April 21, 1906- Stephen Tennant & his Bedtime Story: Between the 2 great wars, there existed a movement that we now know as The Bright Young Things. They were a smart set of flappers & socialites looking for fun & frolic, mad & gay, chasing their dreams in fast … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Dick Sargent
April 19, 1930- Dick Sargent. This is a post about Dicks. Looking back now, I realize that the beguiling sitcom Bewitched, running from 1964 to 1972, was actually a powerful satirical allegory about the prejudice against gay people. Samantha, a powerful witch with many … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor/Activist, Gavin Creel
April 18, 1976: I don’t know about where you live, but nearly everyone I know in Portland is a hyphenate (lawyer/farmer/author/chicken-wrangler), even I am an actor-writer-ne'er-do-well, making … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Thornton Wilder
April 17, 1897- One of my favorite roles was Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly! at Seattle Civic Light Opera in the late 1980s. I also used a … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Joel Grey
April 11, 1932 – Earlier this year, when Joel Grey came out of the closet at 82 years old, most of my friends were like, duh? With a 50+ year obsession with the star of Cabaret, you think … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Designer, Marc Jacobs
April 9, 1963- Marc Jacobs was born the son of a pair of NYC theatrical agents. His father died when he was only 7 years old & his mother had mental health issues. He went … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Director, Choreographer, Michael Bennett
April 8, 1943 - I have appeared as a performer in over 100 stage musicals, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Paul Rudd
April 6, 1969 - Yesterday I channel-surfed onto the charming romantic comedy The Object Of My Affection (1998), directed by openly gay stage & film director Nicholas Hytner, a film … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, George Grizzard
April 1, 1928 – You may not have heard of him, but he is a gay guy worth noting. He was one of those journeyman actors that inspired me when I was first getting in the biz: a strong supporting actor at important stages around the country & not above taking juicy bits in TV … [Read more...]
