The Dame Game: an interview with 'Nothing Like A Dame' author Eddie Shapiro - ChicagoPride.com | music-all | Scoop.it

According to gay journalist Eddie Shapiro (no relation), author of the book, Nothing Like A Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater (Oxford, 2014), these leading ladies aren't just aware of their following in the LGBT community, they are "grateful…Chita Rivera has talked to me about performing on gay cruises and how rewarding that is. She says that, ‘When you're on a ship full of gay men, they show up knowing exactly who you are, what you've done, and they're the audiences who are most excited about being the room with you, so you love giving back to them'."