Some photos from Vil Sahay's FB.

Vik Sahay who stars in "Satisfaction" posted photos on his Facebook. You can find Luke there!

I can't wait to see him in Satisfaction!

Satisfaction pilot

Luke at Jesse Tyler Ferguson's birthday dinner

Justin Mikata threw a surprise birthday dinner for Jesse Tyler Ferguson. He tweeted as follows. Luke was at this surprise party.

Clip: Justin Mikita

Thanks to yinyang, I missed Justin's tweet.

Guest in Beauty and the Beast S01E02

Luke guest-starred on Beauty and the Beast Season 1 Episode 2.

YouTube has deleted my clip, so I put it on other place.

Luke will be in comedy?

It's pilot. So maybe he will be in or not.

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MIPCOM 2012: Former 'Chuck' Actor Vik Sahay Joins CTV Comedy Pilot 'Satisfaction'

4:23 AM PDT 10/10/2012 by Etan Vlessing

The Canadian actor, who played Lester Patel in the U.S. spy-fi series, will appear as an eccentric dental hygienist in the homegrown pilot from Tim McAuliffe ("Up All Night").

CANNES - Former Chuck actor Vik Sahay has been cast in the Canadian single-camera comedy pilot Satisfaction for CTV and indie producer DHX Media.

Sahay is to play an eccentric dental hygienist in the comedy created and written by Tim McAuliffe (Up All Night, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon).

His recent film credits include Sean Garrity’s My Awkward Sexual Adventure, which bowed in Toronto, and appearing opposite Seann William Scott in Universal Pictures’ American Reunion.

Sahay joins a Satisfaction pilot cast that includes Luke Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters), Stephanie Lemelin, Ryan Belleville and Leah Renee.

Satisfaction is about a twenty-something couple who rent a room out to a newly single young man who hopes to learn from his friends the secrets to a great relationship. The pilot will be shot in Toronto this Fall.

Listen to Luke's Sam Bendrix at the Bon Sor

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THEATER REVIEW: Luke Macfarlane stars in “Sam Bendrix At The Bon Soir”

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THEATER REVIEW: Luke Macfarlane stars in “Sam Bendrix At The Bon Soir”
Jean Lowerison - SDGLN Theater Critic
September 28th, 2012

Photo credit: J. Katarzyna Woronowicz

Luke Macfarlane of "Brothers & Sisters"

fame stars in Keith Bunin’s “Sam Bendrix

At The Bon Soir.”

Bartenders spend their working hours listening to tales of love, loss and desertion. But it’s not often that a bartender is the storyteller.

It’s a cold, snowy night in Greenwich Village and barkeep Sam Bendrix (Luke Macfarlane) has decided to leave New York. On this, his last night, he gets a chance to provide the entertainment and tell his story.

Keith Bunin’s “Sam Bendrix At The Bon Soir” is the third in La Jolla Playhouse’s “Without Walls” theater series of off-campus productions. Martini’s Above Fourth in Hillcrest is the location (the first time an actual bar has been used) for the show that has already been extended through Oct. 17. Mark Rucker directs.

It’s pre-Stonewall 1958, a time when even talking about being gay could lead to unpleasant consequences, and doing more might mean loss of job or even life.

Backed up by a boffo three-man combo on piano (Charlie Reuter), bass (Kevin Cooper) and percussion (Danny King), the closeted Sam sings nearly 20 songs and tells the sad “Story of My Life,” beginning with his father’s desertion and ending with another unhappy event.

Sam describes childhood with his single mom in Nebraska, where “the landscape is so flat, you can watch your dog run away for five days.” It was here that his mom gave him a cello and encouraged him to sing.

After the war, he goes to New York, where he meets the no-nonsense Helene from Joliet, Ill. (“It’s the biggest maximum-security prison in the country. And there’s a jail.”), who becomes his best gal pal. When he mentions he’d like to sing, she advises him to work in a bar and take it from there.

The other major person in Sam’s New York life is Joel, also closeted and fearful of exposure, who brings both joy and sadness for Sam.

Macfarlane, perhaps best known for his work as Scotty on the TV series “Brothers & Sisters,” is a convincing actor, but his too-cautious approach to singing gets in the way of connecting with the audience. It’s a pity, because many of the songs – by the likes of Kurt Weill, Cole Porter and George Gershwin – are classics.

Still, the band is great, the martinis are strong, and where better for a show like this than a nice Hillcrest bar?

The details

"Sam Bendrix At The Bon Soir" plays through Oct. 17 at Martinis Above Fourth, 3940 Fourth Ave., Suite 200, Hillcrest.

Monday through Wednesday at 7:30 pm; Saturday at 2 pm; Sunday at 2 and 7:30 pm.

For tickets, call 858-550-1010 or visit HERE.

To read more reviews by SDGLN Theater Critic Jean Lowerison, click HERE.

Luke will be on "8" The Play by Dustin Lance Black

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"8" The Play | October 7, 2012, at 7 p.m.

by Dustin Lance Black
Directed by Mark Rucker

An unconstitutional proposition.
An unprecedented decision.
An unforgettable play.

In association with the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, A.C.T. is proud to present a one-night-only reading of "8," the landmark play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California's Proposition 8. Written by Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award?winning screenwriter of Milk, "8" is the unprecedented account of the federal district court trial Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the freedom to marry. Black based "8" on the actual trial transcripts, firsthand observations of what went on in the courtroom, and interviews with the plaintiffs and their families. This one-night-only event will feature playwright Dustin Lance Black, legendary LGBT activist Cleve Jones, actor Luke Macfarlane (TV’s Brothers & Sisters), and other special guests.
Proceeds from the reading benefit AFER and LGBTQ youth participating in A.C.T.'s ArtReach program, which offers free student matinee tickets and theater-based pre- and post-show workshops at no cost to 23 public high schools in the Bay Area (including all 18 San Francisco public high schools) with large populations of underserved, low-income students who otherwise would have little exposure to the arts.
Tickets are available for $50 to $100. A limited number of $250 VIP tickets are available and include premium seating and access to a postshow reception with the cast. This performance takes place at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco.

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To buy tickets, click here or call 415.749.2228.

This performance takes place at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco.

Jazz 88 - Inside Art

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Inside Art


Host:Dave Drexler

I missed recording this air, so I borrowed the audio from yinyang077. Thanks.

KUSI.com - KUSI News Luke's interview

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Luke Macfarlane stars in "Sam Bendrix at the Bon Soir"
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La Jolla Playhouse's Sam Bendix at the Bon Soir (9/24-10/10)

Luke will star in LaJolla Playhouse's Sam Bendix at the Bon Soir

There are some news - TheaterMania, BroadwayWorld.com

I wish...

From AfterElton

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Morning Meme: Chris Colfer Is a NY Times Bestselling Author, Lance Bass Is Prince Charming, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Hoofs It In "The Producers"

Posted by Ed Kennedy on July 26, 2012

Luke Macfarlane will guest star on The CW's Beauty and the Beast as the artistic director of a ballet company whose prima ballerina is murdered.

Luke will guest on Beauty and the Beast

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Exclusive: Brothers & Sisters' Luke MacFarlane to Guest on Beauty and the Beast

Jul 25, 2012 03:08 PM ET
by Natalie Abrams

Luke MacFarlane

Brothers & Sisters alum Luke MacFarlane will guest-star on CW's new series Beauty and the Beast, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Loosely based on the 1987 CBS series about an ADA and a noble man-beast who make a connection, the updated love story stars Smallville's Kristin Kreuk as Catherine Chandler, a cop who intersects with Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan), who was turned into a beast after a faulty military experiment.

Comic-Con: CW's Beauty and the Beast stays true to original by playing up forbidden romance

MacFarlane, who will appear in the second episode of the freshman series, will play Philippe Bertrand, the exacting yet talented artistic director the of the Bertrand Ballet Company who's intrinsically involved in his dancers' lives. Catherine will investigate the company after their prima-ballerina is murdered.

The 32-year-old actor is well-known for playing Scotty Wandell, the husband of Matthew Rhys' Kevin Walker, on Brothers & Sisters.

Beauty and the Beast premieres Thursday, Oct. 11 at 9/8c on The CW. Will you be watching?

Luke on NBC with Patricia Wettig

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'The Normal Heart' Explores the Early Days of AIDS

Two performers from the critically acclaimed play "The Normal Heart" discuss the show -- at the Arena Stage through July 29 -- and the fact that it coincides with the International AIDS Conference, in D.C. for the first time.

By Barbara Harrison Jul 20, 2012

The Normal Heart pictures

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Patrick Breen, Patricia Wettig, Luke MacFarlane and More Star in The Normal Heart at Arena Stage

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the 2011 Tony Award-winning production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, directed by Tony winner George C. Wolfe, opening June 14 following previews that began June 8. Read the Playbill.com story.

Photos by Scott Suchman

AfterElton Hot 100 - Luke #29

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Announcing the 2012 AfterElton Hot 100!

Posted by AfterElton.com Staff on June 26, 2012

IMAGE 23 of 51

29. Luke Macfarlane

Here's how we like our gay men: out, gorgeous, and costarring in a family drama with Sally Field. Perfection.

The Normal Heart @ Arena Stage - Official Trailer

Luke interview on NY1

Original clip

Washington's Arena Stage Always Ready To Tell A Story

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06/22/2012 08:00 PM

Washington's Arena Stage Always Ready To Tell A Story

By: Frank DiLella

The Tony Award winning regional theatre Arena Stage - located in Washington D.C. - has been producing first-class work since it opened its doors back in 1950.

http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/on_stage/163577/washington-s-arena-stage-always-ready-to-tell-a-story

ERECTION - trailer

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Early outrage over AIDS crisis reaches DC stage

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Early outrage over AIDS crisis reaches DC stage

By BRETT ZONGKER — Jun. 15 6:45 AM EDT

Actors Patrick Breen, left, who plays Ned, and Luke MacFarlane, from the tv show "Brothers &
Sisters," who plays Ned's partner, Felix, pose for a photograph at Arena Stage in Washington, on
Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The actor's are featured in Larry Kramer's historic play, "The Normal
Heart," which won the Tony Award in 2011 for best play revival, at Arena Stage. (AP
Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Before there was a test, before it had a name and before there was any way to know if AIDS was spread through the air, touch or bodily fluids, there was confusion and denial.

Most politicians and policy makers in the 1980s didn't want to talk about a killer disease that seemed to be affecting gay men. Now 30 years later, the nation's capital is getting its first look at a story recalling those early days of the AIDS crisis and the outrage that turned a group of gay men into activists pushing for information and recognition of the disease.

While Washington has a role in the story, Larry Kramer's prescient 1985 play, "The Normal Heart," is just now being staged here for the first time. The production, fresh from Broadway, coincides with an international AIDS conference that's returning to the U.S. this summer and is expected to draw 20,000 attendees from around the world.

Arena Stage is producing the show, which won the 2011 Tony Award for best revival on Broadway. The new production starring Patrick Breen and Luke MacFarlane of TV's "Brothers & Sisters," runs through July 29 before the show moves to San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater.

The story promises to find an even larger audience in the months and years to come with a planned movie from "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy starring Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts.

While set in New York, Washington is the most important city for the play to be seen, as the power center for politics and health policy, Kramer told The Associated Press.

In the play, his ranting alter ego is Ned Weeks who bemoans New York Mayor Ed Koch's apathy, the reluctance of The New York Times to write about AIDS and the refusal of President Ronald Reagan to acknowledge the disease. He also condemns gays for refusing to change their sexual behavior when it began to prove deadly.

Thirty years after Kramer's story, his message is the same, though the audience may have changed. AIDS infection rates continue to rise.

"It's still a plague, it's still raging all over the world, and there's still nobody paying attention to it on an official level," Kramer said, noting the death toll has risen from the hundreds in the early 80s to tens of millions. "Everything in the play came true. So it's now a history play."

The story unfolds in a New York doctor's office in 1981 — before an AIDS epidemic had been declared.

Patients line up to see if they're showing any symptoms. Dr. Emma Brookner, played by Patricia Wettig of TV's "Thirty Something" and "Brothers & Sisters," delivers her best guesses and tough love to counsel patients.

"All I know is this disease is the most insidious killer I've ever seen ...and I think we're seeing only the tip of the iceberg," Emma tells Weeks, urging him to take action.

"Tell gay men to stop having sex," she says.

Weeks retorts: "Do you realize that you are talking about millions of men who have singled out promiscuity to be their principle political agenda?"

Wettig told the AP she wanted to join the cast after seeing "Heart" on Broadway, living in New York in the 1980s and knowing people who died. For her, the story now has "more potency, more power." She said the nation seems ready to hear the story and more people feel a personal connection.

In the play, Weeks, like Kramer, went on to co-found the activist and support group Gay Men's Health Crisis to push politicians, doctors and the media to take AIDS seriously.

Breen, 51, who plays the lead role, said Kramer's play was a wakeup call in 1985 for some of his own friends and may have saved their lives. Many cast members also know friends who died. Each contributed names of people who were lost to be projected among thousands of other names as part of a memorial wall at the play's ending.

"In a way, we are performing in their honor," Breen said. "It becomes the Vietnam Memorial, like any memorial in D.C."

MacFarlane, 32, who broke network television ground on ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" as part of a gay couple who marry and adopt a daughter, said he was struck by how AIDS pushed the gay rights movement to evolve.

"Historically, there seems to have been a shift where gay men learned to love each other in a different way, to take care of each other," he said.

In "The Normal Heart" he plays Felix, who is Weeks' dying lover. When he finds out he's infected, there's still confusion about how the disease is spread or whether he could infect his partner.

"Can we kiss?" Felix asks his doctor.

"I don't know," she says back.

The story also looked ahead to the prospect of gay marriage at a time when that wasn't even on the table, Breen said. Still, Kramer argues for bigger goals and equal rights to help fight the AIDS crisis.

While the District of Columbia is among a handful of states that have since legalized same-sex marriage, "The Normal Heart" is a timely story for Washington. The capital remains a city with one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates.

Kramer and the show's producers have invited President Barack Obama and the first lady to see the play at Arena Stage.

"Now that he's come out for gay marriage, he doesn't lose any political capital by coming to see this," the 76-year-old writer and activist said. "He might even gain a little more."

The theater is displaying sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in its lobby with a small exhibit on AIDS history from the Smithsonian. It's also hosting community discussions with experts and health professionals each Sunday. And as audiences depart the theater after the show, a letter from Kramer is handed out, detailing the ongoing epidemic.

Broadway producer Daryl Roth shepherded the production to Washington after its award-winning Broadway run when she heard of the world AIDS conference. Roth said she knew it would be the "perfect time" for theater that holds a mirror up to society with a story that still resonates.

"There are a lot of people that — here's a big news flash — that are still homophobic," she said. "And you know, people came to see this play, and I know minds were changed."

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The Normal Heart @ Arena Stage - First Look!

Short film - Erection

IMDb

Can Dean get an erection in time to save his relationship with his girlfriend? In bed, the day before he leaves town, the couple struggle with his flaccid penis.

Director:Tannaz Hazemi
Writers:Tannaz Hazemi (co-writer), James Grimaldi (co-writer)

Luke Macfarlane ... Dean
Bonnie Swencionis ... Selby

Genres:Short | Drama

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Vote Now for the 2012 AfterElton.com Hot 100!

Posted by AfterElton.com Staff on May 14, 2012

Has it really been six years? It has! For six years now, AfterElton.com has been asking our readers who they think are the world’s hottest men, which we then compile into a list called The AfterElton Hot 100.

And people take notice! Every year, our results are picked up by print, Internet, and TV outlets all over the world – and we’ve also heard the reactions from some of the top-placers, including Neil Patrick Harris, John Barrowman, and Anderson Cooper.

Why do we keep doing the Hot 100? Because, when it comes to hot guys who knows more about that particular topic than AfterElton readers?? And in so many ways, you guys are often way ahead of the pop culture curve. Just as with fashion and music, the beautiful male faces (and bodies) we focus on often eventually end up attracting the attention of the unwashed masses. But so often we notice who is trending and "hot" first. We're "first responders" if you will, and now it's time to see our readers are responding to this year.

You can vote for up to 10 nominees per day via the form below. One request: Please nominate each person by their full name (e.g. "John Smith, not "John" or "John S.") and try to spell it correctly.

For those of you having trouble remembering all the possible guys to vote for, you might find some ideas in the gents who made last year's Hot 100. 

Who will return from last year’s list? What fresh new faces will be joining them? The polls will be open until midnight Friday May 25th, and we'll publish the results in early June.

You can vote once per day using the form below. But note, duplicate names on the same form submission will be discarded and they will only count as one vote. Also, keep in mind we'd love to see more diversity than we have in previous years. Obviously, all kinds of men are hot, not just white guys under the age of thirty. It would be great to see the list you guys create with your voting reflect that!

The Normal Heart

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The Normal Heart

JUN 8 – JUL 29, 2012

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By Larry Kramer

Directed by George C. Wolfe By special arrangement with Daryl Roth

in the Kreeger

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	2011 Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Play	Tony Awards Best Revival Best Featured Actor Best Featured Actress Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Revival of a Play Outstanding Director Outstanding Ensemble Performance Outer Critics Circle Awards Outstanding Revival Outstanding Broadway Debut: Ellen Barkin
	Tony winner George C. Wolfe, (Angels in America) brings Larry Kramer’s Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Normal Heart to Arena Stage for a special limited engagement. Fueled by love, anger, hope and pride, a circle of friends struggle to contain the mysterious disease ravaging New York's gay community. Dismissed by politicians, frustrated by doctors and fighting with each other, their differences could tear them apart - or change the world. Hailed by critics as “riveting” (Newsday) and “a great night at the theater” (New York Times), Kramer's masterwork is an outrageous and totally unforgettable look at sexual politics during the AIDS crisis and remains one of the theater’s most powerful evenings ever.
	WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “A GREAT NIGHT AT THE THEATER!” — New York Times “IF YOU SEE ONLY ONE PLAY, MAKE IT THIS ONE!” — Back stage “RIVETING THEATER!” — Newsday “REACHES OUT AND GRABS YOU WITH THE FORCE OF AN EXPLOSIVE NEW WORK.” — The Hollywood Reporter

A part of article from AfterElton

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AfterElton Briefs: Luke Macfarlane Goes On Tour, "Glee" Rebounds, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Yeast Infection

Posted by snicks on April 25, 2012

• Woo-Hoo! Patrick Breen, Luke Macfarlane, and Christopher Hanke will lead the national tour of The Normal Heart. Wait a minute! WAIT JUST A KEVIN/SCOTTY MOMENT! Christopher Hanke? Didn't he play the slutty waiter who tried to come between our favorite TV couple? Interloper!

Out Magazine

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100 Most Eligible Bachelors: Thank you for voting!

2.22.2012
By Out.com Editors

Here are the current top 10 bachelors.

1. Chris Colfer
2. Zachary Quinto
3. Nick Adams
4. Christopher Rice
5. Clay Aiken
6. Joe Carozza
7. Jay Brannan
8. Randy Harrison
9. Luke Macfarlane
10. Tom Lenk