gay nightclub, fueled by sex, music, and drugs. Where’s My Roy Cohn? (Matt Tyrnauer) Documentary tells the life story of the evil genius who shilled for Joseph McCarthy and mentored the current occupant of the White House. Bleach Off-Broadway One-man show spotlights a hustler who sells his body on a nightly basis, and does he have stories to tell. At Tyler’s Basement in Brooklyn (Bushwick) thru March 10th. Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Broadway’s jukebox trib- ute to the a gay icon of the ’70s. At the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. Naked Boys Singing The musical review whose name says it all, at Kirk Theatre on 42nd St., NYC. Hedwig and the Angry Inch Classic rock musical about a trans- gender singer in East Berlin who has a fling with a U.S. soldier. At the Diversionary Theatre in San Diego, March 21–April 21. Steve Comedy about the title character whose longtime lover is sexting another man, his best friend is sick, and he’s facing the in- sults of aging. At the NCTC in San Francisco, March 1–31. I Am My Own Wife Moisés Kaufman’s one-man play based on the life of German antiquarian Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. At the Out Front Theatre Company in Atlanta, March 14–30. The View Upstairs A young designer moves to New Orleans and finds himself transported to the Upstairs Lounge, a vibrating gay club of the ’70s. Boston Ctr. for the Arts, May 31–June 22. Theater / Dance Feature Films Adam (directed by Rhys Ernst) Comedy follows Adam, a horny but virginal teenager, when he spends a summer in NYC with his lesbian sister, who’s immersed in the queer activist scene, ca. 2005. Ask Dr. Ruth (Ryan White) Documentary chronicles the amazing life of the 90-year-old sex therapist who survived the Holocaust and propelled the Sexual Revolution in the U.S. Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer) Biopic about the rise of Freddie Mercury, his triumphs and tribulations with Queen, and his struggle with coming out. Reviewed in this issue . Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) Drama is the word when the son of a Baptist pastor in a small town is outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) and forced to undergo conversion therapy. Art After Stonewall is the first major show to examine the impact of the LGBTQ civil-rights movement on the larger art world. At the Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC, April 21–July 21. Stonewall 50 The NY Historical Society commemorates the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and the dawn of Gay Liberation with two new exhibitions. May 24–Sept. 26 at 170 Central Park West. Male Gaze: Life, Legend, Legacy NYC’s Leslie-Lohman Museum has mounted an exhibit from its two founders’ vast collection of art and artifacts documenting the history of gay people. Thru March. Gay is Good chronicles the Homophile movement in the U.S. from its post-WWII origins to the Stonewall Riots. Thru May 2019 at the Gerber/Hart Library & Archives in Chicago. C ALL FOR S UBMISSIONS – T HE G&LR The Gay & Lesbian Review accepts unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics. Especially sought are propos- als on the following themes for issues in development: • Stonewall at 50: Tracing the arc of history in a milestone year. • Locked Away: Prison & exile from Wilde to Genet to today. • Alternative Sexualities from “heteroflexible” to “pansexual.” Please e-mail your proposal to: richard.schneider@GLReview.org