The Glines

Founded in 1976 by John Glines, Barry Laine and Jerry Tobin, The Glines is an American not-for-profit organization based in New York City, New York, devoted to creating and presenting gay art to develop positive self-images and dispel negative stereotyping.

Awards

Productions

Other notable successes produced by The Glines include:

A benefit in 1982 was given by The Glines was at The Town Hall, a performance space in New York City, consisting of three one-act plays: The Quintessential Image by Jane Chambers (with Peg Murray in the title role), Forget Him by Harvey Fierstein (with Harvey Fierstein, Estelle Getty and Court Miller), and A Loss of Memory by Arthur Laurents (with Richard DeFabees, who played Arnold in matinée performances of Torch Song Trilogy).[18]

The Glines broke into television in 1986 with its acclaimed production of Hero of My Own Life, a documentary on the life of a person living with AIDS.[19]

Artists

Among the many artists who have appeared (or whose work has appeared) with The Glines are:

Caroline Aaron
Pat Bond
Matthew Broderick
Charles Busch
Thomas Calabro
Andrea Dworkin
Harvey Fierstein
Estelle Getty
Allen Ginsberg
Judy Grahn

Jonathan Hadary
Lou Liberatore
Audre Lorde
Dan Lauria
Armistead Maupin
Mark Morris
Park Overall
Felice Picano
James Purdy
John Rechy

Ned Rorem
Mercedes Ruehl
Vito Russo
Richard Skipper
Jean Smart
Fisher Stevens
Robin Tyler
Edmund White
Jack Wrangler

References

  1. Mel Gussow, "Theater: Fierstein's Torch Song", The New York Times, November 1, 1981.
  2. Frank Rich, "Stage: 'As Is,' About AIDS, Opens", The New York Times, March 11, 1985.
  3. Stephen Holden, "Theater Review: Dusting Off the Spirit of Ziegfeld", The New York Times, July 5, 1993.
  4. The Eight Faces of Jane
  5. The Purple Circuit, Old Plays are Gold
  6. Beth A. Kattelman, Chambers, Jane (1937-1983) glbtq, a web-based "encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture"
  7. Stephen Holden, "Review/Theater; Comedy of Self-Acceptance And a Portrait of Its Writer", The New York Times, August 17, 1989.
  8. On Forever After Doric Wilson website
  9. If This Isn’t Love! Doollee.com
  10. Arch Brown biography Arch Brown website
  11. Sex Symbols Doollee.com
  12. Stephen Holden, "Stage: Short Plays on Gay Themes", The New York Times, September 20, 1987.
  13. Robert Patrick Doollee.com
  14. Gary L. Day Weinberg’s "Get Used to It!" PGN March 27—April 2, 1992,
  15. Anita Gates, "Crisp, So Stylishly 89, Gets To the Point, Well, Crisply", The New York Times, June 26, 1998.
  16. Happy Gay Day "Today in History (May 19) 1980" The Malcontent website
  17. Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival
  18. Long Island Journal, The New York Times, October 10, 1982.
  19. John Corry, Hero of My Own Life, Story of AIDS Patient", The New York Times, June 23, 1986.

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