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After Hedwig: John Cameron Mitchell on his father’s bisexuality, his tragic ‘anthem,’ and LGBT life under Trump
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After Oscars glory, here’s the plan for ‘CODA’ the musical
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Alex Katz: ‘I threw a thousand paintings into the fireplace’
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Alison Bechdel: ‘Our families are mysteries to us all’
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And cut… time for Steven Soderbergh to change direction
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Andrew Rannells and other ‘Boys in the Band,’ old and new, remember Mart Crowley
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Andrew Rannells: how I stood up to Broadway sexual harassment
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Annaleigh Ashford on the Tony Awards, WGA strike, ‘Sweeney Todd,’ and Sondheim
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Anthony Rapp: I hope Kevin Spacey faces justice in U.K. His lawyers were despicable
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Architect Daniel Libeskind: How to transform horror into art, from Auschwitz and the Holocaust to 9/11
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Armistead Maupin Bids Farewell to ‘Tales’
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At 77, Vietnam Veteran Denis Arndt Finally Takes His Broadway Bow
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Barry Manilow Rips Anti-LGBTQ Republican Politicians and Their Bills: ‘Shame on You!’
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Bill Forsyth: The reluctant father of Gregory’s Girl
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Bill Irwin, the clown who conquered Broadway—and Samuel Beckett
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Bill Viola: Fire and water, death and Wagner
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Billie Piper: the ‘Doctor Who’ star rocks New York theater in ‘Yerma’
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Brandon Victor Dixon on ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ racism, Broadway, Mike Pence, and glittering muscles
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Brian Cox on Succession’s season 2 finale, Trump, Murdoch, Scottish independence, and playing LBJ
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Brian d’Arcy James on Broadway, booze, Tonys, and ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
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Broadway League president hopes for January reopening—with full theaters and masks
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Broadway legend Susan Stroman on ‘POTUS,’ Tonys, her next musical, and Ina Garten’s chicken
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Broadway producer Brian Moreland on racism, fighting for change, and how theaters will reopen
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Broadway star André De Shields on ‘Hadestown,’ Tony awards, racism, sexuality, and fulfilling his parents’ dreams
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Broadway star Audra McDonald on racism, Tonys, Mama Rose, and her elephant plan
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Broadway star Ben Platt condemns ‘evil’ neo-nazis after ‘Parade’ protest
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Broadway star Betty Buckley wants Trump to leave her music alone, and Texas to ‘turn blue’
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Can Condon’s Freak Show Win Broadway?
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Cannes Wunderkind Xavier Dolan Heads To Hollywood
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Carson Kressley on Bullying, Coming Out, Botox, the LGBT Legacy of ‘Queer Eye,’ and Knowing Donald Trump
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Christine Lahti: how feminism saved — and made — me
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Comedian Drew Droege: ‘I play a lot of hateful, unlikable, awful gay people—and I love it’
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Dan Stevens Blows Up ‘Downton’: From Chubby-Cheeked Aristo to Lean, Mean American Psycho
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Dave Stewart: LSD, Annie Lennox, and Me
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David Jacobs on how he created ‘Dallas’ and ‘Knots Landing’—and changed primetime TV
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David Mills on glamour, despair, and the smart art of cabaret
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Deirdre O’Connell is ‘wrassling’ her Tony Award demons, and relishing more ‘weird art’
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Donja R. Love and Carmen LoBue are bringing Black queer lives center stage—and changing theater
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Edmund White: Sex, Success, and Survival
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Ellsworth Kelly: ‘Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons make art which sells for a lot of money – it’s about entertainment’
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Emmy winner Lena Waithe on coming out, racism in Hollywood, and her plan to write a black lesbian into prime time
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Ezra Miller & Lionel Shriver: ‘We need to talk about Kevin’
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Fiona Shaw: ‘I have enormous sadness in me’
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From ‘Billions’ to Broadway: how acting ‘saved’ Corey Stoll
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Gabriela Montero: ‘I was never part of the Sistema’
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Gay Talese: All dressed up with somewhere to go
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George Condo: ‘I would love to do Prince Charles in full regalia holding a daisy’
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Harvey Fierstein on Broadway’s ‘horrifying’ shutdown, writing his memoir—and ‘gentleman callers’
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Harvey Fierstein on love, Broadway, secrets, addiction, and fighting anti-LGBTQ bigotry
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Hilary Mantel on ‘Wolf Hall,’ Kate Middleton, and Plans For New Novels
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How ‘217 Boxes’ reveals John E. Fryer, the man in the mask who changed LGBT rights forever
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How ‘Mad Men’ star Kit Williamson made his own gay soap opera
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How Bonnie Milligan ‘fought tooth and nail’ to reach the Tony Awards
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How Deirdre O’Connell of ‘Dana H.’ became a Broadway star — without saying a word
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How Edward Pierce, Broadway ‘Wicked’ designer, fought Covid-19—and made medical history
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How Elizabeth LeCompte and the Wooster Group Changed Theater
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How Gabby Beans graduated from neuroscience to Tony awards’ lead actress nominee
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How Gavin Creel survived Broadway — and made his own musical
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How Illusionist Derren Brown Came Out After Rejecting Gay ‘Cure’ Therapy
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How Jeff Vespa Takes Such Intimate Celebrity Portraits
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How Julia Lester went ‘Into the Woods’ and came out a Broadway star
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How landmark LGBT movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’ became an opera
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How many ‘gay plays’ can Broadway sustain? Michael Urie on ‘Torch Song’ closing and coming out in Hollywood
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How Mork Melted the Fonz: Henry Winkler Recalls Robin Williams’s Storming ‘Happy Days’ Debut
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How Scott Carter spends ‘Real Time’ with Bill Maher and Charles Dickens
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How the bloody feuds of ‘Jaws’ became ‘The Shark Is Broken’ on Broadway
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How the facts get stretched in Broadway’s ‘The Lifespan of a Fact’
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How Tony Nominee Jessie Mueller Conquered Broadway
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In ‘Prurience,’ take your seat for group therapy that is also theater
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Inside Bert and Ernie’s all-too-brief moment of gay liberation
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Inside the Immersive Theater Experience ‘Seeing You’
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Is Glenn Shephard, the ‘Below Deck Sailing Yacht’ captain, the nicest guy on reality TV?
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James Ijames on the ‘wildest dream’ of his Pulitzer win—and reinventing ‘Hamlet’ in ‘Fat Ham’
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Jeanna de Waal on playing Princess Diana on Broadway: ‘It is done with tact. No one is playing a caricature.’
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Jeremy O. Harris on the success of ‘Slave Play’—and why he doesn’t ‘trust’ Broadway on race
The Daily Beast, September 18, 2019
Jerry Springer: my TV show is ‘stupid,’ Trump is ‘un-American,’ and we need gun control
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John Kander: Life is still a cabaret
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Joyce Carol Oates: ‘Grief is an obsessive state. The feelings never vanish’
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Justin Peck on ‘Illinoise,’ Spielberg, dance, and his movie directing debut
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Justin Vivian Bond: Call me V
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Kara Young on ‘Purlie Victorious,’ Tony Awards, Broadway fame, and diversity in theater
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Kate Atkinson: Behind the scenes
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Katy Sullivan hopes making history on Broadway heralds a revolution
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Kolton Krouse is Dancin’ up a Broadway storm all their own
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Larry Kramer: All the rage
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Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon Talk Tony Awards, Trump, and Broadway Billing
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Laurie Metcalf: It’s so ‘surreal’ to return to ‘Roseanne’
The Daily Beast, March 22, 2018
Lesbian Desire, a Father’s Suicide and 12 Tony Noms: Alison Bechdel on ‘Fun Home’
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Lord Browne: BP, Putin, and surviving scandal
The Daily Beast, March 9, 2014
Lynn Shelton: Hannah, her sister and their lover
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Making It in the 2-1-2: How Kenneth Walsh Achieved His NY Dream
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Marilynne Robinson on The Day President Obama Interviewed Her
The Daily Beast, October 20, 2015
Marilynne Robinson: An enigmatic recluse who relishes a scrap
The Times, June 5, 2010
Mark Peikert used to edit Broadway’s ‘Playbill.’ He’s way happier working in gay porn.
The Daily Beast, December 12, 2020
Maurice Sendak: ‘I’m ready to die. I’ve been ready to die since childhood’
The Times, September 24, 2011
Meet ‘Fraver,’ king of Broadway’s most memorable posters
The Daily Beast, June 2, 2018
Meet Christopher Massimine, the ‘nice goy’ running the National Yiddish Theatre
The Daily Beast, March 31, 2018
Meet David Korins, the Man Who Makes ‘Hamilton’ Look So Good
The Daily Beast, June 6, 2016
Meet Jenny Boylan, Caitlyn Jenner’s Voice of Reason
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Meet Jonathan Yeo, the Artist Who Painted Frank Underwood Into The Smithsonian
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Meet Shula and Harry, the brilliant New York City seniors remaking Woody Allen’s ‘Annie Hall’
The Daily Beast, August 27, 2017
Melissa Etheridge on helping celebrities come out, love, grief—and how her wild parties inspired ‘The L Word’
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Michael C. Hall on his ‘fluid’ sexuality, ‘Dexter,’ death, and David Bowie
The Daily Beast, November 9, 2018
Michael Oberholtzer on terrifying Broadway in ‘Take Me Out,’ his Tony nomination, and that nude video
The Daily Beast, May 27, 2022
Miriam Silverman was born on ‘Good Morning America.’ Next, a Tony award?
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Mr Brainwash
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My father, the man who put glamour into industry
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Never Forget: Russell Frederick’s Photographs of Proud Black Brooklyn
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New Orleans Lands Loudly on Broadway: Inside Lisa D’Amour’s ‘Airline Highway’
The Daily Beast, April 21, 2015
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Make a Zany Riot of ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’
The Daily Beast, October 10, 2016
Nico Muhly composed a revolution in classical music. He hopes Beyoncé is listening.
The Daily Beast, October 30, 2018
Noah Reid on the power of ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ his Broadway debut in ‘The Minutes,’ and anti-LGBTQ laws
The Daily Beast, April 19, 2022
Norm Lewis, Broadway’s First Black ‘Phantom,’ on Racism, Heroes, and Dream Roles
The Daily Beast, March 21, 2014
Orson Welles terrified Frank Beacham—then changed his life forever
The Daily Beast, February 26, 2019
Owen Smith, the ‘New Yorker’ illustrator who killed Christmas
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Pasek & Paul Got the Oscar. Now Will They Win the Tony?
The Daily Beast, June 1, 2017
Paul Bettany on playing Warhol, family ghosts, and how therapy ‘saved’ him
The Daily Beast, December 19, 2022
Paul Schindler, Gay City News’ editor in chief, retires—but he still wants the story
The Daily Beast, April 5, 2021
Pierce Brosnan’s Life After Bond: From Action Hero to Losing His Daughter to Cancer
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Prince Charles Stripped Bare: Tim Pigott-Smith Storms Broadway, Royally
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Queen of Broadway and Her Texas Ranch: Betty Buckley on Divas, Horses, and Therapy
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Quvenzhané Wallis: ‘I also want to be a dentist. But kids change their minds’
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Race, sexuality, and ‘The Lion King’: how Michael R. Jackson found success through ‘A Strange Loop’
The Daily Beast, July 29, 2019
Radioman: ‘Robin Williams said, ‘We must be Siamese twins’’
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Randy Lerner: A £5 million player signs for art’s premier league
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Real Housewives creator: put Ginni Thomas and Mrs. Alito on TV
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Richard White was a homeless kid. Then, with a tuba, he made music history
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Rightor Doyle was a dominatrix’s bodyguard. He turned the experience into Netflix’s ‘Bonding’
The Daily Beast, April 30, 2019
Rita Rudner on getting ‘cut’ by Bob Fosse, finding her comedy voice, sexism, and NBC’s ‘disgraceful’ new show
The Daily Beast, July 14, 2019
Robert Wilson: ‘Your island is so cut off. It’s very provincial’
The Times, August 1, 2012
Rodney Hicks and Azure D. Osborne-Lee on ‘Pride Plays’ and fighting for black queer change in theater
The Daily Beast, June 25, 2020
Rose Styron: the truth about life with her husband, literary legend William Styron
The Daily Beast, April 3, 2016
Roseanne Barr on Losing Her Sight, Smoking Weed, Rejecting Feminism, and Not Voting For Hillary
The Daily Beast, April 20, 2015
Sam Morrison lost his partner — and turned it into comedy smash ‘Sugar Daddy’
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Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance
The Daily Beast, September 30, 2014
Saying Goodbye to Lord Grantham: Hugh Bonneville Dishes on His ‘Downton’ Years
The Daily Beast, March 7, 2016
Schele Williams on directing ‘The Notebook,’ ‘The Wiz’—and making Broadway history
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Scissor Sisters: ‘We couldn’t look after ourselves. Now we known how to stay sane’
The Times, July 14, 2012
Sex, Dating, and Cerebral Palsy: Ryan J. Haddad Brings Gay Intimacy and Disability to the Stage
The Daily Beast, December 27, 2016
Sharon D Clarke on Broadway, racism, and why her mom Is the real star of ‘Death of a Salesman’
The Daily Beast, October 19, 2022
Shirley Hazzard: ‘Writing was such a release for me’
The Times, May 15, 2010
Siri Hustvedt: ‘As a woman, you’re writing from the side, marginalised’
The Times, June 18, 2012
St Vincent
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Stephen McKinley Henderson, retire? Just show him the script
The Daily Beast, May 29, 2023
Stephen Sondheim on Broadway, Lady Gaga, and Sex Dungeons
The Times of London, March 13, 2015
Steve Reich: ‘Time is not an endless commodity’
The Times, April 23, 2011
Suicide, guns, and song: how Jack Bartholet crafts cabaret from family tragedy—and his own fury
The Daily Beast, June 19, 2019
Téa Obrecht: ‘Do I deserve this success? I don’t know’
The Times, April 2, 2011
The Brit Who Stormed Broadway
The Daily Beast, December 7, 2014
The colourful life of Howard Hodgkin
The Times, March 22, 2008
The Devil and Steve Guttenberg: Love, Sex, Fame And The Rollercoaster From ‘Police Academy’ To ‘Ballers’
The Daily Beast, July 23, 2017
The Surprisingly Good Flight 370 Novel: Author Scott Maka Defends His Controversial Book
The Daily Beast, June 14, 2014
The Truth About Being Trans: Caitlyn Jenner and Others Open Up in HBO’s ‘The Trans List’
The Daily Beast, December 3, 2016
Theater imagines its post-Covid future, including a socially distanced ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ on Broadway
The Daily Beast, May 27, 2020
They met on ‘Succession.’ Now they’re in ‘Job,’ New York’s buzziest play
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This great new play reveals the dark side of growing up gay
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Thomas Adès: ‘I thought I was Tchaikovsky, tortured and in pain, and I listened to his music thinking he was teased for being gay’
The Times, February 16, 2011
Tony Kushner: Why I’m Writing a Play About Donald Trump
The Daily Beast, July 19, 2017
Tony nominee Glenda Jackson on awards, Jeremy Corbyn, anti-semitism, and dancing with Fred Astaire
The Daily Beast, May 1, 2018
Tony Visconti: ‘The night before the single’s release I couldn’t sleep. I’d kept a secret for two years’
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TV icon Donna Mills on ‘Knots Landing,’ ‘Nope,’ and reviving her career at 81
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Wendell Pierce on Tony Awards, ambition, racism, and ‘communing’ with his dead mother
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What ‘Circle Jerk’ reveals about gay men, white supremacy, and ‘The Hills’
The Daily Beast, October 23, 2020
Why Spamalot’s Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer loves to play the Broadway diva
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Why the gay Christmas movie ‘A Holiday I Do’ could make TV history
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William Jackson Harper: the making of a very modest leading man
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William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes’ World of Rock Stars and Royalty
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Willis Earl Beal: ‘I turned myself into a myth as a survival mechanism’
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Yoko Ono: I Still Fear John’s Killer
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Zoe Kazan on Fighting Donald Trump, Living With Anorexia, and Her Relationship With Paul Dano
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