Seattle Gay News
Issue 7, Volume 45, February 17, 2017
Arts & Entertainment
Twenty years of RENT: An interview with Skyler Volpe
Seattle Asian American Film Festival Feb. 23-26 w/ LGBTQ shorts program
Skyler Volpe – Photo courtesy of iu.edu
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer RENT – 20TH ANNIVERSARY BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA PARAMOUNT THEATRE February 21-26
Courtesy of seattleaaff.org
The musical RENT reached its 20th year anniversary mark this year. To celebrate the milestone a new national tour has been launched, and will be playing at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre next week. The Seattle Gay News caught up with Skyler see SKYLER VOLPE page 5
The Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) presents its 5th annual festival February 23-26, at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St) (Opening Night) and at the Northwest Film Forum (1515 12th Ave) (Friday through Sunday) on Capitol Hill. The 55 films on the program feature the best in recent independent cinema by and
about Asian Americans. SAAFF’s theme this year is #StarringUs, which underscores SAAFF’s mission to spotlight Asian American voices, perspectives, and histories by screening independent films that reflect the diversity and richness of the Asian Amerisee SAAFF page 8
Thalia’s Umbrella presents Toni Erdmann a humanistic When Love Speaks – comedy of heartbreak and a celebration of love poetry forgiveness
Phyllis (Christine Marie Brown) and Thyrsis (Terry Edward Moore) in When Love Speaks – Photo by John Ullman
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer WHEN LOVE SPEAKS THALIA’S UMBRELLA (AT TAPROOT THEATRE) Through February 25
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Well? Should I? Don’t I get an answer? If you have ever read any poetry and felt like maybe someone should be there answering “Yes” or “No,” then you are thinking like David Wright. Wright was reading see LOVE page 4
Peter Simonischek plays Winfried Conradi (aka Toni) in Toni Erdmann – Photo courtesy of chicagoreader.com
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer TONI ERDMANN Now playing
German music teacher Winfried Conradi (Peter Simonischek) doesn’t see a lot of his daughter Ines (Sandra Hüller). She’s a corporate strategist assisting in a major restructuring plan for a multinational company based in Bucharest, and as such it isn’t like she’s able to head home to see her ecsee TONI ERDMANN page 13