Gay & Lesbian events: Critics' picks
Find the best gay and lesbian events in New York City, as chosen by Time Out's editors.
We're Here, We're Queer, We're Mad Libs Launch Party
- Critics choice
- Free
Blogger, activist and performance artist Karl Marks launches his adult, homo variation on the classic Mad Libs booklets. He's joined by a cavalcade of brainy queer scenesters, including Mike Albo, Ashlie Atkinson, Ha Dangerfield, Ingrid Jungermann, Evan Ross Katz, Colby Keller, Justin Sayre and Bob
- Bureau of General Services—Queer Division at Strange Loop 27 Orchard St, between Canal and Hester Sts, 10002
- Thu May 23
Gay Men's Boot Camp
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Summer is closer than you think; it's time to start working off that pleasant winter plumpness. Certified personal trainer Laura Miranda leads this monthlong outdoor high-intensity interval-based workout, which promises to be painful, but it will feel so worth it when your exposed abdominal muscles
- Hudson River Park at Pier 45 West St at W 10th St
- Fri May 24 - Fri Jun 14
"Ace Morgan: What's for Breakfast?"
- Critics choice
- Free
Check out provocative images by photographer Ace Morgan, who has been documenting the West Coast queer punk scene for decades.
- Strange Loop Gallery 27 Orchard St, between Canal and Hester Sts
- Fri May 24 - Fri May 31
"Paul Thek and His Circle in the 1950s"
- Critics choice
- Free
This exhibit, curated by Jonathan David Katz and Peter Harvey, looks at the early work of pioneering queer artist Paul Thek through his own work, as well as pieces by his friends and lovers, including Peter Hujar, Joe Raffael and Wilber Pippin, among others.
- Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 26 Wooster St, between Canal and Grand Sts
- Fri May 24 - Sun Jul 7
House Dance International
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The House Dance International festival is an annual three-day event dedicated to “urban dance” (subcategories include house, vogue and waacking), with workshops, discussion panels, competitions and—of course—dancing. This is a little-known scene outside of (and even within) clubbing circles, and is
- Jamaica Performing Arts Center 153rd St, at Jamaica Ave
- Fri May 24 - Sun May 26
Pandora Boxx: Lick This Boxx!
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The beloved RuPaul's Drag Race alum Pandora Boxx shares salacious stories in this autobiographical night of music and comedy. For more information, go to spincyclenyc.com.
- Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café 407 W 42nd St, between Ninth and Tenth Aves, downstairs, 10036
- Fri May 24 - Sun May 26
Avenue Q
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
After many years, the sassy and clever puppet musical doesn’t show its age. Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx’s deft Sesame Street–esque novelty tunes about porn and racism still earn their laughs. Avenue Q remains a sly and winning piece of metamusical tomfoolery.—David Cote
- 340 W 50th St, between Eighth and Ninth Aves
- $69.50–$89.50, premium $126.50
- Fri May 24 - Mon Dec 30
The Nance
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by David Cote. Lyceum Theatre (see Broadway). By Douglas Carter Beane. Dir. Jack O’Brien. With Nathan Lane. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission. Douglas Carter Beane has a million great jokes in him, but only a few good plays. The Nance, a heartfelt period piece about coded and censored
- 149 W 45th St, between Sixth and Seventh Aves
- $57–$132
- Fri May 24 - Sun Aug 11
I Am My Own Wife
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Jen Forcino directs Scott Voloshin in this solo performance of Doug Wright's Pulitzer Prize–winning drama inspired by the life of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. Click here for more info.
- 410 W 42nd St, between Ninth and Tenth Aves, 10036
- $19.25
- Fri May 24 - Sun May 26
The F Word
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
This super-popular bash features a rotating lineup of DJs and a hot crowd eager to unwind at the end of the workweek. Celebs including Kathy Griffin and Kylie Minogue have been known to appear.
- Splash Bar 50 W 17th St, between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 10011
- Fri May 24
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