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      • *** “The Normal Heart” is Larry Kramer’s semi-autobiographical fictionalized play, based on the true story of his founding of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in the early 1980s.
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  1. Aug 28, 2024 · Kramer—who died in 2020 at 84 after living with HIV for some 30 years, a poster boy for the efficacy of medical treatments that finally came along years into the epidemic—dramatized his...

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  3. Sep 3, 2024 · A semi-autobiographical look at Kramer’s existence between 1981 and 1984, the play chronicles those years when the disease first emerged and as community outrage led to the forming of such support groups as the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.

  4. Aug 27, 2024 · Kramer was an unwavering activist who dedicated the last half of his life to agitating and irritating officials and media figures he deemed unforgivably compromised by fear or prejudice, shame or...

  5. 2 days ago · RECOMMENDED. Redtwist Theatre opens its newly renovated venue in Edgewater with Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart,” an emotional drama centered around the 1980s AIDS epidemic in New York City, running through September 29. Director Ted Hoerl presents a work that serves as a critical analysis of U.S. gay male culture, reflects observations ...

  6. Aug 26, 2024 · Though Larry Kramer did not live to see the end of the 2020 COVID-19 lock downs, no doubt his contributions to the 1980s AIDS outbreak inspired a new generation to demand accountability for what is widely regarded as a botched response.

  7. Sep 2, 2024 · Kramer penned a semi-autobiographical retelling of the AIDS epidemic. Set in the 80s in New York City, he addresses the varied responses to a plague affecting gay men. The healthcare system is baffled.

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