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was Soundtrack Night. Contestants were asked to sing their favorite ditty from a movie or stage show. The eight participants It has been said that music is delivered, making Soundtrack the soundtrack of our lives. In Night one of the most memorakeeping with that concept, and ble Pride Idol shows to date! to offer an excuse for showtune queens to sing a song from RENT, Pride Idol’s ninth week see pride idol page 40 by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer Hail, Caesar Teatro ZinZanni Through August 28 As usual, “love, chaos, and dinner” reign supreme at Teatro ZinZanni where Hail, Caesar has returned in a greatly revised and revamped production for a summer run through August 28. As before, comedian Frank Ferrante heads the cast as Julius Caesar, heavy on comedy with no tragedy (or Ides of March) in sight. Dreya Weber encores her Teatro work in the San Francisco edition of Hail, Caesar as the eternal vamp, Cleopatra. With “Comedy Tonight” as an unstated theme, this zany ZinZanni offering turns history into a comedy routine and a quest for the elusive Love Spice that sets the dinner and comedy mixture in flight. As usual, the totally unique Teatro ZinZanni see zinzanni page 40
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WEEK NINE: Pride Idol visits Hollywood
Issue 22, Volume 39, June 3, 2011
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The Gay films of SIFF 2011, part II cour tesy SIFF
Achtung, party people! Paul van Dyk is in the house!
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer
How big is Paul van Dyk? He’s enormous! Consistently ranked amongst the top 10 DJs on the planet since 1998, this eye-catching German is a superstar in electronic music and continues to pack concert venues from Vilnius to Kuala Lumpur to San Diego. With a new album, Evolution, set for release later this year, van Dyk is introducing material from it in select cities with a stimulating live show that arrives here on June 10 at The Showbox SoDo – visit www.showboxonline.com for tickets. Reached
by Herb Krohn SGN Contributing Writer
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Four More Years
The Seattle International Film Festival is well underway, and will continue through June 12. Here is SGN’s continuing look at the festival’s prominent LGBToriented films. For more film reviews as well as a schedule of upcoming films
of Gay interest, visit www.sgn. org. Information and tickets can be found at www.siff.net as well as the SIFF Box Office on the 2nd floor of Pacific Place, and SIFF Cinema at Seattle Center on Mercer Street. see SIFF page 37