On
Sunday,
May
27,
diva
Patti
LaBelle
is
scheduled
to
be
in
town
for
Washington’s
Black
Pride
dance
event,
Sexy’s
Black,
held
at
Club
Love,
1900
Okie
St.,
NE.
“I’ve
been
working
on
it
for
about
two
years,”
says
promoter
Daryl
Wilson
of
getting
the
mega
star
for
the
big
night.
LaBelle,
who
received
GLAAD’s
Excellence
in
Media
Award
in
March,
will
be
performing
at
midnight,
and
in
all
likelihood,
she
won’t
be
alone
that
evening.
Jennifer
Hudson
of
“Dreamgirls”
fame
is
slated
to
be
the
other
guest.
“It’s
a
90
percent
yes
that
she’s
going
to
be
here,”
says
Wilson
of
Hudson’s
appearance.
General
admission
for
the
event
is
$35
and
VIP
tickets
are
$45,
but
tickets
are
selling
fast
says
Wilson.
Purchase
tickets
at
TicketMaster.com
or
visit
www.202dc.com
for
more
details.
D.C.’s
annual
circuit
party
event,
Cherry,
has
changed
dates
to
coincide
with
this
year’s
Capital
Pride
weekend,
June
8-10.
Cherry
has
been
traditionally
held
in
May,
but
co-chair
Kat
Danaher
says
that
the
shifting
national
circuit
party
scene
is
part
of
the
reason
for
the
change
of
date.
“The
weekend
event
isn’t
as
much
of
a
draw
as
it
used
to
be,
let’s
say,
five
years
ago,”
she
says.
“D.C.
is
not
the
same
kind
of
destination
like
Miami
Beach.
By
having
both
Pride
and
Cherry
on
the
same
weekend,
it’s
really
a
draw
for
folks
from
out
of
town.”
This
year’s
main
event
will
be
held
at
Platinum,
915
F
St.,
NW,
and
the
evening’s
DJs
are
De
León
and
Washington’s
own
Jason
Royce.
A
Sunday
night
after-hours
party
will
be
held
at
Five,
1214
B
18th
St.,
NW,
with
tunes
spun
by
DJ
Susan
Morabito
from
New
York
City,
and
the
Sunday
night
closing
event
will
be
held
at
UltraBar,
911
F
St.,
NW,
and
feature
DJs
Manny
Lehman
and
Yiannis.
This
year’s
beneficiaries
are
the
Mautner
Project,
Whitman-Walker
Clinic
and
the
Task
Force.
For
more
information,
tickets
and
passes,
visit
www.cherryfund.org.
Arena
Stage
just
announced
its
57th
theatrical
season
lineup,
and
it’s
packed
with
some
intriguing
options
and
one
very
queer
duo
act.
Of
particular
note
in
the
10-show
season
is
“33
Variations,”
a
world
premiere
by
gay
playwright
Moisés
Kaufman,
who
wrote
“The
Laramie
Project”
and
“Gross
Indecency:
The
Three
Trials
of
Oscar
Wilde.”
Co-produced
with
Alliance
Theater,
Arena
will
also
be
presenting
a
musical
version
of
“The
Women
of
Brewster
Place,”
which
follows
the
lives
of
10
black
women
living
in
a
dilapidated
housing
project.
Included
in
the
cast
are
E.
Faye
Butler,
Harriett
D.
Foy
and
Marva
Hicks.
In
March
of
2008,
Kiki
&
Herb,
that
crazed,
boozed-up,
campy
duo
created
by
Justin
Bond
(also
seen
as
the
madam
in
the
film
“Shortbus”)
and
Kenny
Mellman
will
perform
their
review
“Alive
on
Broadway.”
For
more
information,
visit
www.arenastage.org.
Coinciding
with
the
reintroduction
of
the
Uniting
American
Families
Act,
filmmaker
Sebastian
Cordoba
will
screen
“Through
Thick
and
Thin,”
a
film
documenting
the
experiences
of
bi-national
gay
couples,
at
the
Human
Rights
Campaign’s
headquarters,
1640
Rhode
Island
Ave.,
NW,
on
April
10
at
6:30
p.m.
“We’re
trying
to
get
gay
staffers
there,”
says
Cordoba,
referencing
Capitol
Hill
staffers.
He
adds
that
after
seeing
the
film,
he
hopes
those
staffers
will
talk
to
their
congressmen
and
women
about
the
importance
of
the
reintroduced
act,
which,
if
passed,
would
allow
foreign
nationals
who
are
same-sex
partners
of
U.S.
citizens
to
apply
for
the
same
immigration
rights
offered
to
foreign
nationals
who
legally
marry
U.S.
citizens.
The
screening
is
free
and
Cordoba
and
one
of
the
film’s
featured
couples
will
be
attending.
