THE BEGINNING OF THE 19808, HIV/AIDS WAS
=SCALLED 'THE GAY PLAGUE! - OFTEN IMPLYING IT
WAS GAY MEN'S FAULT OR GOD'S PUNISHMENT
BY THE
END OF THE
19808, THERE ARE
NEARLY 20,000
DEA
“LDS WENED |
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|_THE NEW YORK TIMES,
FRIDAY, JULY 3 1981
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IN41 HOMOSEXUALS
Jutbreak Occurs Among Mer, |
in New York and California
—8 Died Inside 2 Years
PREVENTING THE
SPREAD OF AIDS IN
THE GAY
POPULATION
NEEDED EDUCATION
INFORMING PEOPLE
HEALTH CRISIS-—
FOUNDED BY LARRY
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KRAMER PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTIVIST|
nes
[VRITTEN BY SARAH WHITFIELDARRY KRAMER: PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTIVIST, HE FOUGHT FOR RESEARCH, PUBLIC
UNDING, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. THE NORMAL HEART STAGES HIS EXPERIENCE
OUR CONTINUED
EXISTENCE AS GAY MEN
UPON THE FACE OF THIS
EARTH IS AT STAKE- UNLESS
WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES,
WE SHALL DIE.
WILLIAM M HOFFMAN'S 1985 PLAY 'as IS!
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO STAGE THE AIDS
ISIS ON BROADWAY
FFINN'S 3981 MUSICAL, A SEQUEL TO THE
979 IN TROUSERS' EXPLORES THE
SOMETHING BAD! HAPPENING TO GAY MEN
IONATHAN LARSON'S 1996 MUSICAL.
VENT! STAGES DOWNTOWN NEW YORK
AND THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS. IT WINS THE
PULITZER PRIZE
LEAVING A MARK - FELIX GONZALES
WHILE ART
ISERVED TO
PROVOKE ANGER,
ACTION
AWARENESS,
EMPATHY OR
INDERSTANDING.
... GOVERNMENT,
AND IN
PARTICULAR
PRESIDENT.
REAGAN STAYED
QUIET
TORRES (1991)Wve SICA
MICHAEL BENNE
IBENNETT IS ONE OF BROADWAY'S
N)}
AWARDS AND WAS NOMINATED FOR
ANOTHER 11.
WWE DIED OF HIV/AIDS IN 1987, AND
LEFT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HIS
ESTATE TO MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR.
THE CONDITION. HE CHOREOGRAPHED
TWO SONDHEIM SHOWS, COMPANY
AND FOLLIES (WHICH HE CO-DIRECTED
WITH HAL PRINCE)
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BENNETT WAS ONLY 44 WHEN HE DIED IN.
JULY 1987 FROM AIDS RELATED
LYMPHOMA
HE REMAINS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS
IREMARKABLE INSIGHT INTO BROADWAY LIFE,
CHORUS LINE
GooDeyYEe
MICHAEL
—_
HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE, SONDHEIM
ISANG 'MOVE ON! FROM SUNDAY IN THE
PARK WITH GEORG:ROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS HAS RAISED $285 MILLION DOLLARS FOR
ERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS, HIV, OB HIV RELATED ILLNESSES
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SHT.DO WHATEVER YOU CAN] IMAGINE. OEMANO *
a
THE AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT HAS 48,000
PANELS AND IS TOO BIG TO EVER BE
DISPLAYED IN A MUSEUM
Ee]NDHEIM'S MUSIC WAS USED FOR A
JARITY PERFORMANCE IN 1989 AT
URY LANE, LONDON, BY THE
ISSOCIATION OF ARTISTS AGAINST AIDS
SONDHEIM DID NOT
OME OUT PUBLICALLY
INTIL 1998
MANY PEOPLE WHO
|SAW INTO THE Woops
IN 1987 FELT THAT
THE GIANT’S
INDISCRIMINATE KILLING
REPRESENTED WHAT
WAS HAPPENING
JOUTSIDE OF THE
THEATRE,
ITHIS 15 SOMETHING
WHICH SONDHEIM HAS
DENIED. BUT THE BOOK
WAS WRITTEN BY
JYAMES LAPINE WHO
|ALSO WeoTe
FALSETTOS WITH
WILLIAM FINN.
|HOW MUCH CONTROL
OVER WHAT THe STORY
REPRESENTS DOES
ISONDHEIM HAVE?
|HOW MUCH WAS
ISONDHEIM ABLE TO BE
OPEN ABOUT HIS
INTENTIONS —
CONSIDERING HE DION‘T]
COME OUT UNTIL 1998
IBEING GAY IN A BROAPWAY MUSICAL LOOK LIKE?
ZONDHEIM'S MUSIS ANE THE LEBTO COMMUNITY... ALL THIS
INEXT WEEK: INTO THE 908 ANP BEYOND... WHAT POES:
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