June 24, 1856– Henry Chapman Mercer was an archaeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, naturalist, writer, anthropologist, and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: His own home, Fonthill, an American castle, really; The Moravian Pottery & Tile … [Read more...]
#LGBTQMustReads: “Fosse” by Sam Wasson
Fosse (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Sam Wasson is a large book, at 750 pages. When I had cancer in 2013, I would have it with me for visits to the luxurious infusion suite at my cute Oncologist's clinic and for longer stays at the hospital. It was an excellent choice for short … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Hero, Alan Turing
June 23, 1912– Alan Mathison Turing's story was told in The Imitation Game (2014), a somewhat pedestrian film about an extraordinary man. It is a good film; don’t get me wrong, you should see it. It was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. Graham Moore’s Oscar nominated … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Meryl Streep
June 22, 1949– Mary Louise Streep is probably the greatest actor since the invention of film. At last year's Golden Globe Awards, she said: "Once when I was standing around on the set one day whining about something, we were going to work through … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Maureen Stapleton
June 21, 1925– Maureen Stapleton is one of those great character actors that I am just crazy about. I loved the film version of the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1963) as a child, and I still do. Stapleton played Dick Van Dyke’s mother in the film and she received … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Lillian Hellman
June 20, 1905– Lillian Hellman "Things start out as hopes and end up as habits." Lillian Hellman has been gone for 33 years and she still is making headlines. When the super-talented, elegant gay actor Cynthia Nixon won a Tony Award for the current Broadway revival of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: King James I (He Was a Queen!)
June 19, 1566– King James I commissioned what we now call The King James Bible and that version of the holy book is dedicated to him. King James loved men and he had sex with them, lots of sex. I wonder if Mike Pence thinks about that while on a rant quoting Leviticus. The … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Paul McCartney
June 18, 1942– James Paul McCartney: "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." My first album, not from my parental unit’s collection of Broadway Original Cast LPs, purchased for myself with my own money I had earned from mowing lawns, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Laurie Metcalf
June 16, 1955- Laurie Metcalf It must be an exciting time to be Laurie Metcalf. In 2012, she starred as Mary Tyrone in a London production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award. In spring 2013, she … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Neil Patrick Harris
June 15, 1973– Neil Patrick Harris We need Neil Patrick Harris now more than ever. Two-time Academy Award and Tony Award winner Kevin Spacey did a rather rather limp job of hosting the 2017 Tony Awards on Sunday night, and in made me long for the sparkling, energized work of … [Read more...]
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