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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer My Fuzzy Valentine: We Have A [Heart] On 4U February 11-12 Erickson TheatER Off Broadway “Come on, bears! Let’s put on a show!” Not quite the call from an MGM musical, but it may
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by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor A local film, described by everyone involved as a “labor of love,” has been accepted into the international Queer film festivals in London and beyond – and it needs your help to get there.
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London invites local Queer film to film festival
Maximillian Davis as Jesus
Davis) who prides himself on his work with the Seattle LGBT community. At the same time, Jesus is having unprotected sex and cheating on Johnny, his long-time partner (Samonte Cruz). Jesus’ world implodes Johnny Samonte Cruz as when he discovers that H e a r t he is HIV-positive, forcing him to Breaks Open is a feature film confront his innermost fears, his about Queer life, public health, relationship with his ex-boyfriend, and community accountability and a future living with HIV. Faced which strives to provoke – and with the unknown, Jesus is pulled from the brink of self-destruction does. The film follows a model Queer by Sister Alysa Trailer (Brian Peactivist, poet, and community ters), who leads him down the path advocate Jesus (Maximillian of self-discovery.
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very well indeed be a Seattle interpretation. And just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Seattle-based singing group of girth presents My Fuzzy Valentine: We Have A [Heart] On 4 U. The singing quintet consists of Tony Gilkinson (founder), Steve Wolf, Clair Stevenson, Mike Krake, and Paul Bartholomew. As an added benefit, they will be accompanied by Christopher Smith on keyboards and will cover a wide variety of song styles. With the concert on Valentine’s Day weekend, it should be easy to figure out the common theme of the show. Big-hearted fun will be had
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BEARatones warm hearts with My Fuzzy Valentine
Issue 06, Volume 39, February 11, 2011
In a nuanced and subtle way, Heart Breaks Open comments on the notion of a “second coming” of the Christian Jesus Christ. The film deviates from the traditional three-act story structure, commonly used in fiction film, and follows the path of the Christian “Stations of the Cross.” Instead of a cross, HIV is Jesus’ burden to bear. Instead of the daughters of Jerusalem, Jesus is met by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Heart see heart breaks page 32
PNB offers radiant Cinderella Seattle prepares to Rock of Ages revival as Valentine’s gift tallic bands of the 1980s must have been having a flashback. But whoever it was, they were evidently on the right track! Rock of Ages opened this week at the Paramount Theatre and rocked the house! The fivetime Tony Award nominee is currently on tour with Con-
and Jeffrey Stanton Lesley Rausch as Cinderella as the Prince in Cinderella
Angela Sterling
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Rock of Ages Paramount Theatre Through February 13 Whoever thought that making a Broadway musical from the music of the big-haired me-
Joan Marcus
Cinderella McCaw Hall Through February 13 Pacific Northwest Ballet offers a pre-Valentine’s Day treat to Seattle dance fans with its radiant revival of Cinderella. Danced to Sergei Prokofiev’s acclaimed score, with a few additions from the composer’s vast repertory, the PNB production was originally choreographed in 1994 by Kent Stowell, then PNB’s co-artistic director. The 2011 revival, the first in nine years, is staged by Stowell and Fran-
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer
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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer
see rock of ages page 33 Constantine Maroulis (center) and the Broadway cast of Rock of Ages