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For the past 19 years, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has bestowed awards on gay and gay-friendly artists, entertainers, and media professionals, and this year, Seattle’s own Dina Martina is nominated in the category Outstanding New York Theater: Off-Off-Broadway, for her show Dina Martina: Off the Charts!

Full list of this year’s nominees here.

In other Dina news, Re-bar will be opening a new Dina Martina show in mere weeks. Dina Martina’s Cherished Chestnuts is a “greatest hits o’ Dina” show, and there is nothing in the world better than a Dina Martina greatest-hits show. Seriously, last time she did one of these, I was required to fly friends in from out of town, on my own dime, for their own good.

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...

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  1. Can we not be MORE PROUD of Seattle’s own home town drag-tastic Dina Martina, this is fantastic news! I am hoping she wins. Just wonderful! Bravo! Well done! I cannot wait for the hits show!

  3. fuck yeah! i’m going on my birthday! and you took the words right out of my mouth, david–there is NOTHING better than a dina greatest hits show. this is truly exciting news…for me…FOR THE WORLD!

    PRAISE THE DINA!

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