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• NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACYFROM “DIGNG WOMEN” TO “THE INHERANCE,” HE’S JT A STRAIGHT ACTOR DOG HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 16, 2020/10:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2217PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NEW YORK -NOVEMBER 17: TONY GOLDWYN POS AT THE OPENG NIGHT OF THE NEW MATTHEW LOPEZ PLAY "THE INHERANCE" ON BROADWAY AT THE BARRYMORE THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 17, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC)BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 16, 2020 / 10:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-16T15:02:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-16T15:02:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNDAL MAY HAVE END, BUT TONY GOLDWYN IS STILL THE PRINT OF OUR UNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER APPEARG NETWORK LAST YEAR OPPOSE TATIANA MASLANY, GOLDWYN IS BACK ON BROADWAY THE INHERANCE. STEPPG FOR JOHN BENJAM HICKEY, THE 59-YEAR-OLD GHOST STAR PLAYS REPUBLIN REAL TATE VELOPER HENRY WILX MATTHEW LOPEZ’S LD TWO-PART EPIC, WHICH FOLLOWS THE STGGL OF THREE GENERATNS OF GAY MEN THE SHADOW OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLDWYN TALKS TO NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BEG A IEND OF THE LGBTQ MUNY SCE HIS GROUNDBREAKG DIGNG WOMEN EPISO—AND THAT ONE CRAZY SUMMER SAN FRANCIS.THE INHERANCE/MATTHEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DREW YOU TO HENRY THE INHERANCE? YOU’VE PLAYED VILLAS BEFORE, BUT A GAY REPUBLIN IS PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT? SERIAL KILLERS ARE ONE THG, BUT… [LGHS] JOKG ASI, I DON’T SEE HENRY AS A VILLA. HE’S JT A MAN WE HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN MUCH ON STAGE, SO ’S BEEN FUN AND CHALLENGG TO EXPLORE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS A CHALLENGE TO UNRSTAND AND FEND HIS POLIL BELIEFS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, BEE HE’S WRTEN A VERY ELOQUENT WAY. WHEN TO HIS POLICS, HE’S VERY PERSUASIVE HIS POTS OF VIEW, WHICH IS REHG. HE’S A REPUBLIN, Y, BUT NOT A DIEHARD TMPER. HE VIEWS POLICS A MORE TRANSACTNAL, LIBERTARIAN WAY. HIS BIGGER FAILG IS HIS GO--ALONE APPROACH TO LIFE, HIS ISOLATN, WHICH AT A TREMENDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE MIGHT EXPECT A GAY MAN WHO SURVIVED THE AIDS CRISIS TO BE EMBRACG LOVE, LIVG EACH DAY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I RECENTLY SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ACT UP ACTIVIST THE ’80S, AND HE SAID HE KNEW MANY MEN LIKE HENRY WHO MA THE CHOICE TO EMOTNALLY CHECK OUT OF LIFE FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. BUT THE PLAY IS ABOUT HOW, WHATEVER THE ST, THE ONLY WAY TO HEAL IS TO REENGAGE, TO RENNECT, TO OPEN ONE’S HEART AGA THE FACE OF EVABLE HUMAN SUFFERG. HENRY THKS HE’S BUILDG WALLS TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THOSE HE LOV, BUT THAT STRATEGY UNRM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A PLEX AND POLARIZG GAY CHARACTER, HE’S NOT UNLIKE SNDAL’S CYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S TE. BUT HENRY’S MUCH MORE SELF-AWARE THAN CYS—AND, YOU KNOW, NOT AS EVIL.THE INHERANCE/MATTHEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID JOHN BENJAM HICKEY OFFER YOU ANY SIGHT TO HENRY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’RE OLD IENDS, AND I GOT TO SEE JOHN’S BETIFUL PERFORMANCE, BUT ACTORS ARE WEIRD; VELOPG A CHARACTER IS A VERY TERNAL, PERSONAL THG, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HENRY. HE DID TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME CHALLENG OF THE ROLE, BEE THERE ARE THE VERY TENSE SCEN AND THEN BIG GAPS SPENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON’T SEE MANY NEW PLAYS TACKLG AIDS ANYMORE. WHAT DO THE INHERANCE ADD TO THE NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S LOOKG AT THE AIDS CRISIS THROUGH THE LENS OF A GENERATN WHERE AIDS STILL EXISTS BUT IS NO LONGER AN IMMENT THREAT. THE PLAY IS EXPLORG THE LEGACY OF AIDS, AND THAT HASN’T REALLY BEEN DONE. THE YOUNGER GAY MEN ARE FIGURG OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO LEARN, WHAT THEIR RPONSIBILI ARE. THAT’S IMPORTANT BEE WE N GET VERY FOCED ON OURSELV, FETTG ABOUT THE WORLD THAT ME BEFORE AND THE PEOPLE WHO PAID A TREMENDO PRICE FOR TO HAVE THE LIV WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU PLAYED ONE OF THE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS WH AIDS ON A PRIMETIME TV SERI THE 1987 DIGNG WOMEN EPISO “KILLG ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE.” WHAT DO YOU RELL ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I PLAYED A YOUNG GUY WHO HIR THE WOMEN TO SIGN HIS FUNERAL. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PART FOR A GUT STAR, AND I WAS JT GETTG STARTED AS AN ACTOR, SO I WAS EXCED. [DIGNG WOMEN CREATOR] LDA BLOODWORTH-THOMASON, WHO WROTE THE EPISO, HAD LOST HER MOTHER TO AIDS OM A BLOOD TRANSFN, SO FELT SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT AND NECSARY. I KNEW WAS GROUNDBREAKG, AND I FELT PRIVILEGED TO PLAY THE PART. BUT I WAS SO YOUNG, SO I DON’T THK I WAS REALLY AWARE OF THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER HOW FELT TO SEE A YOUNG GAY MAN ON TV, BEFORE I EVEN HAD THE LANGUAGE FOR . DID YOU HEAR OM MANY GAY MEN ABOUT THE EPISO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, BUT NOT REALLY UNTIL YEARS LATER. IT SURPRISED ME. I DID A SHOW ON BROADWAY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE DRSERS, A MIDDLE-AGED GUY, SAID, “TONY, I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT EPISO OF DIGNG WOMEN YOU DID. YOU HAVE NO IA WHAT THAT MEANT TO OUR MUNY.” ALL I DID WAS MY JOB, SO I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I SERVED ANY ACLAS, BUT I WAS VERY MOVED.DIGNG WOMEN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU HAVE HATNS ABOUT TAKG A GAY ROLE SO EARLY YOUR REER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, THERE WAS SO MUCH HOMOPHOBIA HOLLYWOOD AT THE TIME. AS A STRAIGHT ACTOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER, I HAD PEOPLE TELLG ME THERE WOULD BE A STIGMA ATTACHED TO , AND I REMEMBER THKG HOW ABSURD AND OFFENSIVE THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOUR MANAGEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY MANAGEMENT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF , ACTUALLY. BUT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND ME DISCSG THAT WAS AN ISSUE, WORRYG THAT WAS A RISK. MY AR FATHER WAS WORRIED ABOUT . I WAS SHOCKED THAT WAS SUCH A NCERN, BUT THAT WAS THE WORLD WE LIVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE PEOPLE DIDN’T GET SI YOUR HEAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT SO MUCH WH DIGNG WOMEN BEE I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A JOB. BUT THEN 1990 I DID A PLAY NEW YORK, THE SUM OF US, AND I ALT WH PEOPLE SAYG, “ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER?” I WAS 29, MY MOVIE REER WAS TAKG OFF, GHOST WAS MOVIE THEATERS, SO WAS SOMETHG I HAD TO NONT. I WAS ANT ABOUT , LIKE, SCREW ! IF I’M GOG TO TAKE A H BEE OF THIS, I’LL TAKE . I FELT THAT IF I AVOID RISKS FOR THAT KD OF FEAR, WHAT BS DID I HAVE LLG MYSELF AN ARTIST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SUM OF US WAS A H OFF-BROADWAY AT THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE. WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE A GAY PLAY GREENWICH VILLAGE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS SANE. IT WAS A RARE, MAGIL EXPERIENCE. IT’S HARD TO SCRIBE. AS WH THE INHERANCE, I ULD FEEL THE DIENCE INTIFYG SO TENSELY WH WHAT THEY WERE SEEG, WEEPG DIBLY. THE DIENCE FOR THE SUM OF US WAS MUCH GAYER THAN FOR THE INHERANCE, WHICH IS QUE MIXED. I KNEW MEANT SO MUCH TO PEOPLE WAYS THAT I ULDN’T POSSIBLY UNRSTAND.THE SUM OF US/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THE INHERANCE HELPED PUT TO NTEXT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, LOOKG BACK, I N APPRECIATE WHAT THAT PLAY MEANT FOR PEOPLE. BUT SOMETHG ELSE I’VE NONTED DOG THE INHERANCE IS THAT I LIVED THROUGH THE ’80S AND ’90S AS A STRAIGHT GUY. I LOST MANY CLOSE IENDS AND LLEAGU, AND WAS VERY SAD, BUT I KNOW WAS NOT THE SAME AS BEG A GAY MAN LIVG THROUGH THAT HOLOT. I THK NOW ABOUT HOW I EXISTED WH THAT HAPPENG ALL AROUND ME, YET I WAS STILL ABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE BEE I WAS STRAIGHT—I GOT MARRIED, I FOCED ON MY REER, AND I DIDN’T LIVE FEAR. I’VE BEEN REMD OF HOW WE N TUNE OUT SUFFERG IF ’S TOO DIFFICULT TO AL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY STRAIGHT ACTOR THE INHERANCE. WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THE PH TO ST QUEER ACTORS QUEER ROL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I FEEL MIXED ABOUT . I DON’T WANT TO TAKE OPPORTUNI AWAY OM LGBTQ ACTORS—PARTICULARLY WH TRANS CHARACTERS, BEE THERE ARE SEVERELY LIMED OPPORTUNI FOR TRANS ACTORS—AND I KNOW I N’T UNRSTAND THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE THE WAY SOMEONE THAT MUNY N. HOWEVER, AS AN ACTOR, I WANT TO REPRENT ALL DIFFERENT KDS OF PEOPLE. MY JOB IS TO GET TO THE SK OF SOMEONE WHO IS VERY DIFFERENT OM ME. SO THERE’S THE POLICS OF AND THERE’S THE ART OF , AND I N APPRECIATE AND RPECT BOTH SIS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N ALSO NSIR THE ISSUE AS A DIRECTOR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT. IF I PUT MY PRODUCER’S HAT ON, WOULD I HAVE A RPONSIBILY TO ST A GAY ACTOR OVER A STRAIGHT ACTOR THE ROLE OF HENRY WILX? I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T THK I’M ALLOWED TO ASK ABOUT AN ACTOR’S SEXUALY AN DN, AM I?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, SO ’S TRICKY. MY PRODUCG PARTNER, RICHARD LAGRAVENE, AND I ARE REALLY TERTED EXPLORG RACIAL DYNAMICS, SO WE FD OURSELV ASKG, “DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT, AS WHE MEN, TO BE EXPLORG RACIAL TENSN? SHOULD WE BE TELLG THIS STORY? HOW ULD BE WRONG TO EXPLORE THIS?” IT’S AN IMPORTANT NVERSATN TO BE HAVG.GHOST/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU WERE ON THE L WORD 2005 AS CLOSETED ACTN STAR BURR CONNOR, WHO SAYS HIS REER WOULD BE OVER IF FANS FOUND OUT HE WAS “A RD-RRYG MEMBER OF THE CKSUCKER CLUB.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] THAT LE WAS AN AD-LIB, BY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS BURR SPIRED BY ANYBODY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WOULDN’T SAY I BASED HIM ON ANYONE PARTICULAR, BUT I WAS NOT UNFAIAR WH HIS SUATN. I’VE WORKED WH A NUMBER OF BIG STARS WHO WERE GAY AND TERRIFIED OF EXPOSURE. NOWADAYS ’S NOT SUCH A BIG THG. AT THAT TIME, FOR A BIG STAR LIKE BURR CONNOR, THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTN BUT TO STAY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A SCN OF HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY, WHAT WAS YOUR TRODUCTN TO THE LGBTQ MUNY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY PARENTS WERE LIBERAL BUT ALSO OLD-FASHNED. A LOT OF THEIR LLEAGU WERE GAY, AND WAS ACCEPTED, BUT WASN’T REALLY OUT THE OPEN. WE HAD GAY FAY MEMBERS BUT WASN’T DISCSED; I HAVE A GAY WHO GRAVATED TO BEE HIS FAY REJECTED HIM, AND WE LOVED HIM, BUT NOBODY TALKED ABOUT . MY FIRST REAL DOCTRATN TO THE LGBTQ MUNY WAS THE SUMMER I TURNED 18, WHEN I DID A SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM AT THE AMERIN CONSERVATORY THEATER, SO I WAS SAN FRANCIS FOR 10 WEEKS 1978. THAT WAS EYE-OPENG. [LGHS] I GOT TO SEE THE GAY MUNY ALL S GLORY. I WAS LIKE, WOW! THIS IS WHAT ALL THE FS IS ABOUT!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF EYE-OPENERS, I WAS 12 WHEN I SAW GHOST, AND YOUR SHIRTLS SCENE WAS PART OF MY GAY SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST GUY TO TELL ME THAT. AND I’M GLAD I ULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE INHERANCE NS THROUGH MARCH 15 AT THE BARRYMORE THEATRE NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• TONY GOLDWYN WAS ADVISED AGAST PLAYG A GAY ROLE, BUT SAID 'SCREW YOU'
• THE 1987 GAY FUNERAL EPISO OF ‘DIGNG WOMEN’ WILL BREAK YOUR HEART
• NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACY

NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACYFROM “DIGNG WOMEN” TO “THE INHERANCE,” HE’S JT A STRAIGHT ACTOR DOG HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 16, 2020/10:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2217PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NEW YORK -NOVEMBER 17: TONY GOLDWYN POS AT THE OPENG NIGHT OF THE NEW MATTHEW LOPEZ PLAY "THE INHERANCE" ON BROADWAY AT THE BARRYMORE THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 17, 2019 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC)BY BRANDON VOSSFEBARY 16, 2020 / 10:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-16T15:02:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-16T15:02:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SNDAL MAY HAVE END, BUT TONY GOLDWYN IS STILL THE PRINT OF OUR UNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER APPEARG NETWORK LAST YEAR OPPOSE TATIANA MASLANY, GOLDWYN IS BACK ON BROADWAY THE INHERANCE. STEPPG FOR JOHN BENJAM HICKEY, THE 59-YEAR-OLD GHOST STAR PLAYS REPUBLIN REAL TATE VELOPER HENRY WILX MATTHEW LOPEZ’S LD TWO-PART EPIC, WHICH FOLLOWS THE STGGL OF THREE GENERATNS OF GAY MEN THE SHADOW OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLDWYN TALKS TO NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT BEG A IEND OF THE LGBTQ MUNY SCE HIS GROUNDBREAKG DIGNG WOMEN EPISO—AND THAT ONE CRAZY SUMMER SAN FRANCIS.THE INHERANCE/MATTHEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DREW YOU TO HENRY THE INHERANCE? YOU’VE PLAYED VILLAS BEFORE, BUT A GAY REPUBLIN IS PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT? SERIAL KILLERS ARE ONE THG, BUT… [LGHS] JOKG ASI, I DON’T SEE HENRY AS A VILLA. HE’S JT A MAN WE HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN MUCH ON STAGE, SO ’S BEEN FUN AND CHALLENGG TO EXPLORE THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS A CHALLENGE TO UNRSTAND AND FEND HIS POLIL BELIEFS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, BEE HE’S WRTEN A VERY ELOQUENT WAY. WHEN TO HIS POLICS, HE’S VERY PERSUASIVE HIS POTS OF VIEW, WHICH IS REHG. HE’S A REPUBLIN, Y, BUT NOT A DIEHARD TMPER. HE VIEWS POLICS A MORE TRANSACTNAL, LIBERTARIAN WAY. HIS BIGGER FAILG IS HIS GO--ALONE APPROACH TO LIFE, HIS ISOLATN, WHICH AT A TREMENDO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE MIGHT EXPECT A GAY MAN WHO SURVIVED THE AIDS CRISIS TO BE EMBRACG LOVE, LIVG EACH DAY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I RECENTLY SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS AN ACT UP ACTIVIST THE ’80S, AND HE SAID HE KNEW MANY MEN LIKE HENRY WHO MA THE CHOICE TO EMOTNALLY CHECK OUT OF LIFE FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. BUT THE PLAY IS ABOUT HOW, WHATEVER THE ST, THE ONLY WAY TO HEAL IS TO REENGAGE, TO RENNECT, TO OPEN ONE’S HEART AGA THE FACE OF EVABLE HUMAN SUFFERG. HENRY THKS HE’S BUILDG WALLS TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THOSE HE LOV, BUT THAT STRATEGY UNRM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A PLEX AND POLARIZG GAY CHARACTER, HE’S NOT UNLIKE SNDAL’S CYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT’S TE. BUT HENRY’S MUCH MORE SELF-AWARE THAN CYS—AND, YOU KNOW, NOT AS EVIL.THE INHERANCE/MATTHEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID JOHN BENJAM HICKEY OFFER YOU ANY SIGHT TO HENRY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’RE OLD IENDS, AND I GOT TO SEE JOHN’S BETIFUL PERFORMANCE, BUT ACTORS ARE WEIRD; VELOPG A CHARACTER IS A VERY TERNAL, PERSONAL THG, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HENRY. HE DID TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME CHALLENG OF THE ROLE, BEE THERE ARE THE VERY TENSE SCEN AND THEN BIG GAPS SPENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE DON’T SEE MANY NEW PLAYS TACKLG AIDS ANYMORE. WHAT DO THE INHERANCE ADD TO THE NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S LOOKG AT THE AIDS CRISIS THROUGH THE LENS OF A GENERATN WHERE AIDS STILL EXISTS BUT IS NO LONGER AN IMMENT THREAT. THE PLAY IS EXPLORG THE LEGACY OF AIDS, AND THAT HASN’T REALLY BEEN DONE. THE YOUNGER GAY MEN ARE FIGURG OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO LEARN, WHAT THEIR RPONSIBILI ARE. THAT’S IMPORTANT BEE WE N GET VERY FOCED ON OURSELV, FETTG ABOUT THE WORLD THAT ME BEFORE AND THE PEOPLE WHO PAID A TREMENDO PRICE FOR TO HAVE THE LIV WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU PLAYED ONE OF THE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS WH AIDS ON A PRIMETIME TV SERI THE 1987 DIGNG WOMEN EPISO “KILLG ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE.” WHAT DO YOU RELL ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I PLAYED A YOUNG GUY WHO HIR THE WOMEN TO SIGN HIS FUNERAL. IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PART FOR A GUT STAR, AND I WAS JT GETTG STARTED AS AN ACTOR, SO I WAS EXCED. [DIGNG WOMEN CREATOR] LDA BLOODWORTH-THOMASON, WHO WROTE THE EPISO, HAD LOST HER MOTHER TO AIDS OM A BLOOD TRANSFN, SO FELT SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT AND NECSARY. I KNEW WAS GROUNDBREAKG, AND I FELT PRIVILEGED TO PLAY THE PART. BUT I WAS SO YOUNG, SO I DON’T THK I WAS REALLY AWARE OF THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I REMEMBER HOW FELT TO SEE A YOUNG GAY MAN ON TV, BEFORE I EVEN HAD THE LANGUAGE FOR . DID YOU HEAR OM MANY GAY MEN ABOUT THE EPISO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, BUT NOT REALLY UNTIL YEARS LATER. IT SURPRISED ME. I DID A SHOW ON BROADWAY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, AND ONE OF THE DRSERS, A MIDDLE-AGED GUY, SAID, “TONY, I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT EPISO OF DIGNG WOMEN YOU DID. YOU HAVE NO IA WHAT THAT MEANT TO OUR MUNY.” ALL I DID WAS MY JOB, SO I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I SERVED ANY ACLAS, BUT I WAS VERY MOVED.DIGNG WOMEN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU HAVE HATNS ABOUT TAKG A GAY ROLE SO EARLY YOUR REER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, THERE WAS SO MUCH HOMOPHOBIA HOLLYWOOD AT THE TIME. AS A STRAIGHT ACTOR PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER, I HAD PEOPLE TELLG ME THERE WOULD BE A STIGMA ATTACHED TO , AND I REMEMBER THKG HOW ABSURD AND OFFENSIVE THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOUR MANAGEMENT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY MANAGEMENT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF , ACTUALLY. BUT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND ME DISCSG THAT WAS AN ISSUE, WORRYG THAT WAS A RISK. MY AR FATHER WAS WORRIED ABOUT . I WAS SHOCKED THAT WAS SUCH A NCERN, BUT THAT WAS THE WORLD WE LIVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE PEOPLE DIDN’T GET SI YOUR HEAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT SO MUCH WH DIGNG WOMEN BEE I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE A JOB. BUT THEN 1990 I DID A PLAY NEW YORK, THE SUM OF US, AND I ALT WH PEOPLE SAYG, “ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER GAY CHARACTER?” I WAS 29, MY MOVIE REER WAS TAKG OFF, GHOST WAS MOVIE THEATERS, SO WAS SOMETHG I HAD TO NONT. I WAS ANT ABOUT , LIKE, SCREW ! IF I’M GOG TO TAKE A H BEE OF THIS, I’LL TAKE . I FELT THAT IF I AVOID RISKS FOR THAT KD OF FEAR, WHAT BS DID I HAVE LLG MYSELF AN ARTIST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SUM OF US WAS A H OFF-BROADWAY AT THE CHERRY LANE THEATRE. WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE A GAY PLAY GREENWICH VILLAGE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS SANE. IT WAS A RARE, MAGIL EXPERIENCE. IT’S HARD TO SCRIBE. AS WH THE INHERANCE, I ULD FEEL THE DIENCE INTIFYG SO TENSELY WH WHAT THEY WERE SEEG, WEEPG DIBLY. THE DIENCE FOR THE SUM OF US WAS MUCH GAYER THAN FOR THE INHERANCE, WHICH IS QUE MIXED. I KNEW MEANT SO MUCH TO PEOPLE WAYS THAT I ULDN’T POSSIBLY UNRSTAND.THE SUM OF US/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAS THE INHERANCE HELPED PUT TO NTEXT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, LOOKG BACK, I N APPRECIATE WHAT THAT PLAY MEANT FOR PEOPLE. BUT SOMETHG ELSE I’VE NONTED DOG THE INHERANCE IS THAT I LIVED THROUGH THE ’80S AND ’90S AS A STRAIGHT GUY. I LOST MANY CLOSE IENDS AND LLEAGU, AND WAS VERY SAD, BUT I KNOW WAS NOT THE SAME AS BEG A GAY MAN LIVG THROUGH THAT HOLOT. I THK NOW ABOUT HOW I EXISTED WH THAT HAPPENG ALL AROUND ME, YET I WAS STILL ABLE TO LIVE A NORMAL LIFE BEE I WAS STRAIGHT—I GOT MARRIED, I FOCED ON MY REER, AND I DIDN’T LIVE FEAR. I’VE BEEN REMD OF HOW WE N TUNE OUT SUFFERG IF ’S TOO DIFFICULT TO AL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY STRAIGHT ACTOR THE INHERANCE. WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THE PH TO ST QUEER ACTORS QUEER ROL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I FEEL MIXED ABOUT . I DON’T WANT TO TAKE OPPORTUNI AWAY OM LGBTQ ACTORS—PARTICULARLY WH TRANS CHARACTERS, BEE THERE ARE SEVERELY LIMED OPPORTUNI FOR TRANS ACTORS—AND I KNOW I N’T UNRSTAND THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE THE WAY SOMEONE THAT MUNY N. HOWEVER, AS AN ACTOR, I WANT TO REPRENT ALL DIFFERENT KDS OF PEOPLE. MY JOB IS TO GET TO THE SK OF SOMEONE WHO IS VERY DIFFERENT OM ME. SO THERE’S THE POLICS OF AND THERE’S THE ART OF , AND I N APPRECIATE AND RPECT BOTH SIS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU N ALSO NSIR THE ISSUE AS A DIRECTOR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT. IF I PUT MY PRODUCER’S HAT ON, WOULD I HAVE A RPONSIBILY TO ST A GAY ACTOR OVER A STRAIGHT ACTOR THE ROLE OF HENRY WILX? I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T THK I’M ALLOWED TO ASK ABOUT AN ACTOR’S SEXUALY AN DN, AM I?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, SO ’S TRICKY. MY PRODUCG PARTNER, RICHARD LAGRAVENE, AND I ARE REALLY TERTED EXPLORG RACIAL DYNAMICS, SO WE FD OURSELV ASKG, “DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT, AS WHE MEN, TO BE EXPLORG RACIAL TENSN? SHOULD WE BE TELLG THIS STORY? HOW ULD BE WRONG TO EXPLORE THIS?” IT’S AN IMPORTANT NVERSATN TO BE HAVG.GHOST/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU WERE ON THE L WORD 2005 AS CLOSETED ACTN STAR BURR CONNOR, WHO SAYS HIS REER WOULD BE OVER IF FANS FOUND OUT HE WAS “A RD-RRYG MEMBER OF THE CKSUCKER CLUB.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] THAT LE WAS AN AD-LIB, BY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS BURR SPIRED BY ANYBODY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WOULDN’T SAY I BASED HIM ON ANYONE PARTICULAR, BUT I WAS NOT UNFAIAR WH HIS SUATN. I’VE WORKED WH A NUMBER OF BIG STARS WHO WERE GAY AND TERRIFIED OF EXPOSURE. NOWADAYS ’S NOT SUCH A BIG THG. AT THAT TIME, FOR A BIG STAR LIKE BURR CONNOR, THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTN BUT TO STAY THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A SCN OF HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY, WHAT WAS YOUR TRODUCTN TO THE LGBTQ MUNY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY PARENTS WERE LIBERAL BUT ALSO OLD-FASHNED. A LOT OF THEIR LLEAGU WERE GAY, AND WAS ACCEPTED, BUT WASN’T REALLY OUT THE OPEN. WE HAD GAY FAY MEMBERS BUT WASN’T DISCSED; I HAVE A GAY WHO GRAVATED TO BEE HIS FAY REJECTED HIM, AND WE LOVED HIM, BUT NOBODY TALKED ABOUT . MY FIRST REAL DOCTRATN TO THE LGBTQ MUNY WAS THE SUMMER I TURNED 18, WHEN I DID A SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM AT THE AMERIN CONSERVATORY THEATER, SO I WAS SAN FRANCIS FOR 10 WEEKS 1978. THAT WAS EYE-OPENG. [LGHS] I GOT TO SEE THE GAY MUNY ALL S GLORY. I WAS LIKE, WOW! THIS IS WHAT ALL THE FS IS ABOUT!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF EYE-OPENERS, I WAS 12 WHEN I SAW GHOST, AND YOUR SHIRTLS SCENE WAS PART OF MY GAY SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[LGHS] YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST GUY TO TELL ME THAT. AND I’M GLAD I ULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE INHERANCE NS THROUGH MARCH 15 AT THE BARRYMORE THEATRE NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Steppg for John Benjam Hickey, the 59-year-old Ghost star plays Republin real tate veloper Henry Wilx Matthew Lopez’s ld two-part epic, which follows the stggl of three generatns of gay men the shadow of AIDS.

TONY GOLDWYN WAS ADVISED AGAST PLAYG A GAY ROLE, BUT SAID 'SCREW YOU'

You’ve played villas before, but a gay Republin is pretty Serial killers are one thg, but… [Lghs] Jokg asi, I don’t see Henry as a villa. His bigger failg is his go--alone approach to life, his isolatn, which at a tremendo might expect a gay man who survived the AIDS crisis to be embracg love, livg each day to the fullt.

THE 1987 GAY FUNERAL EPISO OF ‘DIGNG WOMEN’ WILL BREAK YOUR HEART

Henry thks he’s buildg walls to protect himself and those he lov, but that strategy unrm a plex and polarizg gay character, he’s not unlike Sndal’s Cys ’s te. The younger gay men are figurg out what they have to learn, what their rponsibili are.

That’s important bee we n get very foced on ourselv, fettg about the world that me before and the people who paid a tremendo price for to have the liv we played one of the first gay characters wh AIDS on a primetime TV seri the 1987 Digng Women episo “Killg All the Right People. I remember how felt to see a young gay man on TV, before I even had the language for . Did you hear om many gay men about the episo?

NO ONE COULD STOP TONY GOLDWYN FROM LEAVG A GAY LEGACY

” All I did was my job, so I didn’t feel like I served any aclas, but I was very you have hatns about takg a gay role so early your reer? Well, there was so much homophobia Hollywood at the time. As a straight actor playg a gay character, I had people tellg me there would be a stigma attached to , and I remember thkg how absurd and offensive that management?

But then 1990 I did a play New York, The Sum of Us, and I alt wh people sayg, “Are you sure you want to play another gay character?

What was like to be a gay play Greenwich Village at the height of the AIDS crisis? The dience for The Sum of Us was much gayer than for The Inherance, which is que mixed. I lost many close iends and lleagu, and was very sad, but I know was not the same as beg a gay man livg through that holot.