Arts & Entertainment

Gay loneliness and familial trauma take center stage in ‘All of Us Strangers’
NBC News, December 21, 2023
A devastating triumph by Andrew Haigh ("Weekend"), the film concerns the plight of Adam, an isolated writer in his mid-40s, played with tragic stillness by Andrew Scott. Emotionally frozen since his parents’ death, Adam begins to thaw thanks to the gently romantic — and lustful — insistence of his neighbor, Harry. Irish heartthrob Paul Mescal provides a delicate counterpoint to Scott in his portrayal of an adrift queer 20-something.
NBC News, December 21, 2023
A devastating triumph by Andrew Haigh ("Weekend"), the film concerns the plight of Adam, an isolated writer in his mid-40s, played with tragic stillness by Andrew Scott. Emotionally frozen since his parents’ death, Adam begins to thaw thanks to the gently romantic — and lustful — insistence of his neighbor, Harry. Irish heartthrob Paul Mescal provides a delicate counterpoint to Scott in his portrayal of an adrift queer 20-something.

Dying to Entertain Us: Celebrities Keep ODing on Opioids and No One Cares
The Village Voice, July 2018
The overall reaction to the overdoses of Prince, Tom Petty, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heath Ledger has amounted to nothing much when it comes to awakening Americans to the scope of the opioid crisis. By comparison, Rock Hudson’s 1985 death from AIDS, as well as Magic Johnson’s announcement in 1991 that he had HIV, utterly jolted the national conversation about that epidemic.
The Village Voice, July 2018
The overall reaction to the overdoses of Prince, Tom Petty, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heath Ledger has amounted to nothing much when it comes to awakening Americans to the scope of the opioid crisis. By comparison, Rock Hudson’s 1985 death from AIDS, as well as Magic Johnson’s announcement in 1991 that he had HIV, utterly jolted the national conversation about that epidemic.

“The Normal Heart: From Stage to Screen.” (POZ, May 2014) After starring in the Broadway production of Larry Kramer’s play about the dawning of the AIDS crisis, Joe Mantello joined the cast of the upcoming HBO version.
Mantello made his Broadway debut as an actor in 1993, creating the role of Louis in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, a play that shares the mantle with Kramer’s as one of the two most important theatrical explorations of AIDS. He then put acting aside for a vastly successful directing career that includes the Broadway juggernaut Wicked as well as Tony Awards for Take Me Out and Assassins.
Mantello made his Broadway debut as an actor in 1993, creating the role of Louis in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, a play that shares the mantle with Kramer’s as one of the two most important theatrical explorations of AIDS. He then put acting aside for a vastly successful directing career that includes the Broadway juggernaut Wicked as well as Tony Awards for Take Me Out and Assassins.
“Mr. Lips to You.” (Out, March 2009) Broadway heartthrob triple threat Nick Adams puts his famous pout to good use as Liver Lips Louis in Guys and Dolls.
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“HIV Unplugged.” (HIV Plus, Oct. 2004) After a swell of attention during the earlier days of the epidemic, the mid-2000s saw fewer HIV-related story-lines on television.
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“Pee-Wee Merman’s Big Adventure.” (The New York Observer, Feb. 2003) A disco-era Ethel Merman, trapped in the body of Pee-wee Herman, lights up the Betty Ford Center auditorium.
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- HIV Plus, Nov. 2010: “The Art of AIDS - Poignant Metaphor.” Profile of HIV-positive artist Marguerite Van Cook.
- HIV Plus, Dec. 2009: “The Movement Has Its Moves.” Profile of HIV-positive dancer, Zane Booker.
- HIV Plus, Oct. 2008: “Art for Everyone, Art Forever.” The group Visual AIDS archives work by HIV-positive artists
- The Bush School Experience, Sept. 2009: "Bush Alumna Julia Erickson '97 Rises to the Top of Major Ballet Co."
- HIV Plus, July 2008: “Listen, Please!” An artistic response to HIV in India.
- The NY Observer, Aug. 2001: "The Other." Premier party for Nicole Kidman's "The Others."
- The NY Observer, Nov. 2003 "Otterness Gnomes to Invade Upper West Side."
- The Advocate, Dec. 2003: "The Fire Under Fierstein." Profile of Harvey Fierstein.
- George magazine, Aug. 1999: "Orrin Hatches a CD."
- Columbia Spectator, April 1999, Review: "The Birds"
- Columbia Spectator, March 1999: "That 'Guy Who Sings' Makes His Mark On the Downtown Club Scene."