Name: Larry Kramer
Date of Birth: 25 June 1935 Founded ACT UP in 1987, an AIDS advocacy and protest group. Barbra Streisand bought the film rights to Kramer's play The Normal Heart in 1985. However Kramer withdrew them in 1995, after Streisand had not made the film in 10 years. Streisand had planned to direct the film after The Mirror Has Two Faces, but that production was so problematic that she could not face directing again so soon. Kramer claimed Streisand preferred to do other work instead, thereby blocking other directors from making the film. His memorable comment on Streisand's hesitance was "P*ss or get off the pot!" ... Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 132, pp. 217-222. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. His play, "The Normal Heart," performed at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production. Nominated for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Destiny of Me". Read more Larry Kramer movies (actor)User Comments |
