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SURVIVal David France and his guide to ‘Survive’ By Lawrence Ferber LGBT history. Four years later, France—a journalist who covered the AIDS David France’s Oscar-nominated 2012 documentary, How beat since its early days for publications like the New York To Survive A Plague, brought to light how AIDS activists, Native, New York Magazine, and Newsweek—has authored through the coalitions ACT UP and TAG, helped push medi- an even more expansive, intimate, dramatic, and elegantly COLD COMFORT cal breakthroughs forward by becoming part of the process. penned book of the same name. Constructed from hundreds of hours of incredible archival Released Nov. 29, How To Survive A Plague: The Inside Story Fences among those on winter movie slate. video footage, a technique since coined “archival verite,” the Of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, traces HIV from Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences documentary proved powerful, resonant, and helped reignite its insidious, mysterious emergence in New York City to the interest in that terrible yet profoundly important chapter in 16 Turn to page 20

CLEVE JONES ART AIDS AMERICA ALICIA CROSBY Activist on his book When We Rise. Exhibit at Alphawood Gallery through April 2. Columnist writes “Standing Photo by Henry Walker Daniel Sotomayor, For Paul, 1990. Photo by Tracy Baim Up at Standing Rock.” 8 10 Photo courtesy of Crosby 4

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I’ve struggled to find words to describe Standing spoke of what it would mean to facilitate space Nation of whom we were guests. mains of the ancestors but are marred by the dot- Rock. where people could “offer up their bodies, time, These commitments and this posture shift the ted presence of machinery, floodlights, and men I’ve sat before a blank white page and blinking and sacred space to share in community with the atmosphere of a space and temper the minds of who think weapons are an appropriate counter to cursor hoping that I could capture the thoughts, indigenous community and allies already present the people. prayer. prayers, hope, and sense of heartache my journey in prayerful and ceremonial protection at Standing There was something different, something I wish that more people would support the wa- to the Oceti Sakowin Camp gave birth to. Rock” during a time where it’s necessary to hold unique to be found here. ter protectors present at Standing Rock. They are Because what can you say about the place, the the tension between familial convenings and the When you are encouraged to silently offer words putting their personhoods, their very lives, on the people, the movement that make you call into brutality of erasure—the observed Thanksgiving of life for the needs and concerns of those around line in defense of the rights of the indigenous, the question your notions of what is just, what your holiday. you, your gait shifts and your attentions find new environment, and the well being for millions of activism can look like, and the interconnectedness Conversation turned to planning and plans be- foci. Americans who are not only dependent on the pro- of all things? came action for us, 11 volunteers from the Chica- When you participate in direct action that con- tection of the Missouri River but also the waters These weren’t things I anticipated wrestling goland area and beyond, and our incredible net- sists of holding space in sacred circles, with your that sustain life across our nation. through when I made the decision to go to Stand- work of supporters who sent us to North Dakota arms locked together with friends and strangers, Statement: While recent events such as the ing Rock. Like many others, my journey began as I with their thoughts, prayers, and nearly $7,000 you’re pushed to reimagine what activism has the Army Corps of Engineers easement decision, watched news of this place in North Dakota roll in donated to support the community assembled capacity to be. camp reduction for winterization, and extin- across my social media timelines. there. When you communally offer up prayers for the guishing of Oceti Sakowin’s ceremonial Sacred Hashtags like #WaterIsLife and #NoDAPL punc- We arrived at the Oceti Sakowin Camp just af- protection of those who sprayed your friends with Fire have led people to believe the work of tuated first-hand accounts and stories from un- ter 4 a.m. Nov. 24, the dark stillness of predawn water cannons allegedly laced with mace and anti- this movement is complete, that is far from known news outlets about a conflict of some sort masked the fullness of the space and the people freeze in freezing weather, you are oriented to see the case. To stay up to date with the best ways between a group led by indigenous people and therein. empathy exercised in profound ways. to support the Standing Rock water protectors, an energy company. Seeing these posts with in- I can’t recall how quickly I fell asleep but I re- When you are privileged to assist and bear wit- visit www.ocetisakowincamp.org . creased frequency over the course of the months member being drawn out of my slumber by a call to ness to those who prepared food for thousands Alicia Crosby has always been the type of made me pay attention. Made me share. Made me prayer. “Relatives, wake up! It’s time to pray! This exercise mindfulness and thanksgiving in how person to color outside the lines—a trait that want to to give what I could to support the people is what you’re here for!” they chopped, stirred, and otherwise worked with comes in handy as the Co-Founder and Execu- who referred to themselves as water protectors— This IS what we were here for. ingredients that would nourish their fellow water tive Director of Center for Inclusivity (CFI). these people, who, by all accounts, were pursuing The Oceti Sakowin Camp was founded upon protectors, you see the degree to which love and Having worked in religious, social service and justice for the indigenous population, sacred land, prayer, respect, compassion, honesty, generosity, community tempers every single facet of the life community empowerment contexts over the and sources of water that sustain life. humility and wisdom. We were aware of these com- and function of a place you will forever call sacred. years, she saw a need to address the spiritual, My friend Teresa and I ended up in conversa- mitments as well as the expectation that we hold I wish it was possible to share the gift of every systemic and interpersonal harm people ex- tion about this one day while running errands. She awareness of ceremonial posture at all times be- story I got to hold. perience through the promotion of inclusion too had seen, shared, and felt the pull to support cause our preparation to enter this space included I wish I could do justice in describing the beau- and equity for all people through her work and the community assembled at Standing Rock. We reflection on the histories and values of the Lakota ty of a place whose rolling hills hold the sacred re- through her activism.

release, Amaro said, “I am humbled and priv- Fran Hairston, mother of Martin-Ocasio ileged to be included in this year’s list. To this day, LGBTQ Latino youth lack the neces- among ‘Honor 41’ sary and adequate support in school, home, Chicago activist Kenny Martin-Ocasio is healthcare, and places of worship in order Vernita Gray, dies among those named to The 41 list. to be able to live their lives genuinely and According to Honor 41’s website, “the 41 The mother of longtime Chicago lesbian ac- authentically. ... In our work to secure jus- List highlights 41 role models in the Latina/o tivist Vernita Gray has died. Fran “Toots” Hair- tice and equality for all, we must continue LGBTQ community who demonstrate that we ston, born April 4, 1932, died Nov. 24, 2016. elevating the voices of those who are often can be successful and live our lives ‘out’ and Her memorial was Dec. 3 at Calvary Baptist marginalized in society.” open.” The list has videos of the honorees Church of Glenwood, Illinois. See Honor41.org. Gray, who died in 2014, was very close to her discussing achievements and hardships, mother, especially in Vernita’s final years of life among other items. battling cancer. Friends say that when Vernita In a statement to Windy City Times, Mar- Submission call died, her mother’s heart was broken. tin-Ocasio wrote, “I was recently selected Fran, born in Shuqualak, Mississippi, and among the Honor 41 recognized Latinex LGBT for LGBTQ health educated in Chicago Public Schools, had just leaders for 2016. It is an honor (no pun in- one child, Vernita, on Dec. 8, 1948. She worked tended) I don’t take lightly but humbly. conference The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minor- as a sales representative in several Chicago “Honor 41 is named after the notorious 41 ity Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern stores, including Sears and Marshall Field’s. men who in 1901 in Mexico were arrested University and the Center on Halsted are ask- She was preceded in death by two siblings, and publicly outed, and some of whom were ing for submissions for the 5th Annual Na- Alzada Christan Carr and Eleanor Nash. She is not heard of ever again, adopting the term tional LGBTQ Health Conference. survived by her husband of 60 years, Howard; 41, a coded derogatory word for gay men. The conference will take place April 28-30 two sisters Voncille Cox and Sabrina (Tommie) [This year] was a rough year for the Latinx in Chicago. Johnson; three bothers, T.C. (Beverly) Christian LGBT community, especially for Puerto Ricans Keynote speakers include: Jr., Taft (Marie) Christian, and Charles (Ruby) in Orlando. Being recognized along with so —Dr. Laura Kann, senior scientist and chief Christian; 10 nieces and 12 nephews; a host of many outstanding leaders throughout the of the school-based surveillance branch in great-nieces and nephews, great-great-nieces U.S. and Latin America gives us an oppor- the Division of Adolescent and School Health and nephews; and many other relatives and tunity to bring forth our stories, our experi- at the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- friends. ences, our journeys, and to elevate our com- vention; and Contributions would be gratefully accepted munity even more. —Dr. Ilan Meyer, Williams Distinguished to the Vernita Gray LGBT Youth Fund, http:// Fran Hairston at daughter Vernita Gray’s “I shared my story, one of surviving perva- Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Wil- www.crossroadsfund.org/content/vernita-gray- memorial in 2014. sive bullying and abuse, [while]others share liams Institute. lgbtq-youth-fund-grant . Photo by Hal Baim stories of tragedy, triumph and perseverance. All are stories of pride and hope. Here is to a Submission guidelines are at CenterOnHal- better and brighter 2017, against any odds, sted.org. @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup and with orgullo y esperanza. ¡ADELANTE!” Applications must be received by Jan. 16 Among those also on the list is National at 11:59 p.m. CST. All applicants will be noti- LGBTQ Task Force’s Jorge Amaro. In a press fied by Feb. 1 if they have been selected to @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com present. WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 5

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development Dec. 5.) Citlau is Restored Hope Chelsea Manning Network’s treasurer. Restored Hope Network, based in Mil- vigil on Dec. 17 waukie, Oregon, is “a group of ministries and The GLN: Chicago-Area LGBTQA Liberation individuals committed to serving those seek- Network will host a vigil/march for Chelsea ing Christ-centered answers for sexual and Manning on Saturday, Dec. 17 (Manning’s relational problems,” according to its Face- birthday), at 5:30-8 p.m., at 3400 N. Hal- book page. It was formed in 2012 by many OPEN NOW sted St. individuals from Exodus International as that The Facebook page promoting the event organization underwent an institutional col- Through says that Manning, “the world’s most promi- April 2, 2017 nent LGBT whistleblower, has exposed U.S. lapse. Restored Hope Network adapted even war crimes and immoral dealings with brutal more hardline stances than the original or- Alphawood Gallery dictators from Iraq to Afghanistan to Hondu- ganization on some issues, however. While Free and open to public ras and has deeply embarrassed and offended Exodus International eventually distanced the U.S. foreign policy establishment.” itself from anti-gay conversion therapy, for The organization is also urging people to example, Restored Hope Network has defend- sign a petition asking President Obama to ed the practice and said that opposition to it was hysterical overreaction. Such therapy Uncomfortable, commute Manning’s sentence. See https:// petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/com- is banned for minors in Illinois and several wistfully beautiful mute-chelsea-mannings-sentence-time- other states. served-1. She is serving a 35-year sentence Exodus International folded in 2013. & vitally important... at the maximum-security U.S. Disciplinary San Diego Gay & Lesbian News’ story is at Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. bit.ly/2gWaukE. — Advocate.com See “Vigil for Chelsea Manning on Her 29th Birthday” on Facebook. Equality Illinois to JOIN THE Orland Park minister honor Lurie BEAUTY DISCUSSION. Equality Illinois will honor the Ann & Rob- SEX ert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago LOSS to headline 2017 COURAGE with its Business Leadership Award. POLITICS ‘ex-gay’ conference The recognition will be made at the Equal- #ArtAIDSChi by Matt Simonette ity Illinois 2017 Gala, the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ formal celebration. It will be held on A South Suburban minister will be keynote Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at the Hilton Chica- Roger Brown, Peach Light, 1983, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 1/2 in., Photo: James Connolly. Kavi Gupta and the Roger Brown Estate, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. speaker at the annual convention of “ex-gay” go, 720 S. Michigan Ave. organization Restored Hope Network this More honorees and details about the Equal- Art AIDS America was Timed admission passes may be reserved online. organized by Tacoma Art summer. ity Illinois 2017 Gala will be announced in Museum in partnership with The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Ron Citlau, senior pastor at Orland Park’s the weeks ahead. Tickets and more informa- In Chicago, this exhibition ArtAIDSAmericaChicago.org is made possible by the Alphawood Foundation, a Calvary Church, will speak at the event, which tion about the gala are available at Equality- Chicago-based, grant-making private foundation working 2401 North Halsted Street will take place in San Diego June 16-17. (San Ilinois.org/2017-gala. for an equitable, just and humane society. Chicago, Illinois 60614 Diego Gay & Lesbian News first reported this WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 7 BTQ administrations in recent memory prepares to take office alongside a firm grip on both U.S. Transgender Survey houses of Congress and a possible homophobic and transphobic majority in the United States Supreme Court. reveals disturbing numbers “I don’t want to paint the Trump administration as being rosy for trans people by any By Gretchen Rachel Hammond At work, 30 percent reported “being fired, means,” Keisling said. “We’re definitely going denied a promotion or experiencing some other into uncertain waters, if not dangerous waters. Five years after the release of the national form of mistreatment. He’s appointed an [Environmental Protection transgender discrimination survey Injustice at The poverty level of 29 percent, homeless- Agency] administrator who is anti-trans. We’ve Every Turn and one month following a Donald ness responses of 30 percent, and unemploy- never had to worry about that at the EPA be- Trump electoral-college win that has already ment rate which is three times higher than that fore. It’s going to be a challenge. That being been marked by an increased level of hate of the U.S. population has led to higher “rates said, the survey is a tool we can use with any crimes against the LGBTQ community, the Na- of experience in the underground economy in- administration. In think we all know that there tional Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) cluding sex work, drug sales and other work will be backsliding but we’re not going to cede published the results of the 2015 U.S. Trans- that is currently criminalized.” one inch.” gender Survey (USTS) Dec. 8. The USTS stated that “nearly nine out of For the complete USTS survey report, visit The NCTE received 27,715 responses to its 10 (86 percent) reporting being harassed, at- TransEquality.org/sites/default/files/docs/ anonymous, online survey, described as “the tacked, sexually assaulted, or mistreated in USTS-Full-Report-FINAL.PDF. largest examining the experiences of transgen- some other way by police.” An extended version of this article is at der people in the United States.” “Of those who were arrested in the past year,” WindyCityMediaGroup.com. “We wanted comparability with the general the report continued, “nearly one-quarter (22 public,” NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling percent) believed they were arrested because told Windy City Times adding that the ques- they were transgender. Mara Keisling. tions used by the USTS were often culled from All this happens as one of the most anti-LG- Photo from NCTE surveys given to the general population in order to achieve that purpose. According to Keisling, the reasons for the dramatic increase in responses the NCTE received in comparison with the 2008/9 survey were numerous. “The community has really grown and is net- worked better than it used to be,” she said. “In ’08 and ’09, social media was a very dif- Together, we can ferent animal. This time we were able to use social media more effectively. There was also a substantially higher portion of our sample who achieve your possible. identified as non-binary. It has become a more open and growing part of our community.” “Much has changed since the NTDS was con- ducted in 2008–09 and results were published in 2011, including increased visibility of transgender people in the media and in society in general,” the USTS noted. “Despite making significant strides, there is still a substantial amount of work to be done to address critical needs in transgender communities throughout the United States. Transgender people continue to experience discrimination and anti-transgender bias in virtually all areas of life.” Over the next over 290-pages, the report’s dispassionate catalogue of that discrimination and bias was described by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force as “devastating and unfortunately not surprising.” Among the results, 39 percent of respondents reported “serious psychological distress.” Forty percent attempted suicide “in their lifetime, nearly nine times the rate in the U.S. population.” Seven percent had attempted suicide in the past year. Transgender people living with HIV do so at a rate higher than five times the U.S. population. Those who sought health care recounted a litany of problems. 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@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 8 Dec. 14, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES an eye. I met someone who had a real impact BOOKS on my youth, Christopher Isherwood, who told me these wonderful stories about Berlin and how a lot of LGBT people thought they were Activist Cleve Jones free during the Weimar Republic. Then we saw what happened. People need to always be vigi- lant and ready to fight. WCT: Let’s talk about a couple of current rises above it all issues and fights LGBT activists are taking By Lawrence Ferber tive diagnosis and struggles with the virus; on. What do you think about Gays Against making MILK; amusing celebrity encounters in Guns? Activist Cleve Jones has lived an extraordinary Hollywood; helping marriage equality happen; CJ: That has not taken root [in San Fran- life, filled with world-changing friends and and his present life in San Francisco’s Castro cisco] yet. I’m sure glad they’re doing it, and figureheads from Harvey Milk to Dustin Lance district and the changing face of the city as we should all be supporting those efforts. The Black. the real-estate crisis displaces populations and statistics on gun violence rarely include the Portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the Gus Van longtime institutions. horrific suicides, and suicide remains a huge Sant-directed Milk, Jones founded the NAMES Filmmaker Rob Reiner (a co-founder of AFER, issue for our community. We lose a huge num- Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (the story of which which was instrumental in the successful mar- ber of people to suicide every year, and suicide is recounted in the documentaries Common riage-equality effort) helped plant the seed for by gun is the most lethal way to attempt it. I Threads and Showtime’s The Last One) and co- Rise, suggesting Jones write a book about his know people who had second thoughts after founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. extraordinary life. Jones did just that, large- taking the pills or walking out on a bridge or He also literally picked up Milk’s bullhorn and ly during late night sessions at Dustin Lance pulling the razor out, and they survived, but carried on the LGBT icon’s fight for equality Black’s dining room table. Via telephone, Jones Cleve Jones. I don’t know anyone who survived a bullet to and social justice, working with a wide array of elaborated on the book, activism, and what we Photo by Henry Walker the brain. If we could reduce the availability of entities and causes, including the labor union can do to ensure progress keeps heading in the firearms, I think we would reduce the number UNITE HERE. right direction. of people we lose each year to suicide.” Jones revisits a wide array of incredible life Windy City Times: This is your second prison simply because we were homosexual. WCT: For a couple of years now you’ve been moments and people—from Milk himself to book, the first being 2000’s Stitching A Rev- WCT: What can you say about the upcom- a vocal advocate for access to PrEP and med- Sean Penn—in his new memoir, When We Rise olution. How did their processes differ, and ing When We Rise miniseries? ications that keep HIV viral loads undetect- (Hachette; $27), which also served as partial how do they compare? CJ: I am not supposed to talk about it yet. able and, as a result, low risk for transmis- inspiration for the upcoming ABC miniseries Cleve Jones: Stitching was written with a You can probably pull together that it’s not sion to others. of the same name. (Written by Dustin Lance neighbor of mine at the time, Jeff Dawson. I based solely on my book or life. There are sto- CJ: If the rallying cry for my generation was Black, and co-starring Guy Pearce as Jones, it wasn’t real proud of it, I have to say. It’s a ries included in my book in the miniseries, and “Silence Equals Death,” the rallying cry now charts the modern LGBT-rights movement.) good book, I’m not ashamed of it at all, and it’s using my title, of course. must be “Treatment Equals Prevention.” The Alternately funny, heartwarming, revealing, it wouldn’t have happened without Jeff—I WCT: Getting back to sex, you do share science is pretty crystal clear on this. People tragic and inspiring, Jones’ page-turning, fast- was still recovering from many years of illness, how carefree that was before AIDS, the role like me—who are HIV-positive but success- moving book chronicles coming out when U.S. frail and fragile. He did long, long interviews it served on a deeper level. At a certain fully treated and have an undetectable viral society was barely aware of homosexuality and, with me that were recorded, transcribed, and I point in the book, you stop talking about load—cannot transmit the virus. People who if so, was hostile to it; his extensive youthful crossed out what I didn’t want included. But I your sexual experiences so much. Did the are negative and engage in high-risk behav- travels; sexual and romantic exploits during the always thought, I want to do another and write sex actually stop during that time? ior can prevent HIV infection if on PrEP. What free-loving ‘70s; the horrific first wave of AIDS it myself, in my voice. Also, that earlier book CJ: It didn’t stop, but everything changed, people need to do is push their local and state that consumed friends and lovers (some of the had almost no sex in it! Sex is a part of my and the innocence of it. Maybe it seems odd government to make these meds available. The people in Rise also figure into David France’s life, and there was nothing sexy about Stitch- to use the word “innocence” about people in cost will come down eventually, but our larger must-read AIDS crisis history, How To Survive ing. So when Rob Reiner gave me that nudge I bathhouses, but there was an innocence to it. war against the pharma industry’s greed should A Plague, also released Nov. 29); his own posi- thought, if I’m going to do it, I’ll do it myself. What was I was trying to convey was, I really not dissuade people to push for access to these WCT: Was When We Rise easy or difficult remember my 40th birthday. I went to bed the drugs now. to write once you got started? You certainly night before when I was 39, and the next day In San Francisco, we’re taking a lot of bold had a lot of extraordinary life material to when I woke up I was 80. I wanted to show steps to break down two main barriers: cost work with, and the book is filled with so how dramatically everything changed, from and stigma. Unfortunately, that stigma has re- many recognizable names and events. this romantic adventure where anything was ally been exacerbated by the disinformation CJ: Well, I’m a storyteller. My mom used to possible, our bodies were strong and beauti- campaign waged by the AIDS Healthcare Foun- tell me “You sure can talk,” and other people ful, to this different reality and the sexuality dation and shaming of young people. I hate have suggested that talking might be my only that had been so much a part of our solidar- this. They’re subjected to a lot of shame and legally marketable skill. I know I have these ity, bonding, enthusiasm, and energy was pro- blame and I hear it coming from even some of great stories because of luck. I met the most foundly altered in a tragic and brutal way.” my own friends. When people asked me about amazing people through my life’s journey, and WCT: We just finished a genuinely terrify- my status, I used to say, “Yes, I was infected a I’ve witnessed the most amazing things. I ing election cycle, which could have laid the long time ago before we knew anything about didn’t write this as a history book, and it’s not ground for LGBT rights to be pulled back. it.” Today, I just say, “I’m positive.” I feel like even really an autobiography. How close are we to Briggs Initiative-style I was using that previous explanation as a way It’s a collection of memories from vari- bills popping up again? to distance myself from the younger people ous times in our history, and I hope conveys CJ: Well, this was also part of my motiva- who are getting infected right now, but that’s what it was like to live in them. Admittedly, I tion to share these stories. To remind folks that wrong. We need to tell them how beautiful thought Rise was going to be different than it nothing is permanent. What Trump unleashed they are, how much their lives matter, we love turned out, but one of the things I realized as upon us is not just going away. There’s a ten- them, and we need to listen to them instead I started writing was I wanted to tell the sto- dency, particularly among the USA and young of yelling. ries from my youth before AIDS came. I wanted people, thinking that once you achieve a goal WCT: Finally, is there any boldface name or younger generations to hear about what it was the fight is done and you have that forever and icon you haven’t yet met but really want to? like growing up in a time when being gay was ever. That’s not how life works. CJ: Yes! I would die to have lunch with Bette illegal, when we were lobotomized and sent to Everything can be taken away in the blink of Midler!

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1211007 State Farm, Bloomington, IL WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 9 has been in Chicago theater for decades, and see. Audain again brought up activism and recalled putting on one of the first Chicago how AIDS activists were successful in building Panel explores art, productions involving a character with AIDS a coalition across barriers of race. “It’s really with Bailiwick Theatre in the ‘80s. “There important for the left to build communities to- wasn’t a place for that kind of entertainment,” gether,” he said. history in Chicago’s he said, and explained that once the epidemic Keehnen concluded by asking the panel if hit, people weren’t planning for the future. Chicago was special when it comes to queer Currently, he worried about whether audiences art and history. Brier offered a variety of ex- LGBTQ culture really cared about LGBTQ history, based on the planations, from the idea of urban space creat- By Liz Baudler reception of some of his company’s recent, less ing possibility to the observation that the first glitzy works such as a play about a Black les- Chicago law against crossdressing was passed Local historian, Legacy Project co-founder bian couple in the 1890s. in 1851. and LGBTQ Hall of Fame board member Owen Keehnen kept the conversation on AIDS, “Something happens in the powerful, explo- Keehnen hosted a panel about the impact of wondering what made the disease’s connec- sive mix in Chicago,” she said. She mentioned art and culture on Chicago’s LGBTQ history tion to art unique. Audain brought up both the city’s role as the “birthplace of sociology” at the Harold Washington Library on Dec. 7. the frightening, unknown nature of AIDS as integral to its queer history, highlighted its Introduced by library staff, Keehnen thanked when it first appeared and the protest cul- reputation as a “lesbian feminist town” with CPL’s Pride Committee and LGBT staff members, ture it inspired. He pointed out that Chicago’s a radical youth culture, and recalled that lo- and called the LGBTQ Hall of Fame—currently own Danny Sotomayor, whose art is included cal queer academic historians like Allan Berube exhibited on the library’s main floor—a great in Art AIDS America, was the first openly gay used to travel around with projectors on their tool for visibility and awareness. syndicated cartoonist and a founding member backs, introducing audiences to queer history Panelist Jennifer Brier, director of the Gender of ACT UP. From an art history standpoint, Au- via slide show. Zak pointed out that as the only and Women’s Studies program at the University dain explained that AIDS coincided with both city in the world with a Gay and Lesbian Hall of Illinois at Chicago, introduced herself by re- newfound appreciation of photography as an of Fame, we don’t hide our queer history: we lating her curatorial experience with the Chi- art form and the culture war battle over arts display the Leather Museum openly and the cago History Museum’s Out In Chicago exhibit. funding, from which, he said, arts funding has Legacy Project is, as he put it, “impossible to She recalled learning to collaborate with non- never fully recovered. avoid.” historians and challenging herself to under- Brier had a different take, calling the idea of The audience was curious about queer his- stand what history meant to the community. AIDS exceptionalism “dangerous” since it takes tory: how they could both preserve and see Her experience at the North Side museum also away the epidemic’s larger historical context. more of it. Brier explained that often we feel made her reflect on the city’s issues with seg- Christopher Audain. She offered examples of other afflictions— divorced from earlier queer history because, regation, inspiring her current project, History Photo by Hal Baim at the Center on Halsted’s such as women and mental illness—that had as she said, until recently we were convinced Moves, which focuses on HIV-positive women World AIDS Day event inspired similarly large bodies of work. things were getting better. Keehnen, the his- and is scheduled to travel to various cultural Audain’s observation about funding prompt- torian, said his love of the social history of spaces in Chicago. “When I go through the gallery, I see these ed Keehnen to inquire about the role of LGBTQ LGBTQ culture made him more inquisitive. Zak Christopher Audain works with the Alpha- incredible artists, and they’re gone,” he said. art in, as he put it, a less accepting climate. talked about elevating queer products in every- wood Foundation, which just opened Art AIDS Audain also mentioned how much he valued The audience chuckled darkly. “I wasn’t plan- day conversation, such as the new gay movie, America Exhibit at its gallery space in Lincoln working for gay bosses throughout his art ca- ning to bring up Trump...” Keehnen said. Moonlight, and Audain agreed that consuming Park. He called art “a safe haven” for gay peo- reer. “Seeing and having role models who work “I’m an optimist. I wouldn’t have survived and sharing queer art helped preserve it. And ple, and pointed out that often LGBTQ history in art has been a boon for me,” he said. “It in the arts if I wasn’t,” said Zak, who said it Brier exhorted listening as a valuable skill for is not found in books. The AIDS epidemic, he shows people like me, and anyone, what can was an audience’s job to go see queer works, both academics and casual observers interest- said, created a gap in the nation’s artistic en- be possible.” while acknowledging that there’s never been ed in LGBTQ history and art. ergy that can never be filled. David Zak, director of Pride Films and Plays, a consensus in what the community wants to “Engage what you’re consuming.” she said.

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Art AIDS exhibit in A Chicago through April 2 Art AIDS America—a groundbreaking exhibi- presentation will be works by a variety of other tion that underscores the presence of HIV in artists, among them major works by famed Chi- art in this country—culminates its U.S. tour cago Imagist Roger Brown. at the Alphawood Gallery, 2401 N. Halsted St., Racial and ethnic minorities have historically through April 2, 2017. and presently not benefited from the same vis- This temporary space has been created in a ibility as white male artists in shaping the nar- former bank by the Chicago-based Alphawood rative of the epidemic. The Chicago presenta- Foundation to bring the exhibition to its only tion of Art AIDS America will include additional Midwest venue. works by artists, as well as programming, fo- This is the first exhibition to explore how cused specifically on expanding the exhibi- the AIDS crisis forever changed American art. tion’s inclusivity. Related programming in the Since the first reports of mysterious illnesses form of panels, discussions and performances in the early 1980s, HIV and AIDS have touched will explore how the underlying issues of race, nearly every U.S. resident in some way. While politics, culture and institutional practice have acknowledging and honoring the enormous an- created barriers to more equitable representa- ger, loss and grief generated by the epidemic, tion. the exhibition refutes the narrative that AIDS Admission to the exhibition will be free with is only a tragic tangent in U.S. art. Instead, timed tickets; it opens on World AIDS Day. Art AIDS America offers a story of resilience Prior to Chicago, Art AIDS America will have and beauty revealed through the visual arts, appeared at the Tacoma Art Museum in Wash- and of the communities that gathered to bring ington state, the Zuckerman Museum in subur- hope and change in the face of a devastating ban Atlanta and the Bronx Museum of the Arts disease. in New York City. The Chicago presentation of Art AIDS Amer- Major support for the exhibition and cata- ica will feature more than 100 significant logue has been provided by The Andy Warhol contemporary works in a wide range of me- Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Paul G. dia—from oil on canvas and photography to Allen Family Foundation. Additional support B three-dimensional installations and video. The for the U.S. tour was provided by the Leslie- artists represented include Judy Chicago, Chloe Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and by Dzubilo, Karen Finley, Robert Gober, Félix Gon- Gilead Sciences. zalez-Torres, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Derek See ArtAIDSAmericaChicago.org. Also, see Jackson, Kia Labeija, Annie Leibovitz, Robert ArtAIDSAmericaChicago.org/events for a full Mapplethorpe, Kiki Smith, Joey Terrill, David slate of events in connection with Art AIDS Wojnarowicz and Martin Wong. Added to the America. traveling exhibition exclusively for its Chicago

A: Survival AIDS Series 2: ACT Up Chicago with Memorial Dress, photographed by Maxine Henryson, 2015. B: Daniel Sotomayor, For Paul, 1990. C. Judy Chicago, Homosexual Holocaust, Study for Pink Triangle Torture, 1989. Photos by Tracy Baim

Owen Keehnen (left), Victor Salvo, Tim Miller and Lori Cannon with cartoons by Daniel Sotomayor. Photo by Mike Oboza

The Alphawood Gallery space. Photo by Tracy Baim WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 11 statements made by Trump and his appointees. “Since Donald Trump’s rise to president-elect, Vigil held in Oakland; Neo-Nazi group takes we have seen an unprecedented amount of misinformation and blatant lies go unquestioned honoring trans and unchallenged in national news media,” victims’ names urged credit for Hitler posters said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis On Dec. 5, a candlelight vigil took place in in a statement. “The rampant misinformation San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Plaza for several on UChicago campus promulgated by Trump and those in his circle transgender victims of the Oakland warehouse often contributes to a climate of hostility that fire, SFGate.com reported. puts marginalized communities in harm’s way. By Matt Simonette In a statement to Windy City Times, univer- Thirty-six bodies have been found in the The Trump Accountability Project will shine a sity spokesperson Marielle Sainvilus said, “The converted warehouse, in which dozens of at- spotlight of truth on the hateful records of in- University of Chicago (UChicago) officials say University is aware of this material, which was tendees were trapped when a fire broke out dividuals who are or may be participating in they are investigating neo-Nazi posters that found and immediately removed at multiple lo- Dec. 2 at the Ghost Ship Collective during an the upcoming administration.” appeared at various locations around campus cations on campus yesterday morning [Dec. 5]. performance from Golden Donna 100% Silk. TAP will include first-hand statements, video Dec. 4. We are investigating the incidents.” Scout Wolfcave—an Oregon-based trans and/or audio statements. The posters featured an illustration of Adolph According to student reports from social me- woman and close friend of Feral Pines, one of Hitler surrounded by swastikas and read, “No dia, one of the locations targeted was building the victims—told The Guardian that when the degeneracy, No tolerance, Hail victory” and that is home to the University’s Center for Gen- D.C. women’s march police and the media incorrectly use “he” pro- were by a group calling itself the Atomwaffen der and Sexuality and Center for Study of Race, nouns for the women and refer to them by the Division, according to the Chicago Maroon. The Politics and Culture. set for Jan. 21 names on their legal documents, it is deeply group claimed credit for the posters on Twitter The Atomwaffen Division bills itself as an Despite media reports, The Women’s March hurtful to the trans community. (Among other Dec. 4. organization spreading “awareness” through on Washington will still take place at 10 a.m. transgender victims were Cash Askew and Em “unconventional means.” Among the postings on Jan. 21—the day after Donald Trump’s inau- B.) on the group’s Twitter feed is a video, posted guration, The Huffington Post reported. In a joint statement, Transgender Law Cen- Nov. 21, of someone burning a rainbow flag The website says, “In the spirit of democracy ter, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and supposedly retrieved from the Pulse nightclub. and honoring the champions of human rights, Equality California called for Oakland authori- Posters similar to those found at UChicago dignity, and justice who have come before us, ties to honor the names and genders of the have appeared on the campuses of Old Domin- we join in diversity to show our presence in transgender victims. In part, they said, “Use of ion University, Suffolk University, the Univer- numbers too great to ignore. a transgender person’s birth name rather than sity of Central Florida and Boston University. “The Women’s March on Washington will send their true name is not only inaccurate, but is The Chicago Maroon’s article is at http://bit. a bold message to our new administration on deeply disrespectful to the individual. In a time ly/2gKumqm. their first day in office, and to the world that of tragedy, use of birth names, or ‘dead nam- women’s rights are human rights. We stand to- ing,’ is demeaning, offensive, and causes need- gether, recognizing that defending the most less additional pain to those who are already GLAAD starts Trump marginalized among us is defending all of us.” suffering from the loss of those they loved.” Organizers state that specific location and The article is at SFgate.com/bayarea/article/ Accountability Project details about the grassroots effort will be re- Vigil-in-SF-mourns-transgender-victims-of- GLAAD has launched the Trump Accountabil- vealed, adding, “professional organizers are Oakland-10708887.php. The Guardian piece is ity Project (TAP). working with all relevant agencies and there at TheGuardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/06/ TAP is a resource for journalists, editors, should not be any issues with securing neces- oakland-fire-ghost-ship-transgender-victims- producers and other news makers reporting on sary permits.” them-are-us-too. the Trump administration that catalogues the See WomensMarch.com; also, vis- anti-LGBTQ statements and actions of Presi- it https://www.facebook.com/groups/1 Hitler poster at UChicago. dent-Elect Donald Trump and those in or being 274648525889466/?ref=aymt_homep- Twitter photo considered for his administration. The resource age_panel and https://www.facebook.com/ also lists other discriminatory and hateful events/1154954297926627/.

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camp in Germany. It affected me deeply and I his undoing. As I write this, is he addressing wasn’t the same afterwards. I remember stand- the pressing problems in this country? No, he’s WINDY ing under the sign Arbeit macht frei (work sets waging war on SNL and a musical. You can’t you free) and thinking that I must follow in my make this stuff up. father’s footsteps and fight fascism. It’s been Who elected him? Imbeciles. CITY St. Sukie my life’s work. Whenever I see inequality and This slobbering orange baboon is so delu- DE LA CROIX injustice I protest, either in person or in print. sional he thinks he’s attractive to women. That started March 17, 1968, at an anti-Viet- That’s so bizarre, I’m compelled to repeat it … TIMES SENIOR MOMENTS nam War protest in London’s Grosvenor Square Donald Trump thinks he’s attractive to women. up until an anti-Trump rally in Palm Springs in I shouldn’t be making fun of someone’s ap- VOL. 32, No. 13, Dec. 14, 2016 The combined forces of Windy City Times, Not my president, November 2016. pearance—I’m no oil painting myself—but re- founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, So here we are in 2016 with the USA now a ally! Really! What woman could want this mis- founded May 1987. not my first lady fascist regime run by neo-Nazis. I am not a shapen wobbling Jello pumpkin? Apart from a pacifist. Pacifists make me sick. This is no time high-priced sex worker, that is? Which is what It doesn’t surprise me that another German fas- for compromise. We are now called upon to Melania Trump is. A prostitute. PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tracy Baim cist has risen to power. fight for our lives. Every Republican who voted I’m not slut-shaming because I don’t think In Europe, we’ve been through this before for Donald Trump is a neo-Nazi. Not SOME of there’s anything wrong with being a prostitute. ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky with devastating results. I grew up in the shad- them, but ALL of them. What are we going to So when I say Melania Trump is a whore, I’m MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis ow of World War II, bombsites, ration books, do with these fascists? These are not people not judging, I’m just saying she’s a whore. If ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine Vera Lynn and poverty. In fact, from ages 6 to you can reason with. We are going to crush you want your daughter to pander to a sexual DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright 12 I lived in a house built by German prisoners them. One by one they must be stopped by any predator’s whims and fancies, pose nude and ART DIRECTOR/NIGHTSPOTS EDITOR Kirk Williamson of war. I saw firsthand what fascism does. I means possible. have no career, this is the First Lady role model SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond was born six years after the war ended and my A few years back, I predicted a rise in fas- for you. Hope you don’t mind old white guys Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Gretchen Rachel Hammond, parents, and millions of others, were damaged cism in this country when a charismatic leader grabbing your daughter’s pussy. Scott Duff, Monika Pickett, David Strzepek by it. In North Africa, my father found himself emerged. Well, for once I was right. I wish I’d I love living in America but I’m so glad my NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 covered in his best friend’s entrails when the been wrong. The KKK messiah has been elect- daughter and granddaughter don’t live here. SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, Lisa young soldier opened a booby-trapped cup- ed, but never in my wildest dreams did I think This is not the role model I choose for them. Keen, Yasmin Nair THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan board. My mother jumped into a hedge and it would be an infant. Donald Trump is a petu- A TV reality star and a sex worker. CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. dodged machine gun bullets fired from a Ger- lant child who tweets, has tantrums, and is a Not my president, not my first lady. SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman man plane. Neither completely recovered. puppet of Vladimir Putin. His thin skin will be ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS As an adult, I visited Dachau concentration Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet Harper, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Melissa Wasserman, Joe Franco, Nick Patricca, Liz Baudler, Rex Wockner, Angelique Smith SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Hal Baim, letters Tim Carroll, Ed Negron WEBSITE LISTINGS VOLUNTEER Gene Naden

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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT London stage knights BY SCOTT C. MORGAN also knew that what I critiqued could also be partially experienced later by Chicago-area au- LONDON—Not everyone can jaunt across the diences onscreen. Though there currently is no Atlantic just to see world-famous actors per- local screening scheduled at the moment for forming onstage in London. And that’s espe- The Entertainer, No Man’s Land will be screened cially if the productions are completely sold via NT Live at Northwestern University in Evan- out, like Benedict Cumberbatch starring as ston in February. Hamlet or Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II In these uncertain times with so many un- in The Audience. knowns due to the “Brexit” vote of the U.K. Luckily in recent years, many of these mar- leaving the European Union, both plays car- quee-name productions have been captured ried a peculiar resonance of dread on top of in high definition video for live simulcasts to the rather bleak issues and personal dynamics movie theaters across Europe and screenings being explored. Both very British works were closer to home months later in select art house also challenging due to the playwrights’ often cinemas or college campuses. The National oblique or symbol-filled writing styles. Theatre of Great Britain in particular has not Like many of Pinter’s plays, No Man’s Land only preserved productions conceived for its just provides sparking dialogue and moments massive South Bank performance complex, but of tense drama amid a mysterious situation. also from commercial West End theaters as part Audiences have to piece together in their own of its NT Live series. minds precisely what might be going on. There are also screenings closer to home It all begins with two elderly men in an al- months later in select art-house cinemas like coholic stupor stumbling into a well-appointed Ian McKellen (left) and Patrick Stewart in No Man’s Land. the Music Box Theatre, which recently took drawing room near Hampstead Heath, a lovely Photo by Johan Persson place. They’re also screened on college cam- London park but also a notorious gay cruising puses like Northwestern University in Evanston ground for most of the 20th century. Rather You can also appreciate that Branagh in The so plodding, often thwarting the work of great or the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. shabbily dressed and the more lucid of two is Entertainer was also captured for posterity, and famed actors featured here like Greta Scac- On a recent U.K. trip, I was able to see two McKellen as Spooner, while far more wasted even though Ashford’s production is largely a chi, Gawn Grainger and Sophie McShera (Daisy much-buzzed-about West End productions fea- and distressed is Stewart as Hirst. misfire. That’s because the taping of the pro- from Downton Abbey). turing knighted British actors tackling roles The two clearly know each other from the duction was significantly the first to be done Despite tap dancing up a storm and his lead- created by other famous knights before them. past, and Spooner is trying to get something with a single camera rigged up on a series of ing-man looks, Branagh is ultimately miscast One was a commercial revival of Harold Pinter’s out of Hirst. But the dynamics drastically motorized winches and wires to capture every- as Archie. Sure, some of the laughs probably 1975 drama No Man’s Land, starring out ac- shift the next morning as two cockney toughs thing in a single take. didn’t come from audiences reluctant to find tor Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart in (Damien Molony as Foster and Owen Teale as I attended the simulcast dress rehearsal, so humor in Archie’s often homophobic, misogy- roles, respectively, originated by Sir John Giel- Briggs) appear as overly protective and on- understandably many in the audience were of- nistic and racist jokes. But also Branagh didn’t gud and Sir Ralph Richardson. The other was the-make manservants who have latched onto ten distracted by the ever-present swooping command the stage like you expect a well-sea- gay U.S. director/choreographer Rob Ashford’s Hirst, a once famed poet likely suffering from camera over the stalls. But the audience also soned compere who would carry on despite all production of John Osborne’s 1957 drama The dementia. could have resisted warming to the production the odds. Entertainer, starring Sir Kenneth Branagh in Both McKellen and Stewart are acting mas- since Osborne’s play is so creaky and meander- Director Ashford’s doesn’t help matters with the title role written for Sir Laurence Olivier. ters of the Pinter’s engaging repartee, so they ing itself. the decaying theater kept omnipresent even Not only did I want to see these stars live keep things light and funny even if you might The Entertainer focuses on the delusions of during domestic scenes as an obvious visual in works I had only read about before, but I be bewildered at exactly what is happening. the fractured northern English family of Archie metaphor. His cadre of chorus girls were also Both have also been performing these roles Rice (Branagh). He’s a hoary old comedian too perfectly fit and glamourous to match the since Broadway in 2013 and on tour, so their and emcee clutching on the remains of Eng- seedy surroundings. well-seasoned familiarity is also a bonus. lish music hall variety (a cousin to American Even though The Entertainer largely didn’t Anti-bullying Pinter and director Sean Mathias also work in vaudeville) while his family members are also work when compared to No Man’s Land, at least lots of humor from Foster and Briggs’ crass talk clutching onto memories of their glorious past. both were captured to show how attempts were musical Jan.-Feb. while performing overly refined serving duties Now Osborne is revered in English theater for made in 2016 to revive these older works for Chicago Children’s Theatre’s The Hun- as commanded by Hirst. being one of the pioneering “Angry Young Men” modern audiences. Luckily more people (and dred Dresses—the musical about a young One can easily interpret No Man’s Land as playwrights who put poor and working class hopefully future generations) will be able to girl who struggles with bullying and learns a bitter rivalry in one-upmanship as we see characters onstage and rubbed the faces of po- experience these significant London produc- what it takes to stand up to others—will Spooner drawing from the past while seeking lite English audiences with pessimistic views tions beyond those who could see them in run Jan. 17-Feb. 12 at the Ruth Page Cen- assistance from Hirst. But there’s also a signifi- of the U.K.’s declining empire and status as a person. ter for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. cant statement on how one’s future legacy can global power. This latter aspect is often ap- No Man’s Land continues at the Wyndham’s The Hypocrites Artistic Director Sean be hindered or tarnished if the wrong money- plied as a direct metaphor for The Entertainer Theatre in London through Saturday, Dec. 17. Graney is directing, and the production is grubbing people mishandle an artist’s work with its references to the Suez Canal crisis and For more information, visit NoMansLandThe- based on Eleanor Estes’ novel. that needs to be shared instead of staunchly its sparring stage family who clutch onto their Play.com or NTLive.com for details on local The Hundred Dresses runs approximately guarded. Let us be grateful that these master great theatrical past. screenings. The Entertainer has closed, but in- one hour, and is ideal for ages 6 to adult. actors, though largely known for the sci-fi work Yet more than 50 years on, it’s appalling to formation on future encore cinema screenings Single tickets are $10-$39; visit Chicago- in film and TV, can also have their great stage see how Osborne’s exposition for The Enter- can be found at The-Entertainer.BranaghThe- ChildrensTheatre.org or call 872-222-9555. work preserved. tainer is so poorly written. The plotting is also atreLive.com. 14 Dec. 14, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW From left: Gross Indecency: Jamie Bragg and Cameron Feagin in Gross The Three Trials Indecency: The Three of Oscar Wilde Trials of Oscar Wilde. Playwright: Moisés Kaufman Photo by At: Promethean Theatre Ensemble Tom McGrath at Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Tickets: 800-838-3006 or PrometheanTheatre.org; $15-$25 Runs through: Dec. 18

BY SCOTT C. MORGAN

Promethean Theatre Ensemble is making much of the fact that gender-blind casting has been applied to director Brian Pastor’s new production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. The drama originally debuted off- giving more opportunities to women to play Like so much theater where things do not write home about. Uriel Gomez’s costumes are Broadway in 1997 with an all-male cast. roles usually denied them. But ultimately the need to be literal, audiences can easily for- also a bit of a mishmash, with some intending But rather than being alternately awed or an- gender switching doesn’t make much of an im- get that women are playing men’s roles in to be period-accurate while other heavily safe- gered, most audiences will probably just give pact dramatically. Promethean’s Gross Indecency. Yes, the sight ty-pinned duds donned by the likes of Smith a shoulder shrug to Promethean’s unconven- That’s due to gay playwright Moisés Kaufman’s of two women embracing may give audiences as Lord Alfred or Ross Frawley as the angrily tional casting choices. thoroughly researched and theatrical docudra- pause to briefly imagine this damaging and obsessed Queensberry come off as wannabe Yes, women have been cast in the central ma structure of the play which asks for an en- defining gay historical moment recast as a Vic- steampunk. roles of the famed martyred title artist (Jamie semble of actors to assume multiple roles while torian scandal of lesbian love, but the gender But all this grousing is ultimately inconse- Bragg), his much-younger lover Lord Alfred quoting from many sources like trial transcripts, pronouns stay true to Kaufman’s original text. quential. It’s great to have Gross Indecency Douglas (Heather Smith) and the wily attorney unpublished texts and modern interviews. It’s And it’s the strength of Kaufman’s text that back on a Chicago stage as a reminder of how Edward Carson (Cameron Feagin) who trips up a similar technique that Kaufman later applied ultimately supports the production’s many these three trials personally ruined Oscar Wilde Wilde on the witness stand. Other women addi- in collaboration with the Tectonic Theater Proj- strong performances. And that’s despite some and helped (for better or for worse) to shine tionally play small male roles, while one female ect to create the more widely produced 2000 shakier aspects to Pastor’s production. a spotlight on homosexuality and how society role is taken on by a man (Steve Lords as an docudrama The Laramie Project (which looked The cast was oddly directed to emote phony reacted to it for generations. over-the-top indignant Queen Victoria). into the aftermath of the 1998 murder of gay awe at entering the stage—strange since Jer- So Promethean Theatre can be applauded for college student Matthew Shepard). emiah Barr’s spare set design isn’t that much to

ets, stars, urban sensory overload, the blur of a ing “Sorry” to him or “I promise that won’t theaters (perhaps Steep Theatre), it will need THEATER REVIEW speeding train and 90-degree shifts in perspec- happen again.” Regrettably, the greatest to stand on story and text alone and not on tive, among other bells and whistles. untruth is perpetrated by Dad, who has told wizardry. I think it will. The Curious Incident The visuals allow viewers to enter the head of Christopher his mother (Felicity Jones Latta) At the heart of Curious Incident is a huge, de- of the Dog in Christopher Boone (Adam Langdon), the play’s is dead. In fact, she lives 80 miles away in manding, even punishing showcase role which 15-year-old autistic hero who lives with his fa- London. When Christopher discovers this, near- requires non-stop physicality and also verbal the Night-Time ther in contemporary England. Christopher is a chaos follows. dexterity. It’s exhilarating but exhausting to Playwright: Simon Stephens, highly verbal math genius but he can’t toler- Playwright Simon Stephens (long affiliated see string bean Adam Langdon wrap himself adapted from Mark Haddon’s novel ate being touched, can’t look at people when with Chicago’s Steep Theatre) has fashioned in glory as Christopher (played by Benjamin At: Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. speaking to them, can’t verbalize his feelings a serious and substantial work from the 2003 Wheelwright at matinees), equal parts guileless Tickets: 800-775-2000; and is incredibly self-absorbed. His genuinely novel by Mark Haddon. It’s that theatrical rar- naif and brat. The other players—all quite ca- BroadwayInChicago.com; $25-$98 patient and caring dad (Gene Gillette) guides ity: a new play with dramatic weight and size pable and appealing—frequently assume fixed Runs through: Dec. 24 his semi-sheltered life along with a dedicated that’s heartfelt and earnest. It crackles with positions, or move slowly, as Langdon whiz- teacher, Siobhan (Maria Elena Ramirez). tension, frequent wit, genuine passion and it zes around, which emphasizes the difficulty of BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL Two more things: Christopher processes infor- moves lickety-split, as staged by Marianne El- dealing with this charismatic but prickly lad. mation in an absolutely literal way—phrases liott and choreographed (it’s not a musical) by The Oriental Theatre is far too large for Curi- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- such as “the apple of his eye” or “you’ll catch Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett. The play’s ous Incident, but go anyway to this fine play Time is performed on a holodeck—a box with a your death” baffle him—and he always speaks strength penetrates the glossy, high-tech pro- and fine production. grid of black squares on the walls—that allows the truth. The world, however, is far less literal duction. That’s important, for when the flashy complex lighting and video to give the audi- and truthful than Christopher. Well-intended national tour is over and Curious Incident is ence a near-virtual-reality experience of plan- adults pave the road to hell by constantly say- given much smaller productions by regional c

THEATER REVIEW but exerted a powerful influence on the lat- CRITICS’ ter’s son, whose career in the theater echoes Uncle Philip’s Coat his ancestor’s itinerant lifestyle. PICKS Playwright: Matty Selman Selman (the playwright) chronicles over a A Hedda Gabler, Red Tape Theatre at the At: Solo Celebration at the hundred years in a bare 75 minutes through Pride Arts Center Buena, through Dec. 17. This Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. the device of writing his account as a solo is not your classroom Ibsen, but a vividly ex- Tickets: $34-$48 show for three major voices (and a few aux- pressionistic reinterpretation making a plea for Runs through: Dec. 31 iliary interruptions), relying on the skills of a Victorian Bad Girl driven to violence by a suf- single actor to conjure the personalities of focating marriage. MSB BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE our inquisitive host, his gruff-spoken father Crazy for You, Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook and the iconic Uncle Philip, whose store of re- Terrace, through Jan. 8. The late, great Gersh- There’s this coat, you see—a voluminous al-world wisdom and pitchman’s spiel reflects win brothers’ showtunes once lifted spirits dur- woolen gentleman’s overcoat of mid to late the rich heritage of the immigrant experience ing the Great Depression. These songs are once 19th-century Russian vintage with astrakhan in this nation of immigrants. again put to expert and escapist use for anyone cuffs and collar, now worn, tattered and con- Such a dramatic structure imposes a heavy still suffering post-election blues in this solid spicuously malodorous—bequeathed to our responsibility on its performer (did I mention revival of the 1992 Broadway musical comedy narrator in his mid-50s, by his Uncle Philip. a rendition of “Katyusha” on the kazoo?) who smash hit. SCM Matty (the character) makes frequent refer- must change his age, body stance and vocal Give It All Back, Sideshow Theatre Company ence to the coat’s—um, fragrance, but never delivery in at least two languages. Fortunate- at the Biograph, through Dec. 18. Calamity describes this feature in detail, leading us to ly, director Elizabeth Margolius and Chicago West’s hero may look and walk like a Bob Dylan, anticipate a later revelation concerning the favorite Gene Weygandt never fall into the but his crisis is that of all successful artists secret of its singular redolence. We don’t get Gene Weygandt in Uncle Philip’s Coat. trap of scoring easy laughs from a patter still throughout history. MSB one, but, as Philip himself would say, “is not Photo by Evan Hanover heard today from wayside hawkers of bottled The Last Wife, TimeLine Theatre, through the point, is not the point.” water or tube socks, but instead granting Dec. 18. Big, meaty-but-intelligent perfor- That’s not to say that this coat doesn’t have owner from the hardships associated with his every moment its full share of ribaldry—or mances drive playwright Kate Henning’s tale of a history. It once disguised a young Philip as trade as a street peddler of wares appealing pathos—as appropriate. In the end, some a woman’s survival and power in a man’s world, a garment hanging in a closet, rescuing him to a wide range of customers—underwear for details of Uncle Philip’s life may be fated to ostensibly about King Henry VIII and Catherine from slaughter by Cossacks. After the brothers the women, razor blades for the men, can- forever remain a mystery, but Selman, like his Parr, the only one of Henry’s wives to survive Philip and Mikhail fled to the United States, dy for the children. His means of livelihood mentor, understands the necessity of ensur- him, but very much a modern work. JA New York City, to the tourist district of Co- earned him the disapproval of his sibling, re- ing that strangers—whatever their tribe or —By Abarbanel, Barnidge ney Island, the coat continued to protect its spectably employed as a jewelry repairman, lineage—leave entertained and enlightened. and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 15 cabaret singer and actress, is on hand to per- Rather than sharing theater battle stories of form songs to Julie B. Nichols’ fine piano ac- performing more than 250 performances of The companiment. They also generally hang out, Santaland Diaries, Fain instead opts to remi- too. nisce how family life intruded to his work one To increase the show’s inclusive atmosphere, holiday season. Hearing how Fain managed Fain also poses questions to the audience. when faced with the news of his difficult moth- Sometimes the audience answers feed into his er being at death’s door certainly gives pause own stories or they can lead to a fun tangent. to the fact that life’s trials and tragedies don’t It’s this free-form feeling that surely helps the adhere to convenient time tables. show feel fresh each night. This Way Outta Santaland may lack a tidy But the core of This Way Outta Santaland is structure and story in the same way that Se- Fain’s own personal stories that give audiences daris’ Santaland Diaries was tied to his job as a a peek into his own life as a gay, Jewish per- Macy’s Department Store elf. But as a new show former who ended up in Chicago after growing uniquely tied to an engaging actor with lots of up in Rhode Island. Much is also made of Fain’s his own entertaining anecdotes to share, This own odd love of Christmastime, which grew out Way Outta Santaland certainly fits the bill as a of his beloved godmother’s well-studied take uniquely Chicago holiday experience. on the holiday after she married out of the faith.

Mitchell Fain, pictured here at a Gerber/Hart Library event, stars in This Way Outta Santaland (and other Xmas miracles). Photo by Kat Fitzgerald SPOTLIGHT THEATER REVIEW prime holiday programming slot to a performer and show that are not household names. e This Way Outta But Fain and Theater Wit artistic director Jay Torrence’s Burning Bluebeard, Santaland (and other Jeremey Wechsler have a long-standing pro- an artful meditation on Chicago’s fessional relationship. That’s because Fain has deadly 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire Xmas miracles) previously starred for eight years in Theater in which 600 people died, returns Playwright: Mitchell Fain Wit’s annual holiday one-man stage adaptation for a very short run at in the space At: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. of David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries. where it originally debuted: The Neo- Tickets: 773-975-8150; So when Theater Wit found out that the Futurarium. The production may take TheaterWit.org; $20-$29 rights were pulled to produce Santaland Dia- on more of a mournful tone this time Runs through: Dec. 23 ries for 2016, the company out of loyalty and around, especially in light of recent brave collaboration entertained Fain’s idea to tragic events in Oakland, California, BY SCOTT C. MORGAN perform his own show as an insightful look into plus the news that the performance a Chicago actor’s life around the holidays. The rights have been pulled for the venue’s signature show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go In This Way Outta Santaland (and other Xmas results are very touching and loads of fun. Blind. The Ruffians’ acclaimed production of Burning Bluebeard plays three shows only at Dec. miracles), actor/playwright Mitchell Fain right- Right from the start, Fain lays out the prem- 16-18 at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. Tickets are $35-$40 and $25 for students. ly acknowledges that his world premiere show ise for This Way Outta Santaland as a sort of For more information, call 800-838-3006 or visit BrownPaperTickets.com. cozy evening gathering that you might expect is in of itself a miracle. It’s not every day a Anthony Courser, Molly Plunk, Leah Urzendowski, Pam Chermansky, Jay Torrence and Ryan at his own apartment. Fain’s former roommate company like Theater Wit would give over its Walters in The Ruffians’ Burning Bluebeard. Photo by Evan Hanover Meghan Murphy, a much-admired Chicago-area

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By Richard Knight, Jr.

Winter LGBT movie preview

It must be December: Movie award contend- ers and some of their most anticipated mega blockbusters are here, along with the usual holiday trappings. Just like last year, unfortunately, although the winter months ahead promise plenty of diverting films, Our People won’t see much representation among them. Take heart: When spring arrives, so will a slew of LGBT-themed movies as well. Unless otherwise noted, the opening date listed refers to at least a one- week theatrical run. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers. December Photo from Columbia Pictures Jackie—Natalie Portman plays Jackie Ken- nedy reflecting on life in the White House to hind the scenes at NASA in the effort to put elowo and Rosamund Pike co-star. Feb. 17 the height of his blonde beauty, stars as an ir- a reporter in the immediate aftermath of JFK’s astronaut John Glenn into outer space. Glenn’s resistible bisexual seducer who sleeps his way assassination. The gifted Portman turns the recent death makes this all the timelier. Taraji A trio of holiday movie gift ideas to the top of a wealthy German family, headed easily parodied Jackie into a flesh-and-blood P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae Three recent Blu-ray and DVD releases that by the eccentric Angela Lansbury. Legend- woman in this somber portrait. Dec. 16 play the women, and Kevin Costner and Kirsten are going to be of special interest to Our Peo- ary Broadway producer/director Harold Prince La La Land—Emma Stone shines as a strug- Dunst co-star. Jan. 13 ple, and will make great holiday gifts for the made a rare foray into movies with this 1971 gling actress and Ryan Gosling is appropriately Patriots Day—This film is a dramatic re- movie lover on your list. oddity, a mix of murderous camp and sex that downbeat as a struggling keyboard player with creation of the Boston Marathon terrorist Florence Foster Jenkins—Meryl Streep has long been coveted by film fanatics and has a dream of opening a jazz club. The two “meet bombings. Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman shines as the title character, a wealthy Man- been restored in this debut release on both cute” during an L.A. traffic jam, exploding into co-star. Peter Berg directs. Jan. 13 hattan opera buff whose tone-deaf singing DVD and Blu-ray. an opening musical number that sets the tone Table 19—Anna Kendrick plays the ex- improbably led to her one-night-only perfor- Girls Lost—A trio of adolescent girls find for this bright, frothy homage to both classic maid of honor who decides to attend her best mance at Carnegie Hall in the 1940s. It’s a themselves bullied for daring to be different. musicals and the light-as-air French ‘60s pop friend’s wedding anyway and ends up at the black comedy biopic with dramatic heft from Then, after finding a magical plant whose musicals of Jacques Demy. Damien Chazelle reject table in this raucous comedy. Jan. 20 director Stephen Frears thanks to Streep’s per- nectar temporarily turns them into boys, the (10 Cloverfield Lane, Grand Piano, Whiplash) A Dog’s Purpose—Okay dog lovers, here’s formance and surprisingly, Hugh Grant as her girls experience life a whole new way. This is a directs. Dec. 16 our movie! A devoted dog (voiced by Josh Gad) endearing husband and Simon Helberg as her refreshingly original lesbian/trans-tinged com- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story—After buy- discovers the meaning of his own existence gay accompanist. ing-of-age story that was a festival hit. ing the Star Wars franchise lock, stock and bar- by interacting with humans over the course of Something for Everyone—Michael York, at rel, Disney determined it was going to get its several lifetimes. Based on the best-seller by money’s worth with annual movie releases and, W. Bruce Cameron, it stars Dennis Quaid, Britt will now mail out final ballots to member on after last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens Robertson, Juliet Rylance and Peggy Lipton Globe nods go to Dec. 19 for a voting period that ends Jan. 4. broke all the records, who can blame the com- (!). Jan. 27 The Golden Globes ceremony is set for Sun- pany for keeping its schedule? This prequel ‘Moonlight,’ day, Jan. 8; Jimmy Fallon will host the event. takes us back to the middle of the saga, fo- February cusing on the resistance fighters who steal the Rings—Thirteen years after the events that ‘Transparent’ plans for the Death Star. Felicity Jones, Diego led to the nasty little Samara being released The 74th annual Golden Globe Awards Lavender Voices Luna, Mads Mikkelsen, Donnie Yen and Forest from the deep, dank well, the curse is back in nominations ceremony were announcned Dec. 12 at the Beverly Hilton. fundraiser Dec. 16 Whitaker co-star. Dec. 16 this third installment in the franchise about “All the Works,” a fundraiser for Lavender LGBT film Moonlight received three nomi- Passengers—In this space romance, Jennifer the killer videotape and its deadly side effects. Voices, will take place Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 nations, including Best Motion Picture-Drama Lawrence and Chris Pratt play two passengers (I’m not sure how this new crop of victims will p.m. at Open Books, 651 W. Lake St. (alongside Manchester by the Sea, Hacksaw among 5,000 who awaken from suspended ani- be watching the tape—on video players at Lavender Voices is a monthly storytelling Ridge, Hell or High Water and Lion), Best mation 90 years too early when their spaceship their grandparent’s houses?) Feb. 3 series featuring queer women and femme Original Score-Motion Picture and Best Origi- malfunctions. They slowly fall in love while try- Collide—To pay for his girlfriend’s emergen- writers. Anthologies of writers’ shared works nal Screenplay. ing to discover what happened. Morten Tyldum cy surgery, a desperate young man (cutie pie over the year will be available for purchase Openly gay fashion designer/director Tom (The Imitation Game) directs. Dec. 21 Nicholas Hoult) agrees to pull off a drug heist at $10/book. Ford also received a nod, for Best Director- Fences—Denzel Washington directs and for an eccentric gangster (Anthony Hopkins). See “Lavender Voices” on Facebook for Motion Picture, for Nocturnal Animals, which stars in this long-gestating dream project Feb. 3 more information. that’s a screen adaptation of August Wilson’s Fifty Shades Darker—Old joke: “Why do you also got a nomination for Best Original award-winning play. Washington plays a one- stay with that sadist? “Beats me.” The joke Screenplay. time professional baseball player who’s now a takes on new meaning when one recognizes In the area of television, Transparent’s Jef- ‘Glitter Glam Comedy garbage collector in 1950s Philadelphia, and that the movie detailing said sadist and his frey Tambor received a nod for Best Perfor- who squashes his son’s dream of playing col- playmate made a zillion dollars. So here they mance by an Actor in a Television Series-Mu- Jam’ Dec. 17 Center on Halsted’s Women’s Action Com- lege football. Viola Davis co-stars as Washing- come and (no doubt) come again—Christian sical or Comedy. Tambor will compete against mittee will host “By Women for Women: Glit- ton’s clear-eyed wife whose diplomatic skills Grey and Ana Steele (Jamie Dornan and Dakota Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Gael Garcia ter Glam Comedy Jam” on Saturday, Dec. 17, are as finely tuned as her cooking abilities. Johnson), the poster couple for S&M romance. Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle), Donald Glover 6-10 p.m., at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Dec. 25 Feb. 10 (Atlanta) and Nick Nolte (Graves). Transpar- Halsted St. A Cure for Wellness—An ambitious young ent is also nominated for Best Television Tamale Sepp will host the event, which will January executive is sent to retrieve his company’s Series-Musical or Comedy; other shows in the feature comedian Mimi Gonzalez, with tunes Underworld: Blood Wars—Kate Beckinsale CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness category include Atlanta, Black-ish, Mozart from DJ Gemini Jones and jazz with Lakeside dons the skintight, Emma Peel-inspired leather center” in the Swiss Alps. Upon arrival, a lot in the Jungle and Veep. Pride. pantsuit for the fifth time as Selene, the vam- of creepy shenanigans ensue. If the trailer is Lesbian actress Sarah Paulson (playing Admission is $50 each ($75 VIP), and $60 pire death-dealer who is still trying to stop any indication, this latest from director Gore Marcia Clark in The People v. OJ) received a at the door; admission includes two drink the eternal war between the vampires and the Verbinski looks to be a great addition to the nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a tickets, eclectic food tasting stations and a werewolves (the Lycans). And there’s still only psychological horror canon. Jason Isaacs, Dane Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or champagne toast. her hottie boyfriend (Theo James) and his dad DeHaan and Mia Goth co-star. Feb. 17 Motion Picture Made for Television. Competi- Visit https://community.centeronhalsted. (Charles Dance) to help her in her quest. Jan. 6 A United Kingdom—In 1940s Botswana, tors include Felicity Huffman, Riley Keough, org/BWFW. Hidden Figures—This is the true story of a Prince Seretse Khama shocks the world when Charlotte Rampling and Kerry Washington. trio of brilliant Black women who worked be- he decides to marry a white woman. David Oy- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 17 MOVIES Out in ‘La La Land’ with Damien Chazelle, Rosemarie DeWitt by Jerry Nunn Side Story, the guys aren’t scary. There was always a major suspension of disbelief that you There’s a new musical at the theaters this sea- don’t have to do in this movie. son and it’s set in L.A. DC: If we would have done ballet gang fights, Damien Chazelle wrote and directed this tale we would have had to suspend belief! about a musician named Sebastian, played WCT: Would you want this movie to be by Ryan Gosling, and an actress named Mia, made into a stage version, similar to Once? played by Emma Stone. The movie is a love let- DC: Not that I don’t love stage musicals, but ter to Los Angeles, relationships and jazz mu- it so conceived for the screen. It is a movie music—all with the feel of an old-school musical. sical that could only exist that way. It would Chazelle brings experience from five-time take a lot of adapting but if anyone wants to Oscar-nominated film Whiplash to the project, I’m game. which has already garnered multiple awards. WCT: Rosemarie, how was it working with Windy City Times sat down with him and ac- Ryan? tress Rosemarie DeWitt, who plays Sebastian’s RD: That scene with Ryan was shot with one sister in the storyline, at the Waldorf Astoria take. We walk around the apartment and there during the International Film Festival. is a lot of information about his relationships, Windy City Times: From the opening se- then we are out. We had no safety net. There quence, I was hooked. How was it filming on was no changing it and it was a live take. the L.A. highway? It is really thrilling to work that way when Damien Chazelle: It was an E-Z Pass ramp you are an actor because someone can’t go in in L.A. that they were able to shut down for the editing room and change your performance. a weekend. We shot Saturday and Sunday. We It is a fun way to work but not super safe. only had that time so it was like mobilizing DC: The reason we were not aware of any the army. All hands were deck and we got there technicalities is because they make it seem so very early. effortless. It feels improvised but the time and Rosemarie DeWitt: Did you have mega- blocking were very precise. phones? WCT: Who was the biggest diva on set? DC: Yes, and one of the best memories was DC: Rosemarie, obviously. our choreographer holding this giant mega- WCT: Did you have a lot of demands, Rose- phone screaming at the dancers: “One, two, marie? three…” RD: I still have a lot of demands! Maybe our La La Land actress Rosemarie DeWitt and director Damien Chazelle. The last shot was nerve-racking because ev- director of photography? Photo by Jerry Nunn eryone gets in their cars and had to shut their DC: Linus Sandgren she worked with on Prom- car doors at the same time. It was so intense ised Land, so we like to share Linus stories. and we did a lot of takes. Everyone, of course, RD: He’s very passionate, but we are kidding. had to look happy! Emma and Ryan set the tone and were very RD: After being screamed at by a mega- grounded. CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB phone… DC: You would have expected them to be di- WCT: Wasn’t some of the movie [sung] vas but they were the opposite. live? RD: They are lovely people. They treat every- DC: That number was done to playback but one like they are super-integral to the movie. the smaller numbers were sung live, like Em- WCT: John Legend was easy to work with? ma’s audition number. DC: He was. I joked that Ryan had never per- WCT: I love a gay musical, but this one was formed music onscreen before and John had very straight in subject matter. never acted onscreen before. The scene where RD: That is interesting because people say John talked to Ryan about pushing jazz music the gay community likes camp—but there is no forward was something John came up with. camp in this movie. It really is pure emotion. WCT: What are you both working on for the That is the crazy feat of the movie. future? We talked about the dancers already and it DC: I am hoping to do a movie about Neil was all of these hetero hipsters, dancing out- Armstrong that I have been working on. It will side their cars. We have not seen that much in be non music related unless I throw in a moon the past. dance number! DC: I think even down to the leads in the RD: I did a pilot for Amazon called The Last film we tried to cast against type. Even if we Tycoon that [is] set in ‘30s Hollywood. I am knew people like Ryan and Emma, we hand’t doing it with Damien’s girlfriend, Olivia Hamil- seen them in a musical before. We wanted it ton, which is just a coincidence. to be full on musical but puncture it at every DC: It is a small world, but they are both Hol- instance with bits of reality. We didn’t want it lywood love letters. to be caught in a rabbit hole of musical-ness. La La Land opens nationwide on Friday, RD: If you watch the old musicals like West Dec. 16.

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PICTURED: CURTIS GILLEN, ARYA SHAHI, ALEX FALBERG, AND WESCHLER, RYAN MELIA, MATT NUERNBERGER AND BEN FERGUSON. PHOTO BY SAVERIO TRUGLIA. 18 Dec. 14, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES so is the honey butter jalapeno cornbread. The needing a quick truffle fix atop any favorite dish garlic beignets didn’t seem as magical to me, but at Osteria Langhe, the restaurant will shave truf- my dining companion loved them. However, be fles table side for $15 per gram.) sure to finish with the deep-fried Oreos (some- Note: Restaurant profiles are based on invita- the DISH thing I feel everyone should try at least once). tions arranged from restaurants and/or firms. Weekly Dining Guide in And after all that Southern goodness, be sure to WINDY CITY TIMES wash your hands in the trough at the center of the restaurant.

SAVOR Osteria’s truffle dinner Osteria Langhe (2824 W. Armitage Ave.; Oste- Lowcountry; riaLanghe) is a recently opened spot that faces Osteria Langhe the unenviable task of distinguishing itself from Grilled culotte steak with sunchokes, creamy the approximately 72,000 other Italian restau- truffle dinner polenta and truffle at Osteria Langhe. rants in Chicago. (OK: That number may be a Photos by Andrew Davis slight exaggeration.) BY ANDREW DAVIS However, Aldo Zaninotto (who owns the space Times that he used to visit the Lowcountry area along with Chef Cameron Grant) correctly and Be prepared to have a messy meal at Wrig- in South Carolina when he was growing up, and emphatically pointed out that northern Italian leyville’s Lowcountry (3343 N. Clark St.; Low- wanted to bring that vibe to Chicago. cuisine is different from that of the rest of Italy. countryChicago.com). That’s a good thing, by Taking over the former Blokes & Birds space, (Think of the differences between Southern and the way. the Hompluem have made a concerted effort to West Coast items in the United States.) The culinary centerpiece of this place is the bring the atmosphere here—although there are To that end, I recently went to a media event lowcountry boil, a melange of Southern goodness other influences here as well, such as the tasty that showcased Osteria’s truffle-inspired items— that incorporates seafood, spices and “add-ons” banh mi (although that sandwich is, sadly, on its and, judging from what I had, I’ll be returning. (corn on the cob, red potatoes and/or andouille way out—to be replaced by boil accessories like There were sunny egg, tajarin, grilled piemon- sausage). Co-owner Pan Hompluem, who’s mar- cole slaw and biscuits). tese culotte steak and panna cotta, each topped ried to co-owner/hostess Dana, told Windy City As for that boil, it’s absolutely delicious—and with white truffle goodness. (Also, for those

SIDETRACK Maximum hold at the viewing party for Hairspray! Live, Wed., December 7. Photos by Jed Dulanas

BIG CHICKS BERLIN The community turns out for Michelle Fire and Big Chicks’ 30h anniversary, Sat., December 10. 33rd anniversary glam, Tuesday, November 29. Photos by Ed Negron Photos by Erik Michael Kommer WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 14, 2016 19 Billy Masters

“Why is it so hard to find a sexy, charismatic, Billy Masters has a thing or two to say about hunky, non-girlie Link?”—A notable Hairspray the recent NBC special Hairspray Live! alum, after seeing the live telecast. We have two Photo of Garrett Clayton, Dove Cameron filmed versions of this show where Link oozes and Derek Hough (from left, in front) by Paul all the raw masculinity of a young Tatum O’Neal. Drinkwater/NBC Strike that: Tatum had more testosterone than Zac Efron and Garrett Clayton combined. Some people felt it was too soon to do a new version of Hairspray—after all, the John Travol- a musical that is as tuneful as it is relevant. It ta film was made in 2007. But this “live” version sounded great and proved that, as always, you was much closer to the Broadway musical, due can’t stop the beat. in no small part to the extraordinary talents of Ever since the election, talks have been under- the show’s original choreographer, Jerry Mitch- way for some new Will & Grace episodes. That ell. Since he was not involved in the film ver- project took a giant leap forward when the four sion, his vision went unseen ... until now. When stars tentatively agreed. While promoting the he introduced me to Maddie Baillio after the film Why Him?,Megan Mullally filled in some live telecast, he said, “Billy’s known every great details: “All I can say is that there is a very good Tracy”—and, I daresay, some of the lesser ones! chance that that might happen. It’s not happen- I’d put Maddie near the top. (Nobody can touch ing right this second. I mean, we’re not rehears- my Marissa.) Her vocals were incredible, and her ing or anything like that. But there is a very good acting really touched me. I would have liked to chance that something is going to materialize. have seen more exuberance and joy, but when But I can’t really talk about it or say anything ... your first major role is carrying a three-hour live because you know how it is.” television event, you’ve got a lot on your plate! Shannen Doherty’s had a crappy year. She’s There was plenty of joy on the screen once the battling cancer and found out her management two original Tracys appeared. Ricki Lake and Ma- let her health insurance lapse. But she’s not let- rissa Jaret Winokur showed up in “Welcome To ting anything slow her down. She was just cast The ‘60s” as the two lead Hefty Hideaway girls. I in the TV Land series based on her hit 1988 film wondered where Nikki Blonsky—the Tracy from Heathers. Rumor has it she’ll be playing one the musical film—was. All anyone would say was of the more wicked moms. But there’s another a “financial issue” kept her away. I’ve always reason to check out this new version. The role loved The Dynamites—the girl group that comes Doherty played, Heather Duke, will now be played to life from a poster. The live telecast reunited by a male actor. His birth name is Heath, but he’s the original Broadway trio: Kamilah Marshall, a “self-identified gender-queer.” Sigh, if only Shayna Steele and Judine Richard Somerville. Alexis Arquette were still alive... And I’m sure most of you caught the sly nods to It’s time for Billy’s Holiday Gift Giving Sugges- the Hairspray history, most notably the names of tions. I love buying people calendars. Everyone storefronts. I particularly liked Divine Pet Food, needs one and nobody buys them for themselves. with the flashing neon pink flamingo. Our first choice is new to this column. The Men Of course, this production immortalized the of the Vet School calendar features the hunky original musical Edna of Harvey Fierstein. In frat boys from Cornell University’s College of Vet- many ways, Jennifer Hudson was miscast—she erinary Medicine. If seeing a strapping shirtless may have been blond and beautiful, but the stud carrying a goat doesn’t turn you on, you’re only thing big about her is her voice ... and her dead on the inside. You can find them on Etsy. breasts! She sang the role like nobody’s business, com. so I got past her looking like Seaweed’s sister. One of our perennials is the Warwick Row- And how perfect was Kristin Chenoweth as ers. The ripped rowers not only pose nude, but Velma? Her arch, sardonic, laconic portrayal was they raise money for Sport Allies, a group that impeccable. As Andrea Martin proved, there are fights homophobia in sports. “We’re here with our no small roles. Every line reading had me howl- boats, our oars and no clothes to show that your ing. When she rolled over the bed to get to the true identity is the best way to be,” the group window, I almost burst. She’s a national treasure. says. You might get a splinter on WarwickRow- Garrett Clayton sang and danced the role ers.org. great. But can we please get back to the arche- I’m always amused by the annual calendar fea- type set by the unsurpassed Matthew Morrison, turing erotic photos of Orthodox priests. Yes, hot Broadway’s original Link? Now, THAT was sex on nude (and semi-nude) priests! Now in its fifth a stick! And whose bright idea was it to have year, the Romanian organizers have revealed that Darren Criss take us out of the show at every the models are not “necessarily” priests. I should commercial? Wrong! There were some technical have been tipped off by the new anagram they’re issues. Some were on the fly—like the giant Ultra using—PILF stands for “priests I’d like to fuck.” Clutch can that rolled out with the door open. The group says the calendar is “an artistic effort Chenoweth altered her lines asking what was in to creatively protest homophobia in the Orthodox there, while trying gallantly to close the door Church.” Have I mentioned these guys are HOT? with her foot. (The West Coast didn’t see this Check out Orthodox-Calendar.com. since the dress rehearsal footage was dropped When Hairspray is opening with “Good Evening in there.) Many scenes were badly lit, and sing- Baltimore,” it’s time to end yet another column. ers often sang in the dark—most notably while With the holidays upon us, it’s the perfect time Tracy’s walking to school during “Good Morning to check out www.BillyMasters.com, the site Baltimore.” that always delivers gay apparel. If you have a I know this was live, but there must be some question for yours truly, drop a note to Billy@ lights on the Universal backlot. At least give BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to Tracy a flashlight! Ultimately, none of that mat- you before I hook up with a Romanian priest! tered. The real star of the show was the show So, until next time, remember: One man’s filth is itself. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman wrote another man’s bible. 20 Dec. 14, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES SURVIVE from cover stop a fool from making a documentary on a kept by outspoken “Kaposi’s Sarcoma Poster credit card.” From there, the documentary was Boy” and Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Bobbi spawned. Campbell, whose conservative family had all game-changing and lifesaving 1990s protease The enthusiastic 2012 reception to the but one volume incinerated following his death inhibitor breakthrough (plus, in the epilogue, Plague documentary, and David Weissman’s San in 1984. “That really broke my heart,” France beyond). It’s a gripping, engrossing read, the Francisco-centric We Were Here, proved that admits. From that one surviving diary, which most essential text of its kind to date, and to audiences did in fact hunger to see and learn ended up in the possession of a nurse, France a degree rights some of the mistakes made about these personal stories and AIDS history, was able to build some scenes. “The brother in the late Randy Shilts’ 1987 account of the and a dearth of information and personal ac- who had them destroyed is no longer alive, and early AIDS years, And The Band Played On— counts about those first, critical years in fact I spoke with his widow and kept saying, ‘do for one thing, a holistic view of Gaetan Dugas, existed. Greenlit for a book at last, France com- you realize what you took from the historical aka Patient Zero, who was recently vindicated menced a whole new wave of research. He was record?’ It did frustrate me remembering back of his status as “villain” who brought AIDS to fortunate to access a trove of material from then that our stories were considered so unim- North America—while telling the stories of key which he could not only reconstruct the past portant.” players in the epidemic and activism, from the and lives of key individuals like Dr. Joseph Son- One of the most important and revealing ac- scientists to the activists and allies, politi- nabend, one of New York City’s first physicians counts committed to the book, however, was cians, celebrities (Rock Hudson for one), and to focus on patients stricken by the mysterious France’s own. While he started writing a strict of course, the afflicted. onslaught of strange, deadly opportunistic in- history, “the more I wrote, the more I was real- “My first impulse for going back to this story fections, and HIV-positive singer Michael Cal- izing I wanted to interpret what was happen- was Randy had accomplished a sort of histori- len, who co-authored an early safer-sex advice ing and wanted people to know I was making cal misdirection,” France admits. “He present- pamphlet before a virus was even confirmed as interpretations,” he says. It proved a painful ed AIDS as a San Francisco story, and although the culprit for AIDS (today, there’s a New York process, and even caused France to consider S.F. has a story about AIDS, the story of the City LGBT medical center named after him and stopping, but the greater mission and respon- community’s response and literally the epicen- Audre Lorde), but even recreate their dialogues sibility of bringing back that era, and the al- ter of the global epidemic for 10 or 11 years of word for word. sential pain in the ass.” most powerless, disenfranchised status of the those 15 years of plague was New York. Shilts “Starting in 1981, they were smart enough “I don’t think he wants to be let off easy,” LGBT community prior to founding of groups also made mistakes of judgment, he was sex to tape record everything,” he explains. “They France elaborates. “I think Larry deserves to be like ACT-UP, proved motivation to keep going negative, his reporting carried a lot of shame, knew something remarkable was happening, treated seriously by history. Not romantically, and finish. I think, and then there was the enormous error and that history might attempt to discredit not angrily, but taken at face value. What he “It’s just shocking,” France reflects, “and of Patient Zero. I should also point out Band’s what was really happening on the ground or accomplished moves forward the entire AIDS I would think especially for younger LGBT last chapter ends in 1985, so he missed many an artificial narrative would be created. The narrative from the first day. If anyone wants to people, who know a modern truth about their things happening on the ground that were go- scene where Sonnabend sits down with one of take the experiences and accomplishments of connection to civic life in America. We had ing to produce something, and because HIV his patients and says, ‘there are people who are the AIDS movement and write them in another no connection to civic life then. I did a lot of took him away in 1994, he missed the his- going to pervert this for their own means and field, they’re going to need to know how Larry tracking of polls and opinions on gay people torical long view and ability to look back 15 rewrite this history—we need to keep a record Kramer did what he did.” by Americans during that 15-year period, and years later and assess what happened, what it for it ourselves.’ That was on tape. Conversa- Dr. Robert Gallo, whose bitter feud with Dr. that change in attitude I credit to AIDS activ- meant, and what his legacy will be for the gen- tions between Callen and his family, on tape. Luc Montagnier of France’s Pasteur Institute ists, whose first path was to convince people erations.” It was incredible for me to discover I could tell over who discovered HIV led to tragic deci- that they deserved to live. There was humanity The New York City-based France says that he these stories with the same kind of archival sions, chaos, and delays in testing advance- to gay people, and once they started getting actually attempted to get a book going prior to verite veracity, going back to the first minutes ments (which also figured into Shilts’ And The traction on that, they could begin dialogues.” the documentary’s production, but found the of the plague.” Band Played On and its 1993 HBO film adapta- Interestingly, Nov. 29 also saw the release of publishing world disinterested both due to a While France regards the documentary and tion), is also a major Plague character. France a memoir by longtime HIV survivor and NAMES cautious, recession-era economy, and, more book as separate works of scholarship thanks has been interviewing Gallo since the ‘80s— Project AIDS Quilt founder Cleve Jones, When so, a perception that the tale of AIDS had al- to their differences in scope and the individu- and as recently as this year—and credits him We Rise, which chronicles the Harvey Milk pro- ready been told. “I said, it hasn’t been told,” als featured, there is some crossover. Longtime as a great science mind despite the ugly skir- tégé’s firsthand experiences before and after he recalls. “It’s been wrong in certain ways, HIV survivor Peter Staley, who France only mishes. “He was the person who first suspected the plague era. France, for one, is happy about and nobody has ever told the story about what grew to know during the documentary and its a retrovirus,” France says, “and discovered ret- that coincidence, and hopes there are more was accomplished and what the legacy of AIDS reception—and who has since found renewed roviruses. He made every advancement in the such tomes to come. activism was.” life as a robust activist, educator, and PrEP/ discovery process of HIV except for the discov- “We should all be telling stories,” he assures. In researching his book proposal, France re- treatment-as-prevention advocate—is heavily ery of HIV itself, and I believe it drove him “There has not been a way to teach the history visited archival videos of ACT UP meetings and featured, as is legendary firebrand Larry Kram- nuts that somebody could come in and stumble of the AIDS epidemic in college. We need books demonstrations to place himself back in that er, who co-founded GMHC and scribed scath- on the virus the way Luc did. He’s still upset he for people to carry these stories forward, and era (he had been present for many of these), ing autobiographical play The Normal Heart in didn’t get the Nobel Prize.” that’s what I’m hoping people will start to pro- and, since the book was going nowhere, ulti- the wake of his ouster. France admits that he A few research materials and accounts for duce. So our history can go on the same shelf mately realized that, “I could do something doesn’t let the latter off easy in the book as Plague’s prominent subjects proved more elu- as all those other dark and triumphal histories with that, because nobody can stop ever far as characterization, dubbing Kramer “an es- sive, however, including a series of diaries that make up the American past.”

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