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July 25, 2023

Koch Tease: on Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

July 25, 2023/ Michael Adams
Koch Tease: on Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Paul Rudnick’s newest and best novel, a bittersweet rom-com, is equal parts fantasy and memoir.

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July 25, 2023/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General, Fiction-LGBTQ
Paul Rudnick, Farrell Covington, Michael Adams, 2023
March 10, 2023

Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

March 10, 2023/ Michael Adams
Up With the Sun by Thomas Mallon

Thomas Mallon’s latest novel takes on the strange and tragic life of stage actor Dick Kallman.

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March 10, 2023/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
Review, Thomas Mallon, Up with the Sun, Novel, Michael Adams, 2023
July 13, 2022

The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran

July 13, 2022/ Michael Adams
The Kingdom of Sand by Andrew Holleran

Andrew Holleran returns with a deeply elegiac novel after an absence of 15 years.

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July 13, 2022/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General, Fiction-LGBTQ
Holleran, Kingdom, gay fiction, Michael Adams
April 03, 2022

I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein

April 03, 2022/ Michael Adams
I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein

The inimitable playwright and actor writes a candid, affecting memoir.

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April 03, 2022/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
memoir, Harvey Fierstein, theater, Michael Adams
December 05, 2021

Solid Ivory by James Ivory

December 05, 2021/ Michael Adams
Solid Ivory by James Ivory

A prolific filmmaker recalls a long life of achievement and pleasure.

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December 05, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Biography/Memoir, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
James Ivory, merchant ivory, memoir, Michael Adams
September 15, 2021

Putting It Together by James Lapine

September 15, 2021/ Michael Adams
Putting It Together by James Lapine

From postcard to Pulitzer, the saga of a classic American musical.

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September 15, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music, Biography/Memoir
Lapine, Sondheim, Sunday in the Park, Seurat, Musicals, Michael Adams
August 16, 2021

Hirschfeld: The Biography by Ellen Stern

August 16, 2021/ Michael Adams
Hirschfeld: The Biography  by Ellen Stern

Line by line, a unique artist joyfully chronicles the popular arts of the 20th century.

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August 16, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Biography/Memoir, Art & Music, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
Hirschfeld, Ellen Stern, theater, art, NIna, Biography, Michael Adams
June 11, 2021

Good Behaviour, by Molly Keane

June 11, 2021/ Michael Adams
Good Behaviour, by Molly Keane

Molly Keane’s masterpiece, a hilarious and withering portrayal of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, is back in print.

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June 11, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General, Literary Fiction
Molly Keane, Michael Adams, Good Behaviour, review, NYRB, fiction
March 12, 2021

Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris

March 12, 2021/ Michael Adams
Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris

A big new biography extols the vibrant and crowded career of one of the era’s most skillful and complicated artists.

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March 12, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Film & Theatre; Adaptations, Biography/Memoir
Theater, Mike Nichols, Mark Harris, Michael Adams, Neil Simon, biography
January 08, 2021

Singular Sensation by Michael Riedel

January 08, 2021/ Michael Adams
Singular Sensation by Michael Riedel

A veteran reporter recalls the vibrant, colorful New York theater of the ‘90s.

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January 08, 2021/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music, Biography/Memoir
Michael Riedel, Singular Sensation, Broadway, Michael Adams
October 17, 2020

Screwball: Review of Darin Strauss’ “The Queen of Tuesday”

October 17, 2020/ Michael Adams
Screwball: Review of Darin Strauss’ “The Queen of Tuesday”

Did Grandpa have a Ball? A novelist weaves a bit of family lore into a colorful and touching mid-century tapestry.

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October 17, 2020/ Michael Adams/
Fiction-General
Lucille Ball, television, Darin Strauss, Penguin Random House, Michael Adams, biographical fiction
June 29, 2020

No More Giants

June 29, 2020/ Michael Adams
No More Giants

An unimpeachable and provocative collection drawn from almost every one of Sondheim’s projects.

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June 29, 2020/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music
Stephen Sondheim, Michael Adams, music, musicals, Peter Gethers, Russel Perreault, Everyman Pocket Poets, Penguin Random House
September 28, 2018

One of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On

September 28, 2018/ Michael Adams
One of the Boys: Reflections on a Milestone Play, 50 Years On

The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking play that premiered off-Broadway in 1968, and told the story of a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City.

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September 28, 2018/ Michael Adams/
Art & Music, Film & Theatre; Adaptations
Broadway, play, LGBTQ, American culture, Michael Adams
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