When Jade Esteban Estrada visited Tulsa in November, he brought a few friends with

him.

        So what if he played them all —Sweden’s 17th century monarch Queen Christina, Alexander the Great and Billie Jean King to name a few. But that was “ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 2.”

      The Latin performer introduces Tulsa to a new crop of figures.

      The musical one-man staging, “ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 3” closes out Estrada’s personal study of renowned gays and lesbians, past and present, who have moved or informed the world.

      Estrada returns to the Nightingale Theater at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Included in this round of portraits-with-artistic license are the biblical Naomi, King James, jazz singing legend Bessie Smith (pictured), Olympic champion swimmer Greg Louganis and Mary Cheney, daughter of U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. The Nightingale is located at 1416 E. Fourth St.

     

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