[OutVoice] Tulsa, OK: "Jade Esteban Estrada Brings 'ICONS' to Tulsa"

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TULSA WORLD

JADE ESTEBAN  ESTRADA BRINGS ‘ICONS’ TO TULSA 

By KAREN SHADE  
World Scene  Writer 
Photo by ANGEL  HESS 

May  10, 2008   
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The first time  was for fun, the second for study. With "ICONS: The Lesbian 
and Gay History of  the World, Vol. 3," however, Jade Esteban Estrada looks for 
social and political  awareness. 

The pop singer/comedian/actor brings the third  part of his look at renowned 
gays and lesbians throughout world history to Tulsa's Nightingale  Theater at 
8  p.m. Saturday.  

"When it comes to 'ICONS,' I feel like a reporter," Estrada said in a  recent 
phone interview from Los  Angeles. "I just report  what I see." 

But with a little artistic license, even in the case of  Mary Cheney, 
daughter of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Estrada's "mirror" to  Mary Cheney is 
the "Icon" closing out his three-part work, which together have  amassed a 
number of awards in several gay and lesbian theater festivals.  

"This show feels like an ending to that journey," Estrada said. "So many  
people are not interested in gay rights, but over the last several decades we've  
needed gay icons to represent." 

Estrada can next be seen on television  sets when he hosts the 19th annual 
GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against  Defamation) Media Awards. Taped on 
April 12, the show is scheduled to air at 8  p.m. June 27 on the  Bravo network. 

"ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 3"  will be at 8 p.m. 
Friday and Saturday at the Nightingale Theater, 1416 E. Fourth  St. Tickets 
are $10. For more, call 633-8666. 
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