Tag: Sweat

Single of the Week: “Undefeated Champion” by Melanie C

My favorite Spice Girl was always… Emma Bunton. Sorry. But the best voice in the Spice Girls? Hands down, it’s Melanie C, aka Sporty. Her voice is a monster, and the way it dances around this classic disco “you are your own legend” number that could’ve come out anytime in the last 50 years and may mean a lot more in 2026 than it has in a while, thanks to the ass backwards, anti-trans sentimenent that’s permeating through our country and makes me so very angry. So, yeah, this cishet male needs a solid, classic queer anthem to lift even myself through this hell. 

“Undefeated Champion” is the latest single from Sweat, Melanie C’s first solo record in 6 years. Preorders are happening. AND A WORLD TOUR WAS JUST ANNOUNCED! Tickets on sale next week! Sign up here to get your presale code. 

Theater Review: A.C.T. Presents Sweat – Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama about Working Class America

The cast of of Sweat, l. to r.: Jed Parsario, Adrian Roberts, Chiké Johnson, Tonye Patano, Lise Bruneau, Rod Gnapp, Sarah Nina Hayon, Kadeem Ali Harris, and David Darrow.

Simmering tensions underly a seemingly good time as friends gather at a bar in Reading, Pennsylvania. Set in the 2000s, scenes flash back and forth piecing together a riveting examination of corporate greed and its effects on working class America.

Sweat begins in an interrogation room ran by a very patient Evan (Adrian Roberts) as Jason (David Darrow) spews out anger and racial slurs. Chris (Kadeem Ali Harris) enters the scene and although the two men don’t remain in the same room, their bond is palpable. Something happened, and we aren’t quite sure what yet, as we flash back to three long time friends and steel factory workers, Tracey (Lise Bruneau), Cynthia (Tonye Patano), and Jessie (Sarah Nina Hayon). Continue reading “Theater Review: A.C.T. Presents Sweat — Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama about Working Class America”