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Lambda Archives to host open house on Saturday

SAN DIEGO -- The Lambda Archives is inviting community members to visit its space this Saturday, Dec. 1, for an end-of-year open house.

After spending many years in a cramped office space, Lambda Archives opened a new exhibit space in August (see left photo). The new space gives community members greater access to the exhibits that the organization has collected, documenting San Diego's vibrant LGBT history.

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THEATER REVIEW: Diversionary presents West Coast debut of “when last we flew”

Somewhere in Kansas (“not Kansas City”), 17-year-old Paul (Cordell Mosteller) sits in the bathroom, reading Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,” because “it’s the only room in my house with a lock.”

Paul is bright, black and trying to come to terms with his homosexuality and fears that father Ford (Marshall Anderson) left home because of it. Paul also isn’t quite sure how to handle the advances of best friend Ian (Noah Longton).

Diversionary Theatre casts "when last we flew," a new play by Harrison David Rivers

SAN DIEGO -- Diversionary Theatre completes casting for its production of "when last we flew," a new play by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Colette Robert, opening Thursday, Nov. 8.

The cast includes Faeren Adams as Priscilla, Marshall Anderson as Fresh, Lynaé DePriest as Marian, DeAnna Driscoll as The Angel, Noah Longton as Ian, and Cordell Mosteller as Paul.

City of San Diego provides additional funding to Hillcrest Hoedown

SAN DIEGO -- Councilmember Todd Gloria has allocated an additional $2,500 in grant funding from the city's Commission for Arts and Culture to support the recent Hillcrest Hoedown, organized by the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA).

The event had previously been allocated $11,979 from the Commission, so the additional funds bring the city's total support for 2012 to $14,479.

City leaders support "Penny for the Arts" program

SAN DIEGO -- With hopes of restoring funding for arts and culture programming in the City of San Diego to a full penny of every dollar of TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax) revenue, Mayor Jerry Sanders and District 6 Councilmember Lorie Zapf will host a press conference today at 11 am to announce their "A Penny for the Arts -- Five-Year Blue Print."

The plan was unanimously approved on Monday, Oct. 8. by the San Diego City Council's Economic Development and Strategies Committee, with members voicing their support to restore arts funding to previous levels.

Get $5 discount off "Pippin" at Diversionary Theatre

SAN DIEGO -- As Berthe says, "it's time to start livin’."

Come see the musical that SDGLN Theater Critic Jean Lowerson calls a “top-drawer cast … sprightly choreography, acting, singing” and “as fine a production of ‘Pippin’ as you are likely to see.”

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THEATER REVIEW: “Pippin” is a powerhouse at Diversionary Theatre

It’s been said that we find out what we want by first discovering what we don’t want.

That certainly seems to be the case for Pippin, the fictionalized son of the fictionalized founder of the Carolingian Empire Charlemagne in Stephen Schwartz’s ’70s-era musical “Pippin,” playing through Oct. 14 at Diversionary Theatre.

James Vasquez directs and choreographs a top-drawer cast in this seldom-performed piece that ran nearly five years on Broadway back in the day but hasn’t returned since.

Diversionary Theatre sets cabaret series lineup for remainder of 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Diversionary Theatre has announced the remaining lineup for its 2012 Diversionary Cabaret series, a diverse set of music, comedy and performing arts events in a fun, informal atmosphere.

This year marked Diversionary's launch of the series, and the theater says that it is kicking the program into high gear now, with a great lineup of local and visiting musicians, stand-up comedians and limited-run shows.

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Q&A with Noah Longton, making his San Diego directorial debut with "Altar Boyz"

SAN DIEGO -- Audiences have been packing the Diversionary Theatre for Noah Longton's production of "Altar Boyz," a foot-stomping rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the last night of their national "Raise The Praise" tour.

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THEATER REVIEW: Bravo to “Altar Boyz” at Diversionary Theatre

Saving souls, lifting spirits and satirizing that once-ubiquitous phenom of boy bands are the aims of “Altar Boyz,” playing through Aug. 19 as part of Diversionary Theatre’s Cabaret Series.

Noah Longton produces and directs a talented quintet of singer/dancers as members of a Christian boy band who jump, gyrate, swivel their hips and – oh, yes – sing praises in an attempt to cleanse dirty audience souls. The number of offending souls is measured on their “Sony DS-12 soul sensor.”

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