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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 411
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about the TG Geeks year in review. Please forgive our voices, we visited the cold for Christmas and came back with sore throats and stuffiness (Not COVID). We had so many things we did besides us just chatting on the podcast, we had a…
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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 376
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about a number of items from News articles to movies and tv shows. Some of the things we chatted about were The Hourglass Throne books are in the wild unexpectedly, our thoughts on The Batman, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. A couple…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 375
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about a number of shows and a news item we have discovered this week. We chat about the news that John Williams wrote a new theme for the upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. We also chat about the KD Edwards novella, The Great Atlantean Battle…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 374
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about several Apple TV+ series and general entries. Oscar Award Winning CODA as well as Severance the series about people who had a procedure that separates a person’s work-life versus personal life. We also talk about a great new series Slow Horses we have…
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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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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 366
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about several items in the news this week; Stranger Things Season 4 and 5, DC and Marvel reprinting JLA/ Avengers in honor of George Perez, Fox considering an animated series of Bloom County, and Troy Kotsur of the film CODA nominated for an Oscar.…
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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 360
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about a couple of things we are passionate about; “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” in all incarnations. We do a dive into this season of “Star Trek: Discovery”, the new Star Trek show “Star Trek: Prodigy”, all of which we tried to stay as…
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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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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 355
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Michael Seabolt, Director and writer of the short film Sleep Tight. We chat about how he got into film and this film in particular. As usual, we were a bit goofy and went off on a tangent (hopefully it isn’t too much….). We also chat about…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 354
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with author, Jayme Bean about her career as a zookeeper and how she discovered writing and how her life experiences that influenced Untouched, her new book. It is a fascinating discussion about her experiences as a zookeeper and how they feed her writing. Have a listen and…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 353
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Ryan Gebhart about his “Jewel of Life” series and the entry, Shadow of the Lost. Ryan tells us how he got into writing and eventually wound up as an architect in the Washington, DC area, along with all the twists and turns. Have a listen and…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 352
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Crystal Manich, Director of The Copper Queen film. Crystal shares her background and how she came to Arizona Opera to direct the then stage production of The Copper Queen and then on to the film version and how this film is on the forefront of transforming…
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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 349
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with author, Rory Michaelson. Rory has written two books that perfectly fit in with the Halloween theme, Lesser Known Monsters and The Bone Gate. He tells us how he got into writing and how these books got their start. There are some interesting tidbits in this interview.…
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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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TG geeks Webcast Episode 324
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with John Berardo, director of the new film, Initiation, out May 7th. We chat about what caught his attention about horror and how he got into filmmaking. We also chat about the film and what spurred him to make this film. John and keith also have something…
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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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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 322
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Kara and Mads of Firesphere Media, where they create several series of graphic novels and support other independent creators by delivering graphic design services at a reasonable price. We chat with them about what they are creating and their involvement with the LGBTQ+ Summit coming up…
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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 306
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat among themselves about 2020 as our year in review. The year that saw a number of milestones for us as well as a few sad items. The year known as The Great Pause. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much as we did.…
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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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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 300
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with Gini Koch, author and good friend of the show. We chatted with her while she was in town during the Summer. We had a socially distanced interview, dinner as well as a great time just catching up. Gini was our very first interview and we thought…
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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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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 295
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with David R. Slayton, author of the new book, White Trash Warlock. Look for it on October 13th. We talk with David about growing up in Oklahoma and how he came to writing as well as his style. We also reminisced about many OK folklore items. It…
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TG Geeks Webcast Episode 294
The Two Gay Geeks 🏳️🌈 have a chat with each other about two different TV shows we just finished re-watching via streaming. Two Sci-Fi shows, Eureka and Warehouse 13. We give our comments and insights on both shows with a few anecdotes as well. Have a listen and we hope you enjoy this as much…
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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…
