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Amber Martin is an internationally acclaimed artist and cabaret star based in New York. Her new record, Unbreakable Heart, is out now.

Amber Martin

Music

John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin Conjure Some Love

As a writer-director, Cosmo Salovaara’s work has been nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award, acquired by MUBI, and premiered at top tier festivals like Tribeca, Maryland and AFI Fest. His clients include Kate Spade, Refinery29, and Interview Magazine. In his digital series The Future is Then and Let Me Die a Nun, Salovaara employed high-stakes satire to respectively critique tech-industry gentrification and aggressive male courtship. His work aims to center underrepresented communities, while teasing the limits of popular gender and genre tropes. He is currently working on a feature about a cancelled man, and another about an anti-aging blood transfusion app called DRAWN. His scripts have participated in Fantasia&#8217;s Frontières Market and the Gotham&#8217;s U.S. Features in Progress. He participated in the New York Film Festival Artist Academy, and holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University.

Cosmo Salovaara

Film

SXSW ’24 Showcases an Industry in Flux

John Cameron Mitchell’s 2006 film <a href="https://shortbus.oscilloscope.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shortbus</a>, which he wrote and directed, is being re-released in theaters by Oscilloscope from January 26. He co-created and starred in the stage/film musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, for which he won Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Festival, four Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He also directed the films Rabbit Hole (2010), featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Nicole Kidman, and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017). He appears on TV in Hulu’s Shrill and in 2022 will be seen in Netflix’s Sandman and in the title role of Peacock Channel’s Joe Exotic adapted series. His musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus starring Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, and Cynthia Erivo, was just rereleased as a free podcast. In 2020, he put out the collaborative album New American Dream and his ongoing The Origin of Love World Tour resumed in December 2021. (Photo by Matthew Placek.)

John Cameron Mitchell

Best of 2021: John Cameron Mitchell on Veneno

Chelsea Stardust’s second feature, the horror comedy Satanic Panic, produced by Fangoria and Cinestate, releases theatrically through RLJE Films on VOD and digital HD on September 6. Her first feature film, the science fiction thriller All That We Destroy, was a part of Blumhouse series “Into the Dark” and is currently available on Hulu. Her Her first short film, Where Are You? was a part of the 2019 Etheria World Tour and was also featured on Nerdist’s Short Ends on Alpha. Chelsea also released four short films on Crypt TV, Slay Per View, Marco Polo, Project Hope and Under The Bed, two of which have exceeded over one million views. She recently directed a horror/musical/comedy for the stage titled Slashed! The Musical for the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which was nominated for Best Musical, Screamiest Show and won the Encore Award.

Chelsea Stardust

Dear John(s)

The Best Moments of 2016 on the Talkhouse Music Podcast

John Cameron Mitchell is an actor, writer and director. He&#8217;s the co-creator of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and originated the role both on Broadway and on film.
Currently staring in Hamilton and sharing the title role with the show’s creator Lin Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz has had the great honor to perform the role for both the President of the United States and the First Lady. This is Javier’s second venture with Lin Manuel as he was also part of both the off Broadway and Broadway companies of In The Heights and the first to take over the role of Usnavi after Lin Manuel’s departure. Other selected credits: The Porch (Ziad) at Altered Stages; Venice (Venice) at Center Theatre Group; Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera) (Proteus) at Shakespeare Theatre of DC; Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Richard III (Dorset) and Into The Woods (The Baker).
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John Cameron Mitchell and Javier Muñoz

The Stars of Hamilton and Hedwig and the Angry Inch Truly Believe Musical Theater Can Change Lives

Currently staring in&nbsp;Hamilton&nbsp;in the title role, Javier Mu&ntilde;oz has had the great honor to perform the role for both former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. This is Javier&rsquo;s second venture with Lin-Manuel Miranda&nbsp;as he was also part of both the off Broadway and Broadway companies of&nbsp;In The Heights&nbsp;and the first to take over the role of Usnavi after Lin-Manuel&rsquo;s departure. Other selected credits:&nbsp;The Porch&nbsp;(Ziad) at Altered Stages;&nbsp;Venice&nbsp;(Venice) at Center Theatre Group;&nbsp;Two Gentlemen of Verona (a rock opera)&nbsp;(Proteus) at Shakespeare Theatre of DC; Oregon Shakespeare Festival&rsquo;s&nbsp;Richard III&nbsp;(Dorset) and&nbsp;Into The Woods&nbsp;(The Baker).

Javier Muñoz

John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) and Javier Muñoz (Hamilton) Are Recording a Live Talkhouse Podcast in New York