.

Etheridge to Be Sitcom Mom

Rocker will play lesbian mother on TV

By 
September 30, 2004 12:00 AM ET
Rocker and gay activist Melissa Etheridge will make her acting debut in a half-hour sitcom in the works now at ABC.

The as-yet untitled show will feature Etheridge as a gay music teacher living with her best friend, a straight man. The two become parents when they find themselves raising another friend's daughter together. (The project was shopped around as a sort of reverse Will & Grace, with a kid.)

Etheridge is producing, with The Sopranos's Emmy-winning Brad Grey as an executive producer. The 20th Century Fox TV and Brad Grey TV comedy will be penned by Linda Wallem, executive producer of That '70s Show.

Lucky Live, a DVD of Etheridge's April 17th performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom, was released this Tuesday.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

prev
Legendary DJ Muni Dies
Music Main Next
Beasties Ahoy!

Picks From Around the Web


blog comments powered by Disqus
Daily Newsletter

Get the latest RS news in your inbox.

Sign up to receive the Rolling Stone newsletter and special offers from RS and its
marketing partners.

X

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Most Popular

Photos & Videos

Go To Content

Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures

Go To Content Play Video

Video: Stefon's Wedding Marks Hader's Last 'SNL'

Go To Content

Gallery: Ray Manzarek Through the Years

Best Ever Lists
100 Greatest Beatles Songs

Other Lists

Song Stories

“Is It True”

Brenda Lee | 1964

As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."

More Song Stories entries »