Actors Steven Weber, Lori Petty, Cynda Williams and Mitchell Anderson have joined the lineup of Pride LIVE! Hollywood, which continues through June 29 at venues across Hollywood.
The inaugural pop culture festival will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the LGBT comedy Jeffrey with star Weber, who will be reunited with his Wings and Dracula: Dead and Loving It co-star Amy Yasbeck.
Meanwhile, Petty, Williams and Anderson have joined Relax … It’s Just Sex co-stars Billy Wirth, Tim Perez, Chris Cleveland and Eddie Garcia in a tribute to pioneering producer Steven J. Wolfe and his groundbreaking film.
Elsewhere, festival partner Amoeba Music will sponsor a free Pride LIVE! Hollywood concert performance by Durand Jones & The Indications, followed by a signing of their latest album, Flowers.
Also added to the schedule is a screening of disco movie Can’t Stop the Music with screenwriter Bruce Vilanch and cast member Leigh Taylor-Young.
As previously announced, other events also include a preview screening of the new U.K. film Unicorns preceded by the short Barbie Boy.
The Hollywood Reporter is the festival’s presenting media sponsor.
Created by Mark Lieber and Adam Newman, the producers of Infinity Festival, the event aims to celebrate the best entertainment — both classic and new — through a queer lens. It’s being curated and hosted by New York Times bestselling author Jim Colucci (Golden Girls Forever) and writer-performer Frank DeCaro (The Daily Show and Sirius XM OutQ), in collaboration with The Hollywood Partnership and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Along with Lieber and Newman, Colucci and DeCaro, Pride LIVE! co-founders include Brian Folb, a longtime Hollywood community influencer and CEO of Hollywood Offices, and production veteran Jeroen Hallaert.
From left: Adam Newman, Frank DeCaro, Jim Colucci and Mark Lieber
Courtesy of Pride LIVE! Hollywood
Previous events have included a 40th anniversary celebration of The Golden Girls (where creatives spilled the tea on the bitter feud between Betty White and Bea Arthur), a 25th-anniversary reunion of Queer as Folk, a tribute to Norman Lear and a screening of Saturday Night Fever with director John Badham and star Donna Pescow.
Other highlights have included the Los Angeles premiere of A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are The Documentary, and a screening of The World According to Allee Willis, about the Los Angeles songwriter of such songs as “September,” “Neutron Dance” and the Friends theme song, which included an appearance by DEVO founder Mark Mothersbaugh.
Standup legend George Wallace discussed his role on Amazon Prime’s Trans family comedy Clean Slate, and actress Donna Pescow and director John Badam offered behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of the disco classic Saturday Night Fever.
Pride LIVE! Hollywood continues until June 29 at such venues as NeueHouse Hollywood, W Hollywood, The Ricardo Montalban Theatre, Emerson College, Amoeba Music, The Aster and the indie theater Cinelounge in the Hollywood Offices at 6464 Sunset.
The full programming schedule and tickets can be found at www.pridelivehollywood.com.
