Seattle Gay News
Issue 1, Volume 46, January 5, 2018
Arts & Entertainment
SGN EXCLUSIVE:
Broadway and TV star Jeremy Jordan to appear with Seattle Symphony in “Broadway Today” concerts
Jeremy Jordan – Photo courtesy of Jeremy Jordan
Hard to believe it was a year ago when I had the opportunity to meet Megan Hilty backstage at Benaroya Hall after her “Luck Be a Lady” concert with the Seattle Symphony as part of their Seattle Pops concert series. Next week (1/12-14) Seattle Symphony presents another Seattle Pops concert as
by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE POPS CONCERT “BROADWAY TODAY” WITH BETSY WOLFE & JEREMY JORDAN BENAROYA HALL January 12-14
see JEREMY JORDAN page 3
THEATER What was the Best Theater of 2017?
Billie Wildrick as Katherine "Babe" Williams (center) and company in The Pajama Game at The 5th Avenue Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer It’s that time for the annual recounting of theater in the Seattle area. 2017 was a pretty great year for musicals. The 5th Avenue Theatre started off the year with a rousing version of Pajama Game with the by-now taken-for-granted wonderful local cast and
then bookended the year with a warm, sweet Holiday Inn with another terrific local cast augmented by special guest Lorna Luft. They also provided a moving, historic and excellent production of Ragtime. We sometimes need a reminder of just how strong our pool of musical perform-
see BEST OF THEATER page 15
Spielberg’s The Post an essential First Amendment call to action
Tom Hanks (l) leads the cast of The Post – Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE POST Now playing There’s no question Steven Spielberg’s The Post couldn’t be more socially, politically and culturally relevant than it is right now. What it has to say about gender
equality in the workplace as well as governmental assaults on the freedom of the press aren’t exactly subtle. Even so, at this particular moment in history both couldn’t be more important. Working from a smart, inquisitively biting script written by newcomer Liz Hannah and Spotlight scribe Josh Singer, featuring superlative, finely
see THE POST page 3
Golden Globes 2018 predictions: Harris and Martin among presenters for this weekend’s glitzy awards show
Neil Patrick Harris – Photo courtesy of Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer GOLDEN GLOBES 2018 BEVERLY HILTON NBC/KING-5 TV 5pm live & 8pm re-broadcast Sunday, January 7
Ricky Martin – Photo courtesy of Sony Music Latin
Just seven days into the New Year and it’s time to officially kick off the awards season with this weekend’s Golden Globes. Honoring the past year’s best work in film and television, the Globes ceremony is the first of several award shows being televised and/or streamed in the coming weeks;
see GOLDEN GLOBES page 8