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Andrea’s Angle | “Carmen” – Beautiful Performances, but Confusing
I was really looking forward to this film that reimagines the opera, Carmen. I love classical music and operatic dramas, so I was interested to see what a modern retelling would do with the story. While the dancing and music are beautifully executed, with most of the music original to the film and the actors’…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 408
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Sean Lionadh, Director of a short film entitled “Too Rough.” This film comes to us from Scotland and has qualified for Oscar consideration on two separate occasions, as well as won numerous film festival awards and a BAFTA. We chat with Sean about how he got…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 407
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Trisha from Winter Horror Fest and the event they are producing later on this month, A Fright Before Christmas. This event is in support of Mulligan House, a group home for at-risk LGBTQ+ kids about to age out of the Foster system. It is a worthy…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 373
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Mark Bessenger, writer/ Director of such films as Last Straight Man, Bite Marks, and Ninja Zombie. Mark has a new project, Gayliens for HereTV that we chat about. We also chat a little about how he got into filmmaking and a little Doctor Who thrown in…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 372
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with E. Loren Meeker, Stage Director for the Arizona Opera production of Mozart’s wonderful ensemble piece, Cosi fan Tutte. Loren is not just a stage director, she wears many hats (and they are fabulous) in dance, theater and the opera world, and recently became General & Artistic…
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Carmen: The Graphic Novel Kickstarter Now Available
The Two Gay Geeks received this notice that the Kickstarter for Carmen: The Graphic Novel is now LIVE and ready to accept backers. Please support this worthy project from Creator Alek Shrader in association with Arizona Opera. See below and at the Kickstarter site for the full list of creatives. Let us know what you…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 369
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Colin MacDonald of OnStream Productions. Colin just released a new short, Stitches. We ran a press release last week about it and you can watch it there. Colin tells us how he got into film making and the body horror genre as well as a few…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 368
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about several things we have been watching like the return of Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Discovery. We also chat about an incredible experience we had at the Celebrity Theater here in Phoenix, where we had a meet and greet with Rick Wakeman,…
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Arizona Opera Announces its 2022/23 Season
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release from Arizona Opera concerning their 22/23 Season. Wow, are there some exciting things going on next year (season). One of my favorite operas of all time, Ariadne auf Naxos, there is a story there I will share on a future podcast. Check out the season and other…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 363
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with our good friend Brian Webber, also known as Arkle. Brian has an exciting anniversary coming up, the Fifth Anniversary of his Youtube show, Shameless CashGrab. We talked about Brian being one of our first listeners. We also chatted about his long experience with podcasting and then…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 359
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Alek Shrader, opera singer and geek turned ComicBook Writer. Alek tells us about an exciting new project with Arizona Opera, a graphic Novel of Carmen. Alek tells us about the process and how he came up with the idea as well as teases us with the…
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Arizona Opera’s “The Copper Queen” Film is Heartbreakingly Beautiful
The Two Gay Geeks were very fortunate to attend the World Premiere of the “The Copper Queen” film produced by Arizona Opera. Yes, I said film, this was originally commissioned to be produced onstage two years ago but we had this little thing called a pandemic (or as we refer to it, the damndemic). So,…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 337
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about Classic Doctor Who and how they became acquainted with it and subsequently became fans and obsessive about all things Doctor Who. We were discussing something that brought us to watch several series of Tom Baker that spurred this conversation. We will have a…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 327
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with J. Scott Coatsworth, author. We have spoken to Scott a couple of times about what is now called his “Ariadne Series” of books as well as some of his other works. This time Scott tells us about his newest book, now available called, Dropnauts, and how…
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Arizona Opera Announces Casting for 50th Anniversary Season
The Two Gay Geeks have another press release from Arizona Opera with more information on their 50th anniversary season as well as casting for the performances. This is a really exciting season for Arizona Opera with the premiere of the feature length film of the Copper Queen, a commissioned work by Clint Borzoni and John…
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Ballet Arizona and Arizona Opera Partner in Bringing Students Music Movement Breaks
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release from our friends at Arizona Opera, where innovation is the term of the day. They have a new program to help children move more learning about Opera and Ballet. We are very proud to be donors to Arizona Opera. We urge you to look at their programs…
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Arizona Opera Announces 50th Anniversary Season
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release form our good friends at Arizona Opera. We are so very excited to see Arizona Opera back in theater for this celebration of their 50th Anniversary Season. Have a look below for the wonderful productions chosen for this season. Let us know what you think in the…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 319
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Elena Joy Thurston of the Pride and Joy Foundation. We chatted with her several months ago as she was getting the foundation started up, now she has an exciting Summit for LGBTQ+ families and friends. She tells us what this summit is all about and how…
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Arizona Opera to Premiere New Concert Series, Arizona Arias, Sunday March 14th
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release from our friends at Arizona Opera. They have some new and exciting programs for the opera lovers around the world as we continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Have a look at these exciting new opportunities being created by the fine artists associated with Arizona…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 307
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have another chat with each other on their hopes, dreams, and predictions for 2021. So, join us for a little geeky neediness as we try to peer into a broken crystal ball. Whether we get anything right is a completely different story but, we will have fun doing it. Have…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 301
The Two Gay Geeks have a chat among themselves about the Holiday Season. We give a synopsis of what we plan to do for publishing, that is running articles on holiday movies and a few humor pieces. We also talk about some holiday traditions and some of our favorite films. We recognize that the holidays…
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Arizona Opera Expands the Re-Imagined 2020/2021 Season with Innovative New Programs and Performances
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release from our good friends at Arizona Opera about more events planned for the Re-Imagined 20/21 Season. As always we encourage you to check out the new offerings from Arizona Opera. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. As always we welcome your feedback…
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Arizona Opera Launches its Re-Imagined Season with Virtual Studio Spotlight Series October 2nd
The Two Gay Geeks received this press release form our good friends at Arizona Opera concerning the launch of their new re-imagined season and what that will look like. Have a read. Let us know what you think in the comments section below. As always we welcome your feedback and input on all of our…