Robert Nesti

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National Managing Editor at Edge Media Network

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Orville Peck Wows Sold Out Symphony Hall at Boston Pops Pride Night

3 weeks ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

5 hours agoOrville Peck Wows Sold Out Symphony Hall at Boston Pops Pride Night There were plenty of cowboys -- rhinestone or other, masked or not -- at Symphony Hall on Thursday night. The reason? Alt queer (and masked) country star Orville Peck was making his debut with the orchestra for Pride Night.
Hate Watch: And Just Like That, It's 'And Just Like That'

3 weeks ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

7 hours agoHate Watch: And Just Like That, It's 'And Just Like That' "Does anyone still wear a hat?" Elaine Stritch asked in "Company" back in 1970. It turns out Carrie Bradshaw does in an epic fashion faux-pas on the first episode of Season 3 of "And Just Like That" with a huge, floppy thing that appears to have landed on her head like some alien parasite clothed in gingham.
At the Lyric Stage, Aimee Doherty Wants to Make Dolly Her Own

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

7 hours agoAt the Lyric Stage, Aimee Doherty Wants to Make Dolly Her Own With Carol Channing strutting the runway and batting her saucer eyes to the far reaches of the sold-out St. James Theatre, there was no bigger Broadway hit than "Hello, Dolly!" during the 1960s. Pearl Bailey followed her in a celebrated all-black version, Phyllis Diller had her turn, and Ethel Merman closed the show written for her.
Review: Jimmy Choo-less Cynthia Erivo Opens Keith Lockhart's 30th Pops Season in Spectacular Fashion

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

4 hours agoReview: Jimmy Choo-less Cynthia Erivo Opens Keith Lockhart's 30th Pops Season in Spectacular Fashion It's fair to say that the Zeitgeist gods were smiling down on Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops with their choice for the opening night guest for the start of his 30th year as the orchestra's conductor. Could there be a more in-the-moment star than Cynthia Erivo?
Theater Review: Lean 'Mean Girls' Wears Out Its Welcome

1 month ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

May 5Theater Review: Lean 'Mean Girls' Wears Out Its Welcome "Mean Girls, The Musical" doesn't need a rave review to succeed; what the current non-Equity company needs to fill a theater are as many likes on social media as it can get. They would likely encourage the musical's built-in audience – Gen Z women and gay men – to attend.
Boston's Week-Long Big Queer Food Fest Celebrates the Community

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

4 hours agoBoston's Week-Long Big Queer Food Fest Celebrates the Community Nothing succeeds like an idea whose time has come. Such is the case of the Boston's Big Queer Food Fest which has grown from a modest one-day event a year ago to a week-long celebration of queerness and cuisine, two things that go together in so many ways. The idea of such a festival began in 2023 with pop-up dinners and culinary events in Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, and Nashville.
Choreographer Matthew Rushing Pays Tribute to Alvin Ailey with 'Sacred Songs'

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

5 hours agoChoreographer Matthew Rushing Pays Tribute to Alvin Ailey with 'Sacred Songs' When Matthew Rushing was around 12 or 13 years old, he recalls getting a ticket to see The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Los Angeles where he grew up.
Review: A Superb 'Carousel' Speaks to Our Divided Times | EDGE United States

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

6 hours agoReview: A Superb 'Carousel' Speaks to Our Divided Times Of all Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musicals, it makes sense that the Boston Lyric Opera would want to produce "Carousel." With its integrated musical interludes and free-flowing clusters of songs, it is the team's work that comes closest to opera, especially since it requires trained opera singers accompanied by a large orchestra to be fully authentic.
Opera's Vocal Chameleon Edward Nelson Takes on Billy Bigelow in BLO's 'Carousel'

2 months ago | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Apr 3Opera's Vocal Chameleon Edward Nelson Takes on Billy Bigelow in BLO's 'Carousel' In the Metropolitan Opera's 2023 production of Terence Blanchard's blazing opera "Champion," baritone Edward Nelson made his Met debut in what some might think was a risky turn. Dressed in a denim vest and jeans, and with long blond hair, he's every inch a queer hunk from the early 1970s who would be found in the NYC gay bar where this sequence takes place.
Michael J. Bobbitt Explores Family & Football (Briefly) at the 'Queer Voices Festival'

Mar 21, 2025 | edgemedianetwork.com | Robert Nesti

Mar 20Michael J. Bobbitt Explores Family & Football (Briefly) at the 'Queer Voices Festival' This weekend queer voices will be heard loud and clear as the Boston Theater Company brings their second annual "Queer Voices Festival" to the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) Plaza Theatre. "We're so excited to bring back Queer Voices for the second year," says Lyndsay Allyn Cox, "Queer Voices" Producing Director (she/they).

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