AIDS awareness...

[Cadriel]

Posted: 12/8/03 at 6:29pm

Just a thought:

Angels in America is a massive critically acclaimed miniseries, and its main plotline is about AIDS victims during the 1980s.

Rent remains a cult show at the fringe (quite literally) of Broadway, and features one AIDS death and three of the other principals are HIV+.

The Boy from Oz is about a performer who died of AIDS. So is Taboo (well, one of its plotlines is). And Boy from Oz, at least, seems to be a certifiable hit, and rakes in massive cash for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

Is it possible that theatre's doing something real about getting people thinking about AIDS as a serious problem?

-Wayne

[orion59]

Posted: 12/8/03 at 7:14pm

I think theater always has. Whether on teh satge or behind the scenes, theater people as a group, jumped on the issue early on and began doing something to help. Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS has been around for quite a while. Long before there were movies that dealt with AIDS, there were plays that took on the subject. Theater has always been ahead of every other industry.

[ChrisLovesShows]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 12:33am

I think Orion is right on target. Don't forget that before Longtime Companion and Philadelphia on film there was The Normal Heart on stage.

Updated On: 12/9/03 at 12:33 AM

Posted: 12/9/03 at 1:16am

You mean people with AIDS don't walk around the streets of New York singing in three part harmony about paying rent?

[orion59]

Posted: 12/9/03 at 12:03pm

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Updated On: 12/9/03 at 12:03 PM