Brian Lairn on WNYC and now here on the 25th of June.

We will wrap up today's show with a celebration of what is now seen as the historic beginning of this Pride month, the Stonewall

uprising in 1969. Why this today? Well, this Friday, June 28th, marks the 55th anniversary

of Stonewall. On that day, members of the New York City, LGBTQ community decidedly had enough

of being mistreated by police and

marginalized to the corners of society generally. Their actions that night, as many of you do

know, and some of you participated in, resulted in a cataclysmic moment for the LGBTQ rights

movement, lighting a wave of activism that made being out and proud possible today.

So, in honor of that night, the acclaimed New York performer singer and producer David Driver,

he was an original cast member of Rent and other things, and his band The Riot Squad,

have put together a celebratory event called the Stonewall Jukebox,

a documentary concert, described as part jubilant musical performance, part little known oral history.

The event will take place one night only. It is this Friday, June 28th, at City Winery.

It'll feature icons like Everett Bradley from Bon Jovi, queer burlesque legend,

Tiggert, and many more. Also with us, Michael Musto, journalist covering pop culture and

sociopolitical issues and author of The Queerty's monthly gossip column, read now, cry,

later. He's the show's narrator, he and david driver both join us now

to preview the event michael david thank you so much for coming on happy pride welcome to w nyc today

thanks for having us happy thank you david what's a documentary concert that such a good question. It's a concert that tells, I think, a compelling story in an unexpected way.

First and foremost, it's a musical entertainment, and I think it's, you know, the music itself is pretty uplifting.

And then woven through the music are these bits of text

taken from archival sources and taken from, you know, what would you call it, books about the

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