Tickets Going Fast For Pride Anthems Concert With John Cameron Mitchell

May 27, 2024• byMichael Strangeways

I haven’t seen much buzz abou this event but it’s definitely something to know about…it’s PRIDE ANTHEMS a live musical concert happening Friday, June 7th at Benaroya Hall. It’s NOT a locally produced event but part of a national tour from Pride Live and the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center to raise money for the Stonewall center which opens this June.

The concert wil celebrate 50 years of popular LGBTQ+ pride anthems from many of our beloved artists like Donna Summer, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Queen and others. It features some terrific singers under the musical direction of Brian J. Nash and a very special guest star with the presence of John Cameron Mitchell, the much adored queer actor, singer, and co-creator of the very queer musical, “Hedwig & the Angry Inch”.

This tour will then travel up to Bellingham for a Saturday, June 8th concert at the gorgeous Mount Baker Theatre. (John will also be at this show!)

Get tickets for Seattle at https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2023-2024/23prideanthems

Get tickets for Bellingham at https://mountbakertheatre.com/Online/default.asp

A bit more information down below:

Join us as we celebrate Pride Month with a journey through the past 50 years of pride anthems. From Donna Summer and Queen to George Michael, Erasure, Madonna, Lady Gaga and many others, these essential songs take us from disco to the present day. The story of the fight for LGBTQ+ equality is linked to this music, evoking the struggles, heartache and liberation of queer lives then and now.

Pride Anthems creates a vibrant musical experience that celebrates, inspires and commemorates the legacy and power of the Stonewall Riots and takes you on a musical and cultural journey through the past 50 years. Starring Amy Jo Jackson, Kevin Smith Kirkwood and Marty Thomas, with music director Brian J. Nash, Pride Anthems is a show designed for all ages to come together in song and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Pride Anthems is produced in partnership with Pride Live. A portion of the proceeds benefit Pride Live and the Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center (SNMVC) which will open in June 2024. Visit pridelive.org to learn more about Pride Live.

Pride Anthem is presented by the Seattle Symphony. The orchestra will not perform in this program.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.