Stephen Harrington, Abe Rybeck, and Scottie Madden of the Theater Offensive standing in a row with five puppets. Each man is speaking into a microphone.
Pure Polyesther is a hilarious and subversive retelling of the Old Testament story of Esther. The Theater Offensive's purimspiel mixes slapstick, klezmer, cross-dressing, outrageous scenery-chewing, and queer coupling with an earnest message about…
ACT UP Boston members wearing t-shirts printed "Use Condoms, Fight AIDS", march down a crowded street with banners: "Silence=Death" and "Thanks ASTRA, June 15, Be There."
Paul Parks Retrospective, March 1-April 24, Reception: Sunday March 6 5-7PM, All proceeds donated to: AIDS Action Committee, Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA (617)536-0966
Two unidentified men from the AIDS Action Committee clasp hands in front of a stone wall with a poster showing a needle and warning against the danger of AIDS.
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Photo from Eugene O'Neill's 1929 Broadway success, Strange Interlude, featuring Lynn Fontanne, with Tom Powers playing the first gay character in English dramatic literature with "any sympathy or real insight." Photo used in the Alyson Publications…
Photo used in the Alyson Publications book We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage, by Kaier Curtin.
Photo used in the Alyson Publications book We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage, by Kaier Curtin.