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If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway both Luminato and Wainwright, "I think the primary purpose of my job is to love artists. Of course the relationship with my husband Rufus Wainwright is special but I feel if someone is more talented and deserves more to be associated with this festival it is him rather than me." For the 2014 festival, Wainwright conceived, created and directed a program called "If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway", which will feature "guys singing classic love songs to other guys". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation described the program as "male singers putting a new spin on dozens of love songs traditionally