The AIDS Show
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The AIDS Show is a collaboratively written theater piece about AIDS, and a documentary video about the making of the stage show.
in September 1984 as "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival" in the basement studio. Directed by Leland Moss, it ran and toured in a slightly modified form for most of the next year, and was published in West Coast Plays.
and Peter Adair
, also titled "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival."
1984 production
The AIDS Show was first produced by Theatre RhinocerosTheatre Rhinoceros
Theatre Rhinoceros or Theatre Rhino is a gay and lesbian theatre based in San Francisco. It was founded in the spring of 1977 by Lanny Baugniet and his partner Allan B. Estes, Jr....
in September 1984 as "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival" in the basement studio. Directed by Leland Moss, it ran and toured in a slightly modified form for most of the next year, and was published in West Coast Plays.
1985 production
A completely new production, titled "Unfinished Business: The New AIDS Show" and co-directed by Moss and Doug Holsclaw, opened the Main Stage season in September, 1985 and continued on various stages for another year. It was the subject of the 1986 PBS documentary by Rob EpsteinRob Epstein
Rob Epstein, also credited as Robert P. Epstein, is a director, producer, writer and editor. Epstein has won two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature for the films The Times of Harvey Milk and Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt....
and Peter Adair
Peter Adair
Peter Adair was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his pioneering documentary, Word Is Out.-Career:Adair entered the film industry in the 1960s and first gained critical attention with his 1967 documentary Holy Ghost People, a film record of a Pentecostal snake handler worship service in the...
, also titled "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival."
External links
- The AIDS Show at Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- The inbasline list of credits for The AIDS Show
- A 2000 article about the show