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Seattle Gay News

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 12, Volume 41, March 22, 2013

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer

see gardens page 29 Patti Cohenour (l) as “Little Edie” Beale and Suzy Hunt as “Big Edie” Beale in Grey Gardens

Sarah Brightman talks about her new album – and her upcoming space mission Sarah Brightman knows what it means to shoot for the stars. A one-of-a-kind soprano, the Phantom of the Opera singer who originated the iconic role of Christine 27 years ago, has a voice that can reach as high as the cosmos.

Soon, so will Brightman herself – as she becomes the first singer to record a song from space as part of a three-person team aboard the International Space Station, orbiting the earth 16 times daily. (The trip is currently scheduled for 2015.) Her first album since 2008, Dreamchaser, is an extension of this adventure – a trip that shouldn’t surprise her Gay

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer fans. Brightman did, after all, once lose her heart to a starship trooper. We chatted with the renowned singer about that campy discoera music video, being a “heavenly” diva, and getting high off those high notes. see brightman page 31

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by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

Mark Kitaoka

GREY GARDENS 5th AVENUE THEATRE (at ACT Theatre) March 16 – May 26 Patti Cohenour is no stranger to the theater. Not here in Seattle, nor in California, nor even on the Great White Way. She’s created roles on Broadway (earning both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations) that have become iconic and she’s had her share of troubling performances. But all in all she has triumphed and is now starring in a dual role in the highly acclaimed musical Grey Gardens, the 5th Avenue Theatre presentation of which is now running at ACT. Seattle Gay News caught up this week with this versatile and talented actress, who portrays Edith Bouvier Beale in the play’s first act and her

Global pop superstar Pink (or P!nk, if you insist) has added Seattle to her 2013 live concert itinerary. “The Truth About Love Tour” will touch down Sunday, October 20, at Key Arena, as part of a new batch of dates added to her already lengthy road outing. Presented by Covergirl, the tour has thus far sold out in every city she’s played. The singer, whose Pink

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