AfterElton Briefs: Gene Robinson chats with Rachel Maddow, "Out in the City", and more!

Tony winner Paulo Szot will soon be singing a different tune (pic: GETTY)

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• Tonight in NYC is the premiere of The Lincoln Center's annual American Songbook series. Each Wednesday performance will feature different performers interpreting the songs of a particular songwriter. Tonight's show features the music of Cole Porter with out David Hyde Pierce, and future performers include the out Tony winner Paulo Szot (who I think will be performing the songbook of Weird Al Yankovic ... but don't quote me on that).

• Speaking of NYC, tune in this Friday (Jan. 16th) to Logo (our parent company) for the premiere of Out in the City, a new thirty-minute documentary promoting "New York City's dynamic and diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) culture."

• Rachel Maddow will have an interview on MSNBC tonight with gay Bishop Gene Robinson. The subject of Robinson's Sunday invocation will no doubt be brought up.

• Above you can see a clip from the new TruTV channel series The Principal's Office, which is allegedly a documentary about what really goes on in various ... well, principal's offices. I say "allegedly" because the schtick of these two seniors (while hilarious) seems a bit too rehearsed. What do you think?

• In disappointing but not entirely unexpected news, CBS has given the axe to the 70's themed Swingtown.

• And finally, it's always sad when a gay establishment runs into legal troubles and hard times, but it's even worse when it has the greatest name in the history of everything!

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