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Alan Cumming doesn’t sing soprano, but
he’ll be singing with one soon enough.
The Scottish bi guy will appear on Broadway
next season in a new production of Bertolt
Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera,” alongside
“Sopranos” star Edie Falco, Broadway veteran
Jim Dale and cool singer-songwriter Nellie
McKay. The text of the play has been updated
by Wallace Shawn (the writer-actor better
known as Alicia Silverstone’s nebbish teacher in
“Clueless”), and will open at Studio 54 on April
20, 2006.
The versatile Cumming — he’s doing voice
work for two new animated features, will appear
with Deborah Harry and Amy Sedaris in the
upcoming film “Full Grown Men” and has
recently seen his own signature fragrance,
“Cumming,” hit store shelves — will play the
lead role of Macheath.
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Margaret Cho
11.18.05
A new Cho show
It's been a long time since “All-American
Girl,” that disastrous sitcom that star Margaret
Cho turned into cathartic comedy gold in her
concert film “I’m the One That 1 Want.”
And like all faded memories that seem less
troublesome in hindsight, the torments of sitcom
life - and the lure of sitcom money — seem
doable again for Cho.
She’s recently signed on to develop an unti-
tled pilot for Fox and will star as her own moth-
er, a “character” named Mommy who’s become
a beloved staple of her stand-up act.
Cho’s face is more recognizable a decade
after her first sitcom run, and her loyal queer fan
base would welcome a chance to see her be
funny on a weekly basis. So Fox should just
order up episodes now, give Cho creative con-
trol and let the rest of the country learn to love
“Mommy.”
Queer Duck goes long
Do you miss Queer Duck? Bi-Polar
Bear? Openly Gator? Oscar Wildcat?
You’re not alone in your nostalgia,
and you’re about to get your wish for
more.
Creator Mike Reiss, a former
“Simpsons” writer and creator of
the animated series “The Critic,”
has finally been given the green
light for a long-discussed
“Queer Duck” feature.
The feather-ruffling,
MR absolutely un-P.C., five-
minute flash-animation
shorts first appeared online
in 1999 and eventually
found their way to
Showtime, where they
were shown alongside
“Queer as Folk.” The
feature-length
“Duck” is set to be
released direct-to-
DVD with
Paramount, and,
we assume, will
once again feature
the voice of Jim J.
Bullock as the gay
bird.
Shores’ ‘Sissies’
on screen
Del Shores
worked behind the
scenes as a writer
and producer on
shows like
“Dharma & Greg”
and “Queer as
Folk.” But most gay
audiences know him
as the creator of the
smash cult-hit indie
comedy “Sordid Lives.”
Fans of that film will be
happy to hear, then, that Shores
Alan Cumming
has a new feature in the pipeline, “Southern
Baptist Sissies.”
Based on his long-running play and on his
real-life experiences growing up in Texas,
“Sissies” returns to the wacky-but-warm-hearted
Southern hick territory of “Sordid Lives” and
revolves around four gay boys growing up in a
Baptist community.
It begins shooting next summer for a proba-
ble 2007 release.
Ambassador Elton
As if he didn’t already have enough on his
plate, Elton John has become an ambassador
for the Gay Games, according to 365gay.com
The Gay Games ambassadors are an interna-
tional group of prominent individuals support-
ing the goals and principles of the quadrennial
Gay Games. Gay Games VJI takes place in
Chicago, from July 15-22, 2006.
“1 am thrilled to be involved with the Gay
Games,” John said. “For more than two decades
the Gay Games have turned a well-deserved
spotlight on athletic and cultural performances
Del Shores
by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community and their friends from
around the world.”
How conscious are you of the potential
for becoming a crime victim when you
go out and meet people, given that
there are six unsolved murders of gay
men locally dating back to 2000?
“I definitely think
about it. When I
come down to Oak
Lawn, I think about
where I park and if it
is lit well. 1 think
crime is bad down
here."
Len Santster
Flight Attendant
“I don’t think about
it all of the time. I
have lived here for a
year and a half, and I
just know who to stay Shaun Bartlett
away from." Mortgage Broker
“I think about it a lot
because I normally
don’t take my wallet.
I am pretty cautious.
The police seem more
concerned with bust-
ing people for having pjJtfe
sex in the park. I
think it’s a political
thing."
David Huse
Retired
“I am not concerned
when I go out, but I
usually try to be a
good judge of char-
acter of the people I
meet."
Brent Smith
Self Employed
”1 think about it a lit-
tle bit. I have been
around for a while.
Generally, if I am not
in a group, I try to
park close to where I Tim Stanley
am going." Operations Supervisor
Have a suggestion for a question you 'd like us to ask?
E-mail it to staff miter Tammye Nash at nash@dal-
ias voice.com.
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