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May 8, 2012
"Christopher Street Should Have A Walk Of Fame!"
That's what one of the big winners at the Get Out magazine awards at Splash told me the other night. The Christopher Street bar Boots & Saddle won awards for its staff, its karaoke night (with lovely Victoria Chase), and other aspects as well. But owner Robert Ziegler deserves a special honor for ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
The Normal Heart Film Casting Is Intriguing But Bizarre
Ryan Murphy is putting together a stellar cast for the long awaited screen version of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, about the struggle to get recognition for AIDS as it devastated the gay community in the early days. Julia Roberts will play the lady doctor who nails the big boys with rage ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2011
Lou Maletta, RIP
Brooklyn-born Lou Maletta was that bearish guy in a leather harness who you'd see on TV being openly gay, openly fetishy, and openly himself. In 1982, he founded the Gay Cable Network (and hosted Men in Films), which carried on for 18 years, growing from unabashed erotica obsessing to AIDS c ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Larry Kramer Says Gay Marriage Is An Embarrassment
David Shankbone/WikipediaLarry Kramer is the longtime elder statesman slash screamer of the gay community, who's always berating LGBTs--and the world--for taking crumbs of acceptance without fighting for true equality. And he's usually right. The Normal Heart author is appalled that so muc ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
I Know Which Two Gays Should Marry!
Each other, I mean. Now that the smoke has cleared and the right to same-sex marriage has historically been approved in New York state, I honestly feel two famous older gays should bury the hatchet in a giant wedding cake and scoop up lots of creamy filling. And they should do that after th ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
AIDS In Oral History - Looking Back at 30 Years of the Epidemic (VIDEO)
This past Pride Week has marked some amazing events, from passage of Marriage Equality in New York, to a President ducking that issue while visiting the city, to that same President marking National HIV Testing Day and preparing to host a White House Pride reception. This Pride also marks ... More >>
Columns
June 15, 2011
'Spider-Man' Review: I'm Buggin'!
Musto's verdict on the retooled musical
Columns
May 25, 2011
Ellen Barkin On Hollywood, AIDS, and The Normal Heart
So much to talk about!
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Ellen Barkin On Hollywood, AIDS, and The Normal Heart
In the current Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, Ellen Barkin is doing so well she's gotten a Tony nomination and a theaterful full of used Kleenexes every night. Click here for my new column, in which Ellen tells me about this staggering production, as well as her experie ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Tony Nominee John Benjamin Hickey: My Interview
A longtime Broadway fave from revivals like Cabaret and Mary Stuart, John Benjamin Hickey is giving a powerful performance in the acclaimed revival of The Normal Heart, in which he plays the Times writer who becomes involved with the Larry Kramer character (Joe Mantello), with bittersweet res ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
The Normal Heart's Ad in The Times Quotes Me
Which is good because I went wild for the powerful revival of Larry Kramer's drama about the early days of AIDS activism. Here's the ad.
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Double Whammy For Ed Koch
Ed Koch was the mayor of New York during the early days of the AIDS crisis, but his real nightmare is actually happening right now! Two classic plays that trash his response to the crisis are being concurrently revived, to great acclaim! Firstly, Angels in America has a line in which close ... More >>
Theater
May 4, 2011
The Normal Heart Beats Still
Larry Kramer's now-classic AIDS play finds a home on Broadway
Blogs
April 27, 2011
I Met The New Me!
Isn't he special? He's Nicholas Gumas, one of the LGBT scholarship winners honored at Live Out Loud, Monday night's benefit at the TimesCenter, which raised $250,000 for their programs and activities. Nicholas is whip-smart, gave a great speech, and is much better dressed than me. Well, he ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2011
The Normal Heart Soars: My Review
Run to the Golden Theatre if you want to be reminded of how alive you are. You'll be moved, enraged, buzzed, and haunted. You will feel. By the end of the masterful revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart--directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe--the audience has been put through an e ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
AIDS Drama Brings Out The Big Names
The Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, about the early days of the AIDS crisis, is a powerhouse which I'll tell you more about on Thursday night when it officially opens. Meanwhile, let me recap last night's reception at the theater, where I mixed with various cast members ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Malcolm X Had Gay Sex! He Joins A Historic Club!
A new book about Malcolm X says the controversial civil rights leader had an early homosexual relationship with a white businessman, according to The New York Times. And he's not alone! Anyone with a kindle will learn of a whole bevy of historical figures who turn out to have been "that way ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2011
'The Normal Heart Is Holding $10,000 in Marriage Equality Money Hostage'
That's the contention of the Justinplusone blog, which addresses a pledge made by the imminent Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's powerful play about the early days of AIDS. The producers vowed to donate $10,000 to Marriage Equality, but only if 10,000 people "LIKE" the show on Facebook by i ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Larry Kramer: Streisand Is a Big Hypocrite
Barbra Streisand released a statement about how she's been kvelling over the ruling that reversed Proposition 8, but that was yesterday. Today my mailbag shows that activist/author Larry Kramer isn't having it. Larry vividly remembers how Babs was supposed to direct a movie of his 1985 play ... More >>
Columns
August 11, 2009
President Rejects Gay Hustler!
Plus Abe Lincoln's logs and more than 15 minutes at Warhol's birthday party.
Blogs
August 11, 2009
This Week in the Voice
New Yorkers can do a lot of things other people can't: ride the Staten Island Ferry at midnight, have lunch in Central Park, etc. But we can't buy a damn bottle of wine at the grocery store. This year we had a chance to change it -- but the state's liquor stores and their lobbyists blocked it ... More >>
Film
June 10, 2009
Sex Positive Traces Early Days of a Pandemic
New Yorkers can do a lot of things other people can't: ride the Staten Island Ferry at midnight, have lunch in Central Park, etc. But we can't buy a damn bottle of wine at the grocery store. This year we had a chance to change it -- but the state's liquor stores and their lobbyists blocked it ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2008
You Tube Treasure: Lost Scene From Lost Horizon!
New Yorkers can do a lot of things other people can't: ride the Staten Island Ferry at midnight, have lunch in Central Park, etc. But we can't buy a damn bottle of wine at the grocery store. This year we had a chance to change it -- but the state's liquor stores and their lobbyists blocked it ... More >>
Film
March 25, 2008
A Four Letter Word
Vulgar self-satisfaction
Art
November 6, 2007
The Big Clean-Up
Has performance art lost its edge? Is that a bad thing? A visit to Performa 07.
Columns
August 7, 2007
Frank and Open Discussions
A visit to the land of Oz and straight talk from Rihanna and Ian Benardo, among others
Film
September 26, 2006
'Wrestling With Angels'
A visit to the land of Oz and straight talk from Rihanna and Ian Benardo, among others
News
November 22, 2005
Bushwhacking the Constitution
U.S. Senate proves as disdainful of the Constitution as George W. Bush. Be forewarned.
Specials
October 18, 2005
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
The 'Voice' reports the queer revolution
Columns
December 21, 2004
NY Mirror
The 'Voice' reports the queer revolution
Specials
December 21, 2004
Letters
The 'Voice' reports the queer revolution
News
December 7, 2004
'You Can Never Not Fight Back!'
A conversation with Larry Kramer about the current state of gay activism
NYC Life
October 26, 2004
AIDS Is Not Over: A Pioneering Gay Rights Activist Speaks Out
A conversation with Larry Kramer about the current state of gay activism
NYC Life
June 8, 2004
Out on the Town: How Being Queer Influences Artists' Work
A conversation with Larry Kramer about the current state of gay activism
News
June 8, 2004
Das Rongold
Reagan's funeral as a Wagnerian opera. Plus: Eminem as censor
Theater
April 20, 2004
Second Shots
Sondheim and Weidman hail the chief-killers; Larry Kramer uses rant to fight the plague
News
April 13, 2004
The Normalizing Heart
How AIDS plays have changed since Larry Kramer raged
News
March 2, 2004
Blind on Blind
NY Times Editors 'Inadvertently' Fail to Mention They're Promoting a TV Show the Company Produced
Columns
March 2, 2004
NY Mirror
NY Times Editors 'Inadvertently' Fail to Mention They're Promoting a TV Show the Company Produced
NYC Life
February 24, 2004
Getting Gilbert Unmarried
The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again
Columns
January 27, 2004
NY Mirror
The famous librettist, sans Sullivan, is most engaging with a play that's so old it's new again
News
June 24, 2003
Outing Abe
Also Adolf, Jesus, Eleanor, Robin Hood, and Other Historic Greats
Theater
May 20, 2003
The Plays What They Wrote
The Best Scripts Not Yet Mounted on a New York Stage
Theater
November 5, 2002
Forward in Reverse
The Best Scripts Not Yet Mounted on a New York Stage
News
August 8, 2000
'Street' Fighting Man
Jim Cramer's E-mail Goes Public
Columns
July 18, 2000
NY Mirror
Jim Cramer's E-mail Goes Public
Film
July 11, 2000
Time Bandits
Jim Cramer's E-mail Goes Public
Books
June 22, 1999
The Lavender List
Jim Cramer's E-mail Goes Public
Specials
November 3, 1998
Letters
Jim Cramer's E-mail Goes Public
News
August 25, 1998
Click and Learn
A new model for AIDS treatment activism
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