Poster for the 2011 revival of The Normal Heart
date: label: date made
content: around 2011
name: label: referenced
content: Kramer, Larry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Poster for the 2011 Broadway revival production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart at the Golden Theatre. The poster features photographs of the cast beneath the show's logo, a stylized heart with the title printed over top. The production won the 2011 Tony Award for Best Play Revival.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Normal Heart is a semi-autobiographical dramatic play by Larry Kramer that explores the pain and struggles of the gay community as the HIV/AIDS crisis exploded in the early 1980s. The story is told through the eyes of Jewish American activist and writer Ned Weeks, who zealously organizes and advocates for the gay New Yorkers at the epicenter of the epidemic while friends die and leaders and the public seem indifferent to the community’s suffering. Originally produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the play opened off-Broadway at The Public Theater on April 21, 1985, and ran for 294 performances. It was revived for its Broadway premiere on April 19, 2011 at the Golden Theatre with a cast featuring Joe Mantello, Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey, Lee Pace, and Jim Parsons, directed by Joel Grey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Daryl Roth Productions
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0247.13
label: accession number
content: 2018.0247
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0247.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 14 in; 55.88 cm x 35.56 cm