By Staff 3/14/07 4:43pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Wednesday

  • Is Schiller’s really serving up latex salads? A re-examination of the latest shocking restaurant video.

    • [Gridskipper]

  • One Soho shop is selling trendy paint-splattered jeans for toddlers–just $166 a pair! Quoteth the Shophound: “as if he wouldn’t be able to get them dirty himself!”

    • [Shophound]

  • “We’ll never mention that Read More

    • By Andrew Rice 2/21/05 12:00am

    The New H.I.V. Strain: Sullivan, Kaiser Sound Off

    In June 1985, a centerpiece float in San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade bore a giant mock tombstone shrouded in garlands. Solemn volunteers walked down Castro Street, handing out fistfuls of free condoms. Not long before, the parade had been an extravaganza replete with drag queens and leather chaps, but AIDS had changed the mood, Read More

    By John Heilpern 5/17/04 12:00am

    Reviving The Normal Heart With Love and Rage

    A tremendous event is happening at the Public with Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart , and you must hurry to experience it at all cost. Put simply, in its blistering conviction and courage, the landmark play ought to be seen by everyone. It’s a matter of great joy to me that Mr. Kramer’s 1985 tragedy Read More

    By John Heilpern 2/24/03 12:00am

    Gay Play Asks: What Makes a Play Gay?

    In Jonathan Tolins’ new play, The Last Sunday in June , several gay guys meet in a Christopher Street apartment during the Gay Pride parade. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

    The guys-including the apparently contented couple who own the apartment but are moving to the burbs, a young actor who’s recently come Read More

    By Neal Hirschfeld 3/26/01 12:00am

    Frankie, Come Home!

    ‘That’s not an option.’

    You hear the phrase so often these days. A smug

    colloquialism, it holds very different meanings depending on which side of the

    utterance you happen to be on. Speak the words, and you are the victor, the one

    holding all the cards. Hear them, and you are the vanquished, the clear Read More