Remembering George Michael (June 25, 1963-December 25, 2016). He won a Grammy Award in 1988 for “I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me),” a duet with Aretha Franklin, and “Faith” won the Grammy for album of the year. In Britain, he was showered with awards, and in 2004, Britain’s Radio Academy said he ha

Real-life Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. These were the early days of the AIDS epidemic, and the U.S. was divided over how to combat the virus. Ron, now shunned and ostracized by many of his old fri...

At Broadway Backwards 2019, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) battled a case of pre-wedding jitters with the rapid-fire patter of Stephen Sondheim’s “Getting Married Today” from Company. Criss,

What started as a normal afternoon of at-home baking swifty became a sugar-filled daydream. In “Pies and Tarts,” director and choreographer Jenn Rose pulled singer Melody Betts out of the cookbook to deliver a dynamic mashup of “Cherry Pie'' and “Pour Some Sugar on Me'' arranged by Dan Kazemi, inspi

At Broadway Backwards 2023, Les Misérables‘ inspiring anthem “One Day More” was set among a modern-day, ragtag group of activists preparing for an equality march in Washington. Philippe Arroyo, Bradley Dean, Jeigh Madjus, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Chris McCarrell, Turner Riley, Alexandra Silber and Paul C.

Broadway Backwards 2022 kicked off with a scorching rendition of “Le Jazz Hot” from Victor/Victoria, performed by the vivacious Matt Doyle. A 2022 Tony Award nominee for Company, Doyle stepped into Julie Andrews’ famous shoes with the help of a sizzling ensemble of Broadway Backwards dancers. What s

West Africa is being plagued by a new outbreak of Ebola — a terrifying disease that causes its victims to bleed to death from the inside out. Ebola has no cure, and the latest epidemic is spreading fast.

VICE News visited Liberia, where many feel the new outbreak began, borne from the bushmeat ma

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has produced a music video that joyfully educates gay men about HIV prevention options. Amazingly, it’s foot-stomping fabulous. The song, “Collect My Love,” was released by The Knocks and it features vocals by Alex Newell, the young gender

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner An

The show has been playing for months yet King herself has never come to see it. Turns out King had to work herself up emotionally to see such a personal show in a public setting and came to do so on April 3, 2014, in disguise: Ms. King said she wanted to support the cast and crew, people like Jessie