David Pevsner News

JAXX THEATRICALS will present CABARET, an American musical classic with book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The show will be directed by Sasha Travis.

Heading into Season 17, Dezart Performs www.dezartperforms.org, has secured 26 nominations for the 38th annual Desert Star Awards honoring theatrical performers in the Coachella Valley and High Desert communities for the 2023-2024 season. Winners will be announced by the Desert Theatre League October 20th in a live ceremony at Sun City Palm Desert.

Death tends to affect those who remain differently. Some take time to grieve, then march boldly forward, while others live in purgatory, their grief so overwhelming they only function within the pain of their loss. Mr. Parker by Michael McKeever is very much about just that - as was Daniel’s Husband, but while Daniel’s Husband left us with tears and broken hearts, Mr. Parker gives us hope for life after loss, as well as a lot of laughs which is a great analgesic when exploring deep emotions.

In acclaimed playwright Michael McKeever’s MR. PARKER, an inter-generational relationship leads to a complex web of family soul searching. This “Gay to December” romance finds a widower trying to come to terms with the loss of his longtime spouse while balancing a new potential love interest against the disapproving glares of his overpowering sister-in-law. 

Naked Boys Singing!, the international musical comedy sensation, is celebrating its 25th anniversary, making it the second longest-running musical in off-Broadway history.

The 19th annual Saints & Sinners LGBTQ+ Literary Festival returns for a much anticipated in-person festival to be held March 25 - 27, 2022. SASFest will include literary discussions, writing workshops, readings, and special events. 

A world premiere stage adaptation based on the 2014 hit musical film, Waiting In The Wings: The Musical is set to play at the Rose Center Theater November 5-14, 2021.

The title says it all in the international smash hit musical comedy 'Naked Boys Singing!' This hilarious musical revue features 15 original songs, a bevy of gorgeous and talented men, and no clothes - a winning combination if ever there was one!

Since the pandemic began in March, comedian and syndicated columnist Billy Masters began twice-weekly broadcasts - basically to keep people entertained during quarantine. Billy Masters LIVE airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3PM Eastern / Noon Pacific. It can be seen on our YouTube channel, Billy Masters TV, or on BillyMasters.com/TV.

New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller, the host of the internet TV show 'The Mama Rose Show,' will be making his London cabaret debut via London-based Harold Sanditen's Open Mic Zoom on Thursday, July 30, titled a?oeA Midsummer Night's Stream,a?? which is the last show of the summer.

Digital TV sitcom Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-2016) will be feted by Heartland Film's Indy Shorts Film Festival on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in an evening of LGBTQ films and merriment called 'Pride Stride.'

Award-winning digital gay sitcom Old Dogs & New Tricks has joined the ever-growing library of independent LGBTQ productions on the premiere streaming service Prime Video. All four seasons are now available to stream and purchase in the US and UK on Prime Video's TV platform and at www.amazon.com/v/odnttheseries. 

George M. Cohan has been attributed to being the father of the American Musical, whose works are the very roots of Broadway and musical theater that we know today. Without his numerous contributions to the American theater, Broadway as we all know it probably wouldn't even exist. This is the idea that's drummed rather loudly and patriotically by the ending of YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, the 2004 stage musical now in the midst of its Southern California regional premiere via Musical Theatre West. A fairly entertaining, if inescapably old-fashioned jukebox musical that paints rather broad strokes rather than giving a deep dive into Cohan's life story, this new production continues performances at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts in Long Beach through July 22, 2018.

The gang from the award-winning gay digital TV comedy series Old Dogs & New Tricks will return for a fourth season, confirms show's creator Leon Acord, if they can raise the funds via GoFundMe.com

Acclaimed gay digital TV series Old Dogs & New Tricks returns today [Sat. 6/25] with a new mini-movie special 'Where Were YOU When the Rights Went ON?' celebrating the one-year anniversary of the historic day for the LGBT community.

In MUSICAL COMEDY WHORE, actor David Pevsner has written a most revealing musical autobiography that he performs himself, backed by the able musical accompaniment (and very funny, injecting vocal choruses) of Gerald Sternbach. Randy Brenner smartly directs Pevsner at a smooth, fast clip in this hour-and-a-half one-act.

The third-season DVD of the fiercely intelligent, highly entertaining and sometimes outrageous digital TV series Old Dogs & New Tricks is out today, June 5, 2015.

Heartrending tales of tragedy weaved together by the common denominator of a gun (hence, Bang Bang) will rip your heartstrings and possibly cause a flow of tears. Ably directed by Mark Bringelson at an even, fast clip; his talented cast succeeds in presenting actual human faces to the oft-times, de-personalized news accounts of these all-too-common fatal occurrences.

Remember that happy-ending massage Ross (David Pevsner) had in the season premiere (which the masseur video-taped)?

The holiday season moves into high gear today, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7 when Chicago's home grown holiday film Scrooge & Marley returns to the Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago) a little over two years from the date of its red carpet premiere at the historic venue in 2012.