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Trick (1999 Film)
''Trick'' is a 1999 American gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall and starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Miss Coco Peru, and Tori Spelling. Independently produced by Eric d'Arbeloff, Ross Katz, and Fall, the film was written by Jason Schafer. ''Trick'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1999 and was later released theatrically by Fine Line Features that July. The film grossed $2million at the United States box office, which was seen by Fine Line Features as "credible business". Since its release, the film has been considered a gay cult classic. It was later adapted as a stage musical, titled '' Trick! The Musical'', in 2025, with book and lyrics by Schafer and music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon. Plot Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, makes eye contact with Mark, a go-go dancer at a gay bar. The two meet again in the subway the same night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. They are thwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fall
James Fall (born December 13, 1962) is an American film and television director and film producer. He is best known as the director of ''Trick (1999 film), Trick'' (1999) and ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie'' (2003). Career Fall's directorial debut was the 1999 gay-themed independent film ''Trick (1999 film), Trick'', which was picked up for North American distribution by Fine Line Features soon after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The film also won the ''Siegessäule (magazine), Siegessäule'' Special Jury Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Outfest's Special Programming Committee Award for Outstanding Emerging Talent. In 2003, Fall directed Walt Disney Pictures, Disney's ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie''. He later directed several TV movies, including ''Wedding Wars'' (2006) and the holiday-themed films ''Holiday Engagement'' (2011), ''Holly's Holiday'' (2012) and ''Kristin's Christmas Past'' (2013). F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Coco Peru
Miss Coco Peru (born August 27, 1965) is the drag persona of American actor, comedian and drag performer Clinton Leupp, known for her role in the 1999 independent film '' Trick'' and for her series of live theater performances. Recognizable by her "trademark copper-toned flip hairdo", Peru also starred in Richard Day's '' Girls Will Be Girls'' (2003) and was one of six performers featured in the Logo original stand-up comedy series ''Wisecrack'' (2005). She has also appeared in a number of other supporting and guest-starring roles in film and television. For 30 years, Peru has starred in various "one-woman shows" across the US and other countries, and hosted LGBT events. Since 2005, Peru has appeared in the "Conversations with Coco" series in which she "interviews and celebrates the lives and careers of the LGBT community's favorite icons." Peru's guests have included Bea Arthur, Liza Minnelli, Lesley Ann Warren, Karen Black, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. Early life and the creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Deane Rapp (born October 26, 1971) is an American actor and singer who originated the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway theatre, Broadway production of ''Rent (musical), Rent''. Following his original performance of the role in 1996, he reprised it in the Rent (film), film version of the show and the show's United States tour in 2009. He also performed Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' and originated the role of Lucas in the musical ''If/Then'' in 2014. From 2017 to 2024, he played Commander Paul Stamets (Star Trek), Paul Stamets on the television series ''Star Trek: Discovery''. Rapp is also known for accusing actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct in 2017 during the MeToo movement, #MeToo movement over an alleged event from 1986. The same allegation generated an unsuccessful civil case in 2022 where a jury found Spacey not liable. Early life Rapp was born on October 26, 1971, in Chicago, Illinois to Mary Lee (née Bair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missi Pyle
Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in films including ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Bringing Down the House (film), ''Bringing Down the House'''' (2003), ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' (2008), ''The Artist (film), The Artist'' (2011), ''Gone Girl (film), Gone Girl'' (2014), Captain Fantastic (film), ''Captain Fantastic'' (2016), and ''Ma (2019 film), Ma'' (2019). Pyle has also appeared in television series including ''The Mentalist'' (2010), ''Cleaners (TV series), Cleaners'' (2013–2014), ''Jennifer Falls'' (2014), ''Another Period'' (2015–2018), Bordertown (American TV series), ''Bordertown'' (2016), ''The Soul Man'' (2016), Mom (TV series), ''Mom'' (2017), Impulse (TV series), ''Impulse'' (2018–2019), and Dirty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Chamberlin
Seth Kevin Chamberlin (born November 25, 1963) is an American actor and singer who performs under his middle name. He is known for his theatre roles such as Horton in '' Seussical'' and Uncle Fester in ''The Addams Family''. For his theatre work, he was nominated for three Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. He also starred as Bertram Winkle in the Disney Channel Original Series sitcom '' Jessie'' from 2011 to 2015. From 2018 to 2019, he starred as The Wizard of Oz in ''Wicked'' on Broadway. Early life Chamberlin was born Seth Kevin Chamberlin on November 25, 1963, in Baltimore, Maryland, and was raised in Moorestown, New Jersey. In elementary school, he starred as Huck Finn in the school's production of ''Tom Sawyer''. After he graduated from Moorestown High School in 1981, Chamberlin studied acting at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated with a B.F.A. in acting in 1985. Chamberlin has since acted on Broadway, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-night Stand
A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is no expectation that there shall be any further relations between the sexual participants. It draws its name from the common practice of a one-night stand, a single night performance by an entertainer at a venue. The practice can be described as "sexual activity without emotional commitment or future involvement".Jeffrey S. Turner, ''American Families in Crisis: A Reference Handbook'' (2009), p. 47. Views The one-night stand is the most common form of infidelity and is often used in research, polls and surveys to define the level of promiscuity in a society at any given time. It has been suggested that such an act can be as threatening to a relationship as a long-term affair: Some women have suggested that women who feel sexually insecure or unfulfilled should seek out one-night stands for personal growth and fulfillment. One writes, " one-night stand is the erotic manifestation of carpe diem— only we are se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag Queen
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and have been a part of gay culture. People Drag (clothing), do drag for reasons ranging from self-expression to mainstream performance. Drag shows frequently include lip sync, lip-syncing, live singing, and dancing. They typically occur at gay pride parades, LGBTQ pride parades, drag pageants, cabarets, carnivals, and discotheque, nightclubs. Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals who star in films and spend a lot of their time in their drag personas, to people who do drag only occasionally. Women who dress as men and entertain by imitating them are called drag kings. Those who do occasional drag may be from other backgrounds than the LGBT community. There is a long history of Drag (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coin Toss
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government. Coins often have images, numerals, or text on them. The faces of coins or medals are sometimes called the ''obverse'' and the ''reverse'', referring to the front and back sides, respectively. The obverse of a coin is commonly called ''heads'', because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse is known as ''tails''. The first metal coins – invented in the ancient Greek world and disseminated during the Hellenistic period – were precious metal–based, and were invented in order to simplify and regularize the task of measuring and weighing bullion (bulk metal) carried around for the purpose of transactions. They carried their value within the coins themselves, but the stampings also induced manipulat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome (play)
''Salome'' (French: ''Salomé'', ) is a one-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original version of the play was first published in French in 1893; an English translation was published a year later. The play depicts the attempted seduction of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) by Salome, stepdaughter of Herod Antipas; her dance of the seven veils; the execution of Jokanaan at Salome's instigation; and her death on Herod's orders. The first production was in Paris in 1896. Because the play depicted biblical characters it was banned in Britain and was not performed publicly there until 1931. The play became popular in Germany, and Wilde's text was taken by the composer Richard Strauss as the basis of his 1905 opera ''Salome (opera), Salome'', the international success of which has overshadowed Wilde's original play. Film and other adaptations have been made of the play. Background and first production When Wilde began writing ''Salome'' in late 1891 he was known as an author and critic, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go-Go Dancing
Go-go dancers are dancers who are employed to entertain crowds at nightclubs or other venues where music is played. Go-go dancing originated in the early 1960s at the French bar Whisky a Gogo, located in the town of Juan-les-Pins. The bar's name was taken from the French title of the Scottish comedy film ''Whisky Galore! (1949 film), Whisky Galore!'' The French bar then licensed its name to the West Hollywood rock club Whisky a Go Go, which opened in January 1964 and chose the name to reflect the already popular craze of go-go dancing. Many 1960s-era nightclub dancers wore short, fringed skirts and high boots which eventually came to be called go-go boots. Nightclub Promoter (entertainment), promoters in the mid‑1960s then conceived the idea of hiring women dressed in these outfits to entertain patrons. Etymology The term ''go-go'' derives from the phrase "go-go-go" for a high-energy girl, and was influenced by the French expression ''wikt:à gogo, à gogo'', meaning "in abu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick! The Musical
''Trick! The Musical'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Jason Schafer and music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon. It is based on the 1999 film by Jim Fall, which was also written by Schafer. The musical focuses on two young gay men in New York City, Gabriel, an aspiring musical writer, and Mark, a personal trainer and former go-go boy, who meet and attempt to hook up, only to have every attempt foiled across the city, through a combination of their wacky friends and acquaintances, enemies, and their own neuroses and sordid pasts. Directed by Paul Conroy and choreographed by Jonathan Bryant, the original production of ''Trick! The Musical'' premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Out Front Theater Company in 2025. The show received positive reviews from critics, with a planned run until May 17, 2025. Background After college at UCLA, Schafer moved to New York City and attended the Broadcast Musical Inc. writer's workshop, where he got the idea to write what would become the movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
