Page & Stage: 1st Stage’s Book Club
In partnership with Bards Alley, 1st Stage is excited to bring Page & Stage:
a new book club for every audience!
All Page & Stage book club meetings are free to attend. To purchase tickets for The Nance at 1st Stage,
visit the The Nance page here.
Next Meeting: Sunday, April 14 at 4:00pm
In conjunction with our production of The Nance, Page & Stage will be reading Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 by George Chauncey.
GAY NEW YORK:
Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
By George Chauncey
The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century.
Gay New York brilliantly shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and other unpublished documents, George Chauncey constructs a fascinating portrait of a vibrant, cohesive gay world that is not supposed to have existed. Called "monumental" (Washington Post), "unassailable" (Boston Globe), "brilliant" (The Nation), and "a first-rate book of history" (The New York Times), Gay New York forever changed how we think about the history of gay life in New York City, and beyond.
Questions? Comments? Need more information? Email audrajacobs@1ststage.org or call 703-854-1856.