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Seattle Gay News

Issue 28, Volume 46, July 13, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Remembering Tab Hunter

Tab Hunter – Photo by Herbert Dorfman / Getty Images

by Sara Michelle Fetters and MK Scott SGN A&E Writer and Contributing Writer

We were saddened this past week with death of Tab Hunter on July 8, 2018 at age 86. Since we both interviewed the Hollywood legend, SGN honors his memory by running each interview side by side as a tribute to Tab. In May 2015, Sara Michelle spoke with Tab, a week before the screening of the Jeffrey Schwartz documentary, Tab Hunter Confidential at the Seattle International Film Festival. In the interview, Sara Michelle

focused on his studio days and having to hide his sexuality, and working with Divine. In August 2016, with the film’s DVD release, MK focused on coming out, past relationships with Henry Wilson, Tony Perkins, and his leading ladies. MK recalls that Tab mentioned that he once had a horse ranch near Seaside, OR. So, we are pleased to share our interviews with Tab Hunter – it was an honor to get to know him.

see TAB HUNTER page 4

GreenStage 30th anniversary season kicks off July 13 18th annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival to be held July 14-15 at Volunteer Park

Village Theatre announces line-up for 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals August 10-12

Village Theatre's Festival of New Musicals – Photo by Sam Freeman

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Village Theatre is excited to announce the lineup for The 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, a series of five staged readings of musicals currently in development. The Festival will take place in Issaquah August 10-12, 2018. Readings in this year’s Festival will include: Elysium, the moving story of a family dying under the weight of their own secrets; The Passage, a coming-of-age mystery about a boy battling a monster holding his father captive; Teddy & Max, an examination of feminism through the lens of a sis-

ter singing duo in the ’60s; Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter, a hilarious family adventure of what happens after Hansel and Gretl escape; and The Homefront, a rock musical about female factory workers at the end of World War II. The Festival will also feature the Northwest Songwriters Showcase – a concert presentation of original music by some of the Puget Sound’s most talented musical theatre writers, including: Rheanna Atendido, Scotto Moore, Lauren Marshall, Orlando Morales, and more.

see FESTIVAL page 3

Call for submissions: Village Theatre now accepting new musical scripts through August 3

Image courtesy of Village Theatre

All for one, and one for all! (l-r) Daniel Wood as Athos, Ben Symons as d’Artagnan, Chris Allen as Aramis, and Abby Nathan as Porthos in GreenStage’s summer 2018 production of The Three Musketeers – Photo by Ken Holmes

GreenStage will kick off its thirtieth season of free Shakespeare in the Park Friday, July 13 with the first of more than 60 performances scheduled in more than

20 area parks running through August 18. Three women will direct our four plays, all of which are “bad boy” plays. We’re excited

see GREENSTAGE page 8

ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Known for developing such new musicals as Next to Normal, Million Dollar Quartet, and It Shoulda Been You, Village Theatre is pleased to announce an open call for writers to submit new works to artistic leadership. Village Theatre will accept script submissions until August 3, 2018 to be considered for The Festival of New Musicals and/or the Beta Series. Authors may submit a libretto sample for consideration, and full scripts will be accepted via invitation only. As a commitment to inclusivity, Vil-

lage Theatre encourages submissions with diverse stories, experiences, musical styles, forms, content, and points of view. To submit a script, works must fit the following criteria: • The piece must be a musical. Nonmusical plays, plays with music, traditional opera pieces, and children’s theatre or theatre for young audiences, will not be accepted.

see ORIGINALS page 3


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