Yesterday, Saturday, May 22, was the first official Harvey Milk Day here in California. To celebrate the day, as well as to commemorate the life and achievements of Harvey Milk, the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles put on a concert at Fairfax High School last night. The first half of the concert was a preview of the music for our upcoming L’Amour concert at the Avalon, and the second half was a dramatization of the life of Harvey Milk through acting, narration, and song.

I really hope that the chorus gets a chance to repeat this telling of the life of Harvey Milk many times over. I found myself tearing up a bit at the piano near the end. The story was told beautifully and the chorus sang, as always, not just with their voices but with their bodies, hearts, and spirits as well.

This weekend is the last weekend to see STARMITES: An Intergalactic Musical at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. If you haven’t had a chance to see it yet, there are five performances left, so please come out!

People often ask me what Starmites is about, since practically no one has heard of this 1989 musical, despite its six Tony nominations. Starmites is billed as a ‘sci-fi comic book fantasy’ and that’s about all that can be said – you just gotta see it for yourself.

Steven Stanley has written an excellent review of our show, and you can check it out here.

We’ve had an amazing time putting this show together over the past couple of months. Our cast is amazing and I’ve had so much fun working with everyone throughout this process. Heck, on tech day, I even learned how to map and program dimmers to spotlights! And I am technologically challenged so this was an accomplishment for me.

If you haven’t had a chance to come see Starmites yet, get your tickets here and come see it! You’ll be glad you did!