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Larry Kramer

remembrances May 28, 2020

Larry Kramer’s InheritanceAn intergenerational conversation about what he meant and means.

By Mark Harris and Jackson McHenry
obituary May 28, 2020

On Larry Kramer, The Normal Heart, and Playwriting As Screed“I had internalized that meat-ax political drama was a synonym for ‘clumsy.’ But it dismantled all my craft preconceptions.”

By Helen Shaw

deaths May 27, 2020

Larry Kramer, AIDS Activist, Author, and Playwright, Is Dead at 84Kramer was a crucial AIDS activist and dramatized the movement in The Normal Heart.

By Jackson McHenry
takedowns Aug. 9, 2016

Larry Kramer Shames Roth for Supporting Trump“You are a very smart man. I cannot believe that you can possibly think Trump can run this country.”

By E. Alex Jung
tv June 1, 2014

Writer Sarah Schulman on The Normal Heart“This was a play that told the truth about how straight people behaved during the AIDS crisis, which was abominably.”

By E. Alex Jung
the back story May 16, 2014

Who Was John Duka? Looking for the Heart of The Normal HeartThe real-life analogue to the Times reporter in the film.

By Dan Shaw
theater review Apr. 27, 2011

Theater Review: The Biblical Anger of The Normal Heart Brilliantly EnduresIf it’s been too long since you’ve been ravished by fulminating righteousness, then perhaps it’s time to get reacquainted with Larry Kramer’s foundational play about AIDS.

By Scott Brown