Big Gay Frat House Blog

The gayest man on Earth would find this over the top!

The best (in my opinion) of the Literal Video parodies on Youtube: Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart."

The Big Gay ... Musical?

Coming to film festivals this summer and selected theaters this fall, it's The Big Gay Musical!

Alas, it's not ours. It has nothing to do with the Big Gay Frat House (though if we had the means of copyrighting "Big Gay ___ ___," we could have made a mint!). Except ... there is one tiny connection: adult star Brent Corrigan, who worked with us for our Midsummer Night's Dream fundraiser in August 2006 and Another Gay Fundraiser in June 2008, appears in the film.

Though best known for his porn career, including starting two porn studios by the age of 22, Brent is one of the rare adult stars to be able to break into mainstream acting roles as well. He's starred in two short films for writer/director Jody Wheeler, including In the Closet, played Stan the Merman in Todd Stephens' Another Gay Sequel, had a credited cameo in Milk, will star in the upcoming film Judas Kiss, and is rehearsing for the lead in The Masseur (a two-man play about the art of seduction).

But Brent isn't the only reason we're excited about The Big Gay Musical. I mean, hello! It's gay. And it's a musical!

The Big Gay Musical is the story of two actors, Paul and Eddie, whose lives begin to mirror the characters they play in an off-Broadway musical. It's written and produced by Fred Caruso, directed by Casper Andreas, and stars a cast generally best known for their work on Broadway, including Liz McCartney (Taboo, South Pacific), Jim Newman (Curtains, Minnelli on Minnelli), Joey Dudding (A Chorus Line, La Cage), Marty Thomas (Xanadu, Wicked, The Secret Garden), Andre Ward (Xanadu, Saturday Night Fever), Daniel Robinson (Hairspray), Jeff Metzler (Mary Poppins), Brian Spitulnik (Chicago), Josh Cruz (Wig Out), Celina Carvajal (Tarzan and the TV show The Search of Elle Woods) and Steve Hayes, one of the stars of the film Trick.

Embrem Entertainment recently acquired distribution rights and announced that the soundtrack will be released on July 14. The film hits film festivals this summer (we'll know in 10 days if it made it into Frameline) and will have a theatrical release this fall. We can't wait!

The Rejection

All right, since we're procrastinating with YouTube, I guess it's time to post an homage to Dangerous Muse. (Faithful readers may recall from a previous post that Kevin has a little crush on Mike Furey.)

Dangerous Muse is an up-and-coming band in New York who reached #2 on Logo's NewNowNext. Kevin first heard about them when they approached him (and half a million other Scissor Sisters fans) to be a friend on MySpace. We tried to get them to come out to SF for a charity fundraiser, but they had scheduling conflicts. Maybe someday...

In the meantime, here's their biggest hit, "The Rejection," which has been Kevin's MySpace profile song for months and months...

Oh, and here's a fan's recording of a live performance of it in L.A.:

Someday we'll get them to perform at the Big Gay Frat House...