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Can Torch Song Succeed Without Harvey Fierstein?
Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein Produced by 2nd Stage Theatre IT IS THE SEASON of gay revivals on Broadway and Off, and the latest is Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, formerly…More
Three Photos in No Need of a Punchline
They pretty much speak for themselves. They come from around the world, and all three involve matters of questionable taste as locally defined. 1. For anyone who missed this…More
For Hidden Gay Art, Visit the Met!
David Hockney is an artist of our own time. Being openly gay and making openly homoerotic work was important to him from early in his career—even when gay relations were still illegal in the UK—and this retrospective is replete with gay themes.
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How Jim Nabors Led the Way Out
JIM NABORS (1930–2017), best known for his TV role as Gomer Pyle, was one of my first heroes in life, even before I understood why. Gay men of…More
Modern Family and the Tyranny of Straight Coupledom
THE POPULAR TV SERIES Modern Family, which debuted on ABC in 2009, is a comedy presented in mockumentary style in which the characters often talk directly into the camera to interject their…More
The Ancient, Amazing Diver of Paestum
I AM AFRAID of deep water and I am afraid of dying. I am not alone in these fears. And, yet, an ancient frescoed image discovered at Paestum,…More
A Revival of M Butterfly Revives the Gender Question
Butterfly by David Henry Hwang At the Cort Theatre, New York City THE BROADWAY revival of David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly comes at a propitious moment: the Imperialist…More
Portrait Painter Juan Bastos on His Upcoming L.A. Show
JUAN BASTOS is a portrait painter whose career will soon be on view at a major retrospective of his work at the Denenberg Fine Arts Gallery in West…More
Fun Home, the Musical, Opens in Boston
IF THEATER is a temporary rearrangement of life to spark discovery, the musical Fun Home—the touring Broadway production is currently playing at the Boston Opera House—exceeds requirements, not only yielding insights but whipping up exuberance out of anguished chaos in the process.
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Charles Shively, 1937- 2017: Pioneer Activist, Author, and Poet
ONE OF THE PIVOTAL FIGURES in the Gay Liberation Movement, Charley Shively died on Friday, October 6th, at the Cambridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Home, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had…More