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Alan Cumming: ‘We are living in very difficult times and it’s really important for us to come together’

Alan Cumming joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles for a handful of musical numbers of the weekend.

But the Tony Award winning star did more than sing.

Between belting out Mein Herr from Cabaret and Ladies Who Lunch from Company, the bisexual performer shared with the audience at The Alex Theatre near Los Angeles how he has been impacted as a performer since Donald Trump began occupying The White House in late January.

‘I’ve done a lot of concerts and I realize in the last couple of months that it’s really confirmed my idea of what an artist is supposed to do – especially in the theater,’ Cumming said.

‘We are living in very difficult times and it’s really important for us to come together as a community and to feel safe and be able to express ourselves. That is what theater is for – theater is kind of like church.’

Cumming was the star guest performer in the chorus’s He Had It Coming concert comprised of numbers from Broadway musicals.

In the show’s second half, Cumming performed Last Day on Earth, an original song from his one-man show and What More Can I Say? from Falsettos.

‘I seriously can’t think of a better place to be – to be with these men and women who understand the idea of having to struggle for their lives and to fight for what is right and to love every day and be grateful for what we have but knowing there’s a fight ahead.’

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