Todrick Hall Shares Thoughts About RuPaul, Family, SF, and More Before Sonoma County Pride
By Liam P. Mayclem–
Todrick Hall defies categorization. He is an artist, choreographer, drag star, entrepreneur, performer, and producer, but also much more. He has Bay Area ties and will soon be performing at Sonoma Pride. I had the joy of interviewing him recently for the
San Francisco Bay Times. And just to let you know what a sweetheart he is, I mentioned my partner Rick’s birthday, and without being prompted, Todrick sent me a special, heartfelt birthday video for Rick. Rick was thrilled!
Back to Todrick … we kicked off our chat talking about life during the pandemic and how he has stayed connected with fans.
Olympics, Broadway, Cannes: 2020 was cancelled. But what about 2021?
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While few events, if any, have plans to go ahead free of restrictions this year, some are taking a hybrid approach.
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The Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 with an opening ceremony.
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Early last year, as international lockdowns upended daily life, they took with them, one by one, many of the major cultural and sporting events that dot the calendar each year. The NBA suspended its season, the French Open was postponed for several months and the Tokyo Olympics were delayed a year. The future of the Glastonbury Festival and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival were in doubt. It was a bleak time.
Frameline and SF Pride Partner To Host IRL Movie Nights at Oracle Park
The first-ever Pride Movie Nights at Oracle Park with this year’s theme organized around the ideas of inclusivity and togetherness will feature in-person film screenings of the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical
In the Heights, plus a second unannounced feature picture, in June.
For its 50th anniversary in 2020, San Francisco Pride hosted an entirely virtual celebration amid climbing COVID-19 cases. (Big Freedia’s Twitch-streamed headlining act will forever occupy a happy corner of my mind, rent-free.) But with vaccination rates rising and California planning to soon remove its COVID-19 restrictions, the 51st San Francisco Pride festivities are looking to be largely in-real-life affairs. And the nonprofit’s movie nights at Oracle Park are expected to host thousands of people in an outdoor space that allows for “public safety and social distancing.”
G. Allen Johnson May 10, 2021Updated: May 11, 2021, 3:18 pm
A scene from the upcoming film “In the Heights,” based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical. It will screen at Oracle Park on June 11-12. Photo: Macall Polay, Warner Bros.
With the San Francisco Pride Parade canceled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic, the biggest official outdoor event during Pride month will now be a movies series at Oracle Park.
Frameline, San Francisco Pride, the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Giants have partnered to host the first Pride Movies Night at Oracle Park, beginning with a screening of Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “In the Heights” on June 11.