TV 2019

New (to me) series watched in 2019:

• The Orville (seasons 1-2)
• The Windsors (seasons 1-2)
• Star Trek: Discovery (season 1)
• Secret City (season 1)
• Sex Education (season 1)
• Planet Earth (season 1)
• Russian Doll (season 1)
• Special (season 1)
• Dead to Me (season 1)
• The Politician (season 1)
• A Black Lady Sketch Show (season 1, episodes 1-4)
• Veronica Mars (season 1, episodes 1-3)
• His Dark Materials (season 1, episodes 1-3)
• The 2000s (CNN docuseries)
• When They See Us (limited series + Oprah interview)
• Les Miserables (limited series)
• Good Omens (limited series)
• Chernobyl (limited series)

Movies streamed in 2019:

• Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: with Page & Popcorn
• The Lobster
• A Futile and Stupid Gesture
• Abducted in Plain Sight
• The Birdcage: for the 645348th time
• Brené Brown: The Call to Courage
• Wine Country
• Murder Mystery
• Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room
• The Two Popes
• My Dad Wrote a Porno
• The Goldfinch (after reading the book)

Series continued or rewatched in 2019:

• Call the Midwife (season 8 episodes 2-5)
• Orange Is the New Black (season 7)
• Veep (seasons 4-7)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 6)
• Steven Universe (season 5 episodes 1-12)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (season 4, part 2)
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (season 4 + special)
• Stranger Things (season 3)
• GLOW (season 3)
• The Good Place (season 3)
• The Crown (season 3)
• The Handmaid's Tale (season 3)
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 3, episodes 1-3)
• American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (season 2)
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (volumes 2-5)
• The West Wing (season 6 and most of 7): rewatch, along with The West Wing Weekly podcast
• Angels in America (HBO limited series): rewatch with Cricket

Other series/movies attempted in 2019:

• The Magicians (end of season 1, beginning of season 2): I guess I have a love-hate relationship with this series, and I guess I'm in hate right now.
• Bonding (episodes 1-5)
• Umbrella Academy (episodes 1-4)
• Big Little Lies (episodes 1-2)
• Fleabag (episodes 1-2)
• The Newsroom (episodes 1-2)
• Derry Girls (episode 1)
• Pose (episode 1)
• My Mad Fat Diary (episode 1): At Courtney's insistence
• Eighth Grade: Had to turn it off.
• Documentary Now! (season 3: "Co-op"): just watched the one episode
• The Family (limited series, episodes 1-3)
• Mrs. Fletcher (episode 1)
• Catherine the Great (episode 1)
• Gentleman Jack (episode 1)

Podcasts consumed:

• The West Wing Weekly (seasons 6 and most of 7)
• My Dad Wrote a Porno (all seasons)
• Others while on a road trip included: Ologies, 99% Invisible, and others

Shows 2019

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Plays seen in 2019:

• Torch Song at the Helen Hayes Theater, with NYMAAC
• Gary at the Booth Theater, with Kathryn
• Hillary and Clinton at the Golden Theater, with NYMAAC
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 and 2 at the Lyric, with Kathryn and Hillary
• White Noise at the Public, with Kathryn
• Ain't No Mo at the Public, with Kathryn and Hillary
• Socrates at the Public, with Kathryn
• Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte, with Courtney and Richie
• Coriolanus at the Delacorte, with Josh
• Mojada at the Public, with Kathryn and Hillary
• Lovebird Jamboree at the WILD Project, part of the Fresh Fruit Festival, with Kate
• Squeaky Bicycle's Birthday Bash Fundraiser at the Stumble Inn, with friends including Kathryn's parents
• A Bright Room Called Day at the Public, with Kathryn and Hillary

Musical theatre and opera seen in 2019:

• Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theater, with NYMAAC
• Merrily We Roll Along at Roundabout (Laura Pels)
• Tootsie at the Marquis Theater, with Kimberly and Travis
• Hercules at the Delacorte, with Kathryn and Hillary
• Soft Power at the Public, with Kathryn and Hillary
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood at The Theater at St. Jeans, presented by the Blue Hill Troupe
• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf at the Public, with Kathryn
• Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera, with Mark, Álvaro, and others

Concert performances seen in 2019:

• Calenna Garbä in concert with QUO & LGBAC musicians at the Argentine Consulate
• Vanity's Vanities at Slate, with my parents and Lauren, and the LGBAC
• New York Public Radio: Live at the Brooklyn Bowl, with Josh
• New York Philharmonic in Prospect Park, for my birthday, with friends and family
• The Skivvies: Live at the Brooklyn Brewery, with Sam & Álvaro
• Dar Williams at City Winery, with Josh
• Aimee Mann at Williamsburg Music Hall, with Mike B
• Margaret Cho at the Ice Palace, with Brian Luke and other gays
• Jazz Age Lawn Party (for free, from outside the fence) on Roosevelt Island, with Kathryn
• Molly Pope, a Gay Man, and a Piano at the Duplex, with Mike T-F and Christian
• Brandi Carlile at Madison Square Garden, with mom and Tracee
• Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (New Sounds Live) at Brookfield Place, with Álvaro

Exhibitions seen in 2019:

• Harry Potter: A History of Magic at the New York Historical Society, with NYMAAC
• Unseen Oceans (exhibit) and Backyard Wilderness (movie) features at the American Museum of Natural History, with Cricket
• Escher: The Exhibition and Experience at Industry City, with Cricket
• Reich Richter Pärt at the Shed (and the Vessel), with Álvaro and Mark
• Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth at the Morgan Library
• Love & Resistance: Stonewall50 at the New York Public Library

I performed in:

• 5 orchestra concerts and 3 chamber performances with QUO at Church of the Holy Apostles, the Queens Museum, the Queens Library in Forest Hills, and the LGBT Center (percussion and piano)
• 3 concerts with the LGBAC Symphonic Band at St. Bartholomew's Church, the AIDS Walk, and Symphony Space (percussion)
• 6 parades and 5 stationary performances with the LGBAC Marching Band at New Hope Celebrates, the Hammerstein Ballroom, Queens Pride, Capital Pride (DC), Rhode Island Pride, World Pride rally, the Dyke March, World Pride march, Montclair Independence Day parade, the New York City Marathon, and Holiday in Herald Square (snare)
• A recording session of original music composed by Ron for an art installation (percussion)
• An Easter service at Church of the Holy Apostles (timpani)
• Holly & Garrett's wedding with Lindsay and Leslie (xylophone)