Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 46, Volume 39, November 18, 2011
The sweet duo behind the wicked stepsisters
Jinkx Monsoon joins the cast of Le Faux
An interview with Nick Garrison and Sarah Rudinoff
by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer
An Evening at Le Faux Julia’s on Broadway Fridays and Saturdays Drag superstar Jinkx Monsoon is the new host of Le Faux, Seattle’s most outrageous celebrity impersonation show, at Julia’s on Broadway – and she couldn’t have done a better job than on her first
Cinderella’s wicked stepsisters Grace (Sarah Rudinoff, left) and Joy (Nick Garrison, right) in Cinderella
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Sharon Jones pours on the soul at Showbox
J. Edgar : The (Gay?) man behind the mask
Dustin Lance Black talks on Clint Eastwood’s “loving” take on Hoover and Leonardo DiCaprio’s turn as a powerful closet case
by Jerry L. Peerson SGN A&E Writer Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings November 10 The Showbox Market The first time I heard Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I presumed the DJ was spinning dust off an old 45 for some late ’60s retro soul flashback, but yo u’d better not let Sharon Jones hear you call her “retro.” The Augusta, Georgia, native, now aged 55, expressed to Explore Music in an interview in May that she is simply “natural, and doing what [she has] always done,” and it’s hard to recall anyone else who more deserves the long overdue success that she is now savoring. From the moment Jones strutted on stage in a stunning teal sequined dress to the moment she triumphantly
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(L to R) Leonardo DiCapr io, Clint Eastwood, and Dustin Lance Black on the set of J. Edgar
courtesy motormouth media
by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer No milk for Dustin Lance Black – the 37-year-old filmmaker who says he feels 10 years older today – on this recent morning in a suite at a Beverly Hills hotel. Instead, the screenwriter is nursing a hangover after last night’s premiere of his latest film, J. Edgar, with a bottle of water, joking that “it just means more honest answers; the filter’s down.” Even without the last drops of Jack and Cokes flushing from his system (proof: lots of bathroom breaks), Black always spoke his mind. It’s how the writer has become one of the most admired LGBT activists of our generation, passionately speaking out on hot topics like Prop 8, being a lapsed Mormon and curious dinners with Taylor Lautner (more on that later).
Mark Kitaoka
Jinkx Monsoon
nate gowdy/seattle gay news
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Cinderella 5th Avenue Theatre November 25December 31 The 5th Avenue Theatre’s holiday musical is the lesser-known Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, Cinderella. Not waiting for the stroke of midnight, the cast was announced – and it is nothing short of magical. Seattle Gay News sat down with local personalities Nick Garrison (Cabaret) and Sarah Rudinoff (On The Town) to discuss their views, their careers, and their roles as Cinderella’s stepsisters.
Sharon Jones
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