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Larry Kramer Biography (1935-)

Born June 25, 1935, in Bridgeport, CT; son of George L. (an attorney) and ReaW. (a social worker; maiden name, Wishengrad) Kramer. Addresses: Contact--c/o Arthur B. Kramer, Esquire, 919 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

June 25, 1935

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM WORK
• (Associate producer) Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Lopert, 1968.
• (Producer) Women in Love, United Artists, 1970.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS
• Out in America, PBS, 1991.
• Larry Kramer, PBS, 1993.
• Writings;PLAYS
• Four Friends, produced Off-Off-Broadway, 1973.
• Sissies' Scrapbook, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1974.
• The Normal Heart, Public Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival, New YorkCity, 1985, published by New American Library, with an introduction by Andrew Holleran and a foreword by Joseph Papp, 1985.
• Just Say No: A Play about a Farce, WPA Theatre, New York City, 1988, published by St. Martin's Press, 1989.
• The Destiny of Me (three-act; sequel to The Normal Heart), Lucille LortelTheater, New York City, 1992, published by Plume, 1993.
• Also author of two-act play Furniture of Home, 1989.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• (Additional dialogue) Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, Lopert, 1968.
• Women in Love, United Artists, 1970.
• Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1975.
• Also author of A Sea Change, 1972.
• Writings;BOOKS
• Faggots (novel), Random House, 1978.
• Reports from the Holocaust: The Making of an AIDS Activist (nonfiction),St. Martin's Press, 1989.
• Writings;OTHER
• Contributor of essays to periodicals, including The Advocate, Village Voice, and New York Times.
• Other Works
• Adaptations: Material from Reports from the Holocaust: The Making of an AIDS Activist was adapted by Edward Hunt and Jeff Storer as the one-act play "Report from the Holocaust," performed as part of Indecent Materials, New YorkShakespeare Festival, New York City, 1990.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• Advocate, December 1, 1992, p. 40; December 15, 1992, p. 42.
• Interview, April, 1993, p. 112.
• New York, June 3, 1985, pp. 42-46.
• New York Times, March 11, 1990; October 4, 1992.
• People Weekly, July 9, 1990, p. 72.
• Playboy, September, 1993, p. 61.
• Rolling Stone, March 8, 1990.
• Vanity Fair, October, 1992, p. 228.
• Village Voice, September 11, 1990; October 27, 1992, pp. 110-12.
• Washington Post, October 20, 1992, p. E-1.