Carol Burnett
Gay Tidings We Bring: Palmer Woods Home Tour and Soirée Celebrates Queer Legacy in Style
Palmer Woods: The LGBTQ+ Roots Behind Detroit’s Architectural Gem
Activism Meets Philanthropy
For decades, Faye Schuett, alongside her late wife Linda Seaver Burnett, has championed LGBTQ+ rights, blending activism with philanthropy to create lasting [...]Read more about Activism Meets Philanthropy
25 and Out!
I am 52 years old and incredibly corny. As I write this, my final column, I keep hearing television variety show sign-off songs in my head, whether it’s Carol [...]Read more about 25 and Out!
How Randy Rainbow Is More 'Raw' Than He's Ever Been
There are far worse things happening in the world, clearly, but political-parody sensation Randy Rainbow does have a bone to pick with some folks. And this [...]Read more about How Randy Rainbow Is More 'Raw' Than He's Ever Been
5 Queer Things To Do Right Now: Take in a Broadway Show, Remember Betty, Hit the Library for Queer Family Storytime
2022 is bound to offer new beginnings, fresh awakenings and, hopefully, less Trump talk. In short, expect a lot of change. However, one thing will remain the [...]Read more about 5 Queer Things To Do Right Now: Take in a Broadway Show, Remember Betty, Hit the Library for Queer Family Storytime
LGBTQ+ Chorus, Sing Out Detroit, Returns to Pride at Canton Pride OUTside to 'Uplift and Inspire Others'
Call it a triumphant return or just "getting back to normal" — either way, local communities are thrilled to once again see live Pride 2021 events on their [...]Read more about LGBTQ+ Chorus, Sing Out Detroit, Returns to Pride at Canton Pride OUTside to 'Uplift and Inspire Others'
Buttigieg: 'I'm ready' to Take on Attacks Over Being Gay
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg's being gay made him stand out in the first few months of his campaign last year, earning him a surge of media attention [...]Read more about Buttigieg: 'I'm ready' to Take on Attacks Over Being Gay
Deep Inside Hollywood
Cate Blanchett fights feminism in 'Mrs. America' History lesson time, kids! In the 1970s there was a proposed change to the Constitution called the Equal [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Sing Out Detroit Celebrates 10 Years
For the past decade, musically-inclined LGBTQ and ally Detroiters have slowly been catching on to Sing Out Detroit, the city's inclusionary group choir. In [...]Read more about Sing Out Detroit Celebrates 10 Years
Singing For Our Lives: Brandi Carlile Instills Power in the Powerless With Career-Best LP
Brandi Carlile knew the kid from somewhere. She'd seen him before – not this particular one, but others like him. Nervously pulling at his T-shirt, worn under [...]Read more about Singing For Our Lives: Brandi Carlile Instills Power in the Powerless With Career-Best LP
Deep Inside Hollywood
"WOW Presents Plus" is going to be extra Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, the gays behind World of Wonder production company, have a streaming service that [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Michigan LGBT ComedyFest Returns to Dearborn
The Michigan LGBT ComedyFest returns to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn for its 21st installment March 4 at 8 p.m. Formerly a [...]Read more about Michigan LGBT ComedyFest Returns to Dearborn
Transforming Minds One Truth at a Time: Comedian Ian Harvie on How 'We're All Trans'
Photo: SEESO For Ian Harvie, it's not about earning the title of "first trans person in the world with a one-hour standup special." Though that's a tag the FTM [...]Read more about Transforming Minds One Truth at a Time: Comedian Ian Harvie on How 'We're All Trans'
Motor City ComedyFest Celebrates 20 Years March 12
DEARBORN — The 20th annual Motor City ComedyFest is coming to the Dearborn Ford Community & Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 12. The event is [...]Read more about Motor City ComedyFest Celebrates 20 Years March 12
Hear Me Out: Kelly Clarkson, Brandi Carlile
Kelly Clarkson, 'Piece by Piece' Kelly Clarkson's seventh studio album finds the "American Idol" champ at a crossroads. Does she fix what's not broken? And [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Kelly Clarkson, Brandi Carlile
Secret Garden' Sprouts With Young Talent
By Judith Cookis Rubens "The Secret Garden" at Farmers Alley Theatre continues through Sept. 12. Photo: Farmers Alley Without frequent watering, light and [...]Read more about Secret Garden' Sprouts With Young Talent
Legal Footnote Raises Concern
BY ACLU Attorney Jay Kaplan A footnote in a recent case decision issued by the Michigan Court of Appeals could be used to deny transgender people appropriate [...]Read more about Legal Footnote Raises Concern
Hear Me Out: Madonna fights to keep up with the kids
Madonna, 'MDNA' No one can replace Madonna. We get it. And should we not, the queen of pop's latest electro-romp and eighth No. 1-charting album, "MDNA," [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Madonna fights to keep up with the kids
Curtain Calls XTRA
Review: 'Detour of Duty' The battle continues: Summer comedies couldn't be timelier Is it my imagination, or are improvisational and sketch comedy shows [...]Read more about Curtain Calls XTRA
Sherry Vine's Drag Romance
Think of Sherry Vine's rise to the (figurative) top as a fairy tale. She begrudgingly waited on people – as a server – until realizing she could dress all [...]Read more about Sherry Vine's Drag Romance
Enquiring about Chaz
by Leslie Robinson General Gayety The National Enquirer claims in a Nov. 14 cover story that Chaz Bono will die within four years due to his gender [...]Read more about Enquiring about Chaz
Book Marks: Joan Opyr's 'Shaken and Stirred' mixes light and dark
by Richard Labonte "Shaken and Stirred," by Joan Opyr. Bywater Books, 398 pages, $14.95 paper. Opyr is a master (mistress?) of mixing light and dark – of [...]Read more about Book Marks: Joan Opyr's 'Shaken and Stirred' mixes light and dark
Prominent Ugandan activist killed
by Rex Wockner David had faced the increased threats to Ugandan LGBT people bravely and will be sorely missed."- Maria Burnett Prominent Ugandan gay activist [...]Read more about Prominent Ugandan activist killed
Hear Me Out: Legends
Elton John and Leon Russell, 'The Union' In his illustrious four-decade career, Elton John's done it all: cut classics, inspired generations of performers and [...]Read more about Hear Me Out: Legends
Book Marks: Insignificant Others, The Side Door, Role Models
by Richard Labonte "Insignificant Others," by Stephen McCauley. Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $25 hardcover. On the surface, Conrad and Richard are [...]Read more about Book Marks: Insignificant Others, The Side Door, Role Models
True Blues
So much for just having fun. Cyndi Lauper's been doing anything but lollygagging lately – appearing on "Celebrity Apprentice," promoting AIDS awareness and [...]Read more about True Blues
Death by suppository at The Ringwald
As a particularly funny moment unfolded during the opening Saturday night performance of "Die! Mommie! Die!" at The Ringwald Theatre, one particular thought [...]Read more about Death by suppository at The Ringwald
Carol Burnet Show' take two...and action!
By D. A. Blackburn Last season, critic Donald V. Calamia took a stroll downriver to Wyandotte – a charming community, not generally listed among Southeast [...]Read more about Carol Burnet Show' take two...and action!
Book Marks: The Others, The Vampire Maker
By Richard Labonte "The Others," by Seba Al-Herz. Seven Stories Press, 328 pages, $17.95 paper. Queer readers are likely to be drawn first to this novel's [...]Read more about Book Marks: The Others, The Vampire Maker
TV comedy classic returns - but on stage
Chris Fusco as Carol Burnett in TNT Productions' 'The Carol Burnett Show.' Photo: Courtesy TNT From Television City in Wyandotte – better known as The Biddle [...]Read more about TV comedy classic returns - but on stage
REC to host two October events
Ruth Ellis Center will host two events in October to mark their tenth anniversaty. These events will bookend the induction of Ruth Ellis into the Michigan [...]Read more about REC to host two October events
The laughs aren't cheesy at The Ringwald
As I watched the opening night performance of "The Book of Liz" at The Ringwald Theatre, my mind kept flashing back to one of my all-time favorite TV series, [...]Read more about The laughs aren't cheesy at The Ringwald
World premiere has heart at the Rep
There's a moment towards the end of "Finding the Burnett Heart" when a very frustrated and upset Grace Burnett shrieks at her husband, son and father-in-law, [...]Read more about World premiere has heart at the Rep
Family searches for its heart at the Rep
Families. For better or worse, love them or hate them, the families we're born into are the foundations upon which our lives and histories are built. But what [...]Read more about Family searches for its heart at the Rep
My Ferrick Lady
Sprawled across a roomy bed, Melissa Ferrick is staring at, as she jokingly says, "the suckers at the Hyatt." She's a lucky lady. Ferrick thought she and her [...]Read more about My Ferrick Lady
Desperate' for Wisteria Lane queers, 'Grey's' gay to marry teen
Billy Masters "I truly believed he would never get married. He never seemed interested." – The mother of Al Reynolds (the soon-to-be former Mr. Star Jones) [...]Read more about Desperate' for Wisteria Lane queers, 'Grey's' gay to marry teen
Now Playing: May 5, 2008
NEW THIS WEEK: Baby Mama Kate (Tina Fey) is a successful organic grocery executive who learns she can't conceive a baby. Obsessed with being a mother, she [...]Read more about Now Playing: May 5, 2008
Carlile's 'Story' shines
Brandi Carlile The Story A- Live 8 p.m. May 9 The Ark, Ann Arbor (Sold out) Once upon a time Brandi Carlile surged through to an onslaught of folk fanatics – [...]Read more about Carlile's 'Story' shines
Bravo's James Lipton to receive Emmy for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to James Lipton, creator, executive-producer, writer [...]Read more about Bravo's James Lipton to receive Emmy for lifetime achievement
She/He Said: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Musto ...
"It made all the difference in the world [when you came out]. It's just very moving and it just meant so much." – Openly gay Grey's Anatomy actor T.R. Knight [...]Read more about She/He Said: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Musto ...
Ability, agility, tight abs at the Fisher
I'd be in traction for months – or years – if I tried that. That was my initial thought while watching remarkable human bodies gracefully and skillfully fly, [...]Read more about Ability, agility, tight abs at the Fisher
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Review: 'Julius Caesar' Heartless Imperium at Power Center By Robert W. Bethune It was clear that the Royal Shakespeare Company had not disappointed the [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente Davis and Louis-Dreyfus envision 'Sellevision' One left behind "Sex and the City", the other "Seinfeld". Now Kristin Davis and Julia [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
Curtain Calls ONLINE
Review: 'Sweet Bird of Youth' Tennessee Williams' "Bird" Sings at the Hilberry Theatre By John Quinn Tennessee Williams is a name to conjure with in the [...]Read more about Curtain Calls ONLINE
Offended by cartoon
Dear BTL, I was reading your paper and was very upset by the comic "Dykes to Watch Out For" in the Oct. 6 issue. In the United States everyone has the right to [...]Read more about Offended by cartoon
Theater Events for the period May 5 - 14
Professional Theater: Brighton Beach Memoirs Part one of Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy is a portrait of the writer as a Brooklyn teenager in 1937. [...]Read more about Theater Events for the period May 5 - 14
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente He enjoys being a girl Matthew McConaughey finally knows where his bread's buttered. After the some would say puzzling success of fluffy [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
