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Danielle Savre. Martin Sheen, who starred in the original London production back in 1986, will also make a cameo to provide a special introduction. In a virtual performance for the @ONEarchives and the Invisible Histories Project, a star-studded cast brings to life Larry Kramer’s breakthrough play. https://t.co/iMta8w0tZq— The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) April 30, 2021 Ahead of the show, director Paris Barclay spoke to  THR about the decision to re-imagine the story in a way that highlig...

The late playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramers The Normal Heart presented a scathing critique of complacency and concern in the early years of the AIDS pandemic. An online staged reading on May 8 will benefit The One Archives in Los Angeles.

The Normal Heart Stars BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Cast for ONE Archives Performance Tickets are still available for the Paris Barclay-helmed virtual performance of Larry Kramers breakthrough play.  April 30 2021 3:45 PM EDT In a virtual performance for the ONE Archives and the Invisible Histories Project, a star-studded cast including Sterling K. Brown, Laverne Cox, Jake Borelli, Jeremy Pope, Guillermo Diaz, and Ryan O’Connell brings to life Larry Kramer’s breakthrough play The Normal Heart. One of ...

Print Larry Kramer’s pioneering, semiautobiographical “The Normal Heart” was the first major play to give voice to the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s and remains a touchstone of arts activism. Now the L.A.-based ONE Archives Foundation, the oldest active LGBTQ organization in the U.S., has organized a virtual reading of the work featuring a mostly BIPOC and LGBTQ cast including Sterling K. Brown, Laverne Cox, Jeremy Pope, Jake Borelli. Tickets go on sale Thursday for the May 8 presentatio...

It’s A Sin, we’d recommend reading the following AIDS books on this list. The show by Russell T Davies airs weekly on Fridays on Channel 4 in the UK, with the entire series readily available on 4 On Demand while US viewers will get a chance to watch the show on HBO Max from 18 February. It stars Olly Alexander and follows a group of friends who move into a house together, the ‘pink palace’ and are excited to be young and free in the capital. But their world is turned upside down when a ...

Last modified on Mon 4 Jan 2021 07.24 EST Theatre Crips Without Constraints Part 2 Harriet Walter, Mandy Colleran, Naomi Wirthner and Mat Fraser feature in six online plays written by a new generation of D/deaf and disabled artists. Filmed on Zoom, they follow the success of a quirky original series by Graeae Theatre Company that was streamed during lockdown. graeae.org, 19 January-23 February Hymn Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about masculinity and ambition stars Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani ...

Jewish and LGBTQ? Here’s When Hollywood Got It Right Ariel Sobel is a TED talker, writer and Bluecat Screenplay Competition Winner. For the LGBTQ community, it’s important to be represented onscreen, especially when same-sex romance is still stigmatized by the media. In 2016, Delta Airlines omitted all the love scenes, even just kissing in the lesbian drama “Carol.” Despite considerable outrage from LGBTQ groups, the airline continued to remove queer romance from 2019’s...

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