Email Author Michael Musto

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Why I Hate Being Gay! 62 Reasons!"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Help! Blandness Has Taken Over Our Culture!"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2011

  "Fame Is Better Than Drugs And I Want To Mainline That Shit"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 22, 2010

  "Kicked in the Groin at Every Glittery Turn"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2010

  "Where's My Book?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 29, 2010

  "Year in Review"

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2013 Stories by Michael Musto

• Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove Not Affected By Nudity Ban

  published Mar 01, 2013

  Phew! Feel free to take it off and bake, Mary! But be warned.If things go too far--like public sex and/or drug taking in the Meatrack, for example--your meat will be put in a rack. Maybe just stick... More >>

• Passion Returns: My Review

  published Feb 28, 2013

  The 1994 musical Passion--with a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine--was an adaptation of the 1981 Italian film Passione d'Amore, about a sickly, unattractive woman who fixates on a... More >>

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  Sondheim Won't Let Barbra Streisand Direct Gypsyr

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Stephen Sondheim has generously allowed a lot of wacky and/or progressive interpretations of his work, including ones with the actors playing musical instruments, the director's wife playing the femal... More >>

• Casting For A Woman Who Loves Her "Gross Guy"!

  published Feb 28, 2013

  I just got this casting notice: "Are you a woman with a dirty little secretr Is your boyfriend/fiance/husband a dirty, obnoxious, filthy slobr Do these words fail to even describe the magnitude of o... More >>

• Bring On The Positive Stereotypes! Here They Come

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Nice stereotypes are supposedly almost as damaging as negative ones, so why don't we lay them all out here--until the list is longer than a black appendage, lol--and then flush the whole thing away li... More >>

• More Sexy Mug Shots For Your Twisted Liking

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Every hit has a sequel, and this blog is no different from a franchise film in that respect. So here are the hottest mug shots of misbehavers with questionable intentions but finely chiseled features... More >>

• Neil Patrick Harris' Wedding Is Offr

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Could it ber The Enquirer claims that Neil Patrick Harris and his fiance David Burtka had a quarrel and are barely speaking, let alone tying the knot any time soon. Oh, no! Who'll get the twinsr Na... More >>

• The Anne Hathaway Hate Is Dwindling

  published Feb 28, 2013

  There was a growing anti-Anne Hathaway sentiment on the part of the bitchy (and often accurate) people who populate the gossip boards in the last several months. They felt her Les Miz performance was... More >>

• Audrey Hepburn Is The New Galaxy Chocolate Girl

  published Feb 27, 2013

  This seems odd for a couple of reasons: (1) She's dead, nor (2) Audrey always seemed like more of a celery sticks and champagne kind of gal, not a chocolate-smeared oinkette.And yet she got the gig,... More >>

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  Who Should Play Miss Hannigan Opposite Quvenzhane Wallis's Annier

  published Feb 27, 2013

  On Oscar night, Beasts of the Southern Wild's Quvenzhane Wallis triumphed, looking fab in her old lady gown and puppy bag, and answering all the questions lobbied at her all night as if she'd been in ... More >>

• Fabulous Santiago Felipe Photos From Susanne Bartsch's Catwalk Par-tay

  published Feb 27, 2013

  This week's column is a rollicking wrapup of the tres festive nightlife that remains in NYC. To illustrate it, Santiago Felipe aimed his lens at the scintillating party people at Catwalk, the weekly ... More >>

• My Father Was Proud Of Me!

  published Feb 27, 2013

  My dad was not the most demonstrative person in the world. He was pretty low key and sparing in his emotions--always laid back and never loud. So I always had my doubts: Is he proud of mer Does he a... More >>

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  Seth MacFarlane's Most Negative Review Yet

  published Feb 27, 2013

  I thought Seth MacFarlane was pretty funny as the Oscar host--he made Tommy Lee Jones laugh, for God's sake--even if some of the jokes didn't land, or at least not safely. But a liberal thinkprogress... More >>

• Strippers, Topless Transsexuals, And Club Kids: Where To Find Them

  published Feb 27, 2013

  This week's column is a rollicking romp through the wacky world of New York after dark. Step up and see the attractions: A woman who can lay on her stomach and lick her own toes. (Think about it.) ... More >>

• Coyote Shivers Found Guilty Of Stalking TV Star

  published Feb 26, 2013

  I hear Coyote Shivers was found GUILTY in LA Criminal Court yesterday on both counts of stalking and harassment. The victim has been NCIS star Pauley Perrette, and sentencing is reportedly on her bir... More >>

• Strippers, Topless Transsexuals, And Club Kids: Where To Find Them

  published February 27, 2013

  Whoever took the life out of the nightlife should have bashed it a little harder because it's still out there and breathing, even if it's got a... More >>

• Nardicio's Underwear Party Photographed By Patrick McMullan! NSFW

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Recently, promoter Daniel Nardicio celebrated his 1000th party by throwing an underwear bash par excellence at Rebel, which was filled with guys in their skivvies, plus me and my friends. One of thos... More >>

• Guess What Sondheim's Next Show Is Aboutr

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Stephen Sondheim and David Ives have been working on a new musical called All Together Now, which is reportedly based on a small moment in one of Ives' plays and which goes backwards in time (like Son... More >>

• Melissa McCarthy's Next Movie

  published Feb 26, 2013

  You may well have seen the trailer already. (There was a commercial on the Oscars just the other night.) It's The Heat, directed by the Bridesmaids guy. Plot description: "Uptight FBI special agen... More >>

• Florida Wants More Gays!

  published Feb 26, 2013

  And they already have more than Ikea on Super Bowl Sunday. (Yes, that tired joke again.) See, I went to a Florida LGBT tourism reception the other night at Humphrey's at the Eventi Hotel and was told... More >>

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  Disgraced Cardinal Won't Be Part Of The Search To Replace Disgraced Pope

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the most senior cleric in the UK, has announced that he won't be part of the big old jamboree that will help choose a new Pope. O'Brien tendered his resignation last year in t... More >>

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  Sexy Mug Shots Of Hot But Troubled Guys

  published Feb 26, 2013

  The Gaily Grind has assembled some mug shots that are way hotter than your usual Nick Nolte/Sally Struthers variety. Whatever disturbances these guys allegedly caused with their behavior, they're inc... More >>

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  Here's What Lady Gaga's Next Career Move Should Be

  published Feb 25, 2013

  It's so obvious I can't believe she hasn't thought of this yet! She needs to do an album with the Goo Goo Dolls called Goo Goo Gaga. The title alone would sell!And then, of course, she should do a C... More >>

• I Just Shot A Scene For Smash!

  published Feb 25, 2013

  The NBC prime-time series that takes you into the world of Broadway musicals.Fun, fun, fun!... More >>

• Renee Zellweger's Extreme Sour Lemon Candy

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Suck on this, people.... More >>