John Glines
John Glines (October 11, 1933 – August 8, 2018)
Playwright and producer
Born in
His plays written for, and originally produced by
In 1985 he told Playbill, “Nine years ago, [gay] playwrights and actors didn’t use their own names; a gay play meant something pornographic. I thought by using my own name, it would be a forerunner — it would force others to do the same.”
Glines won a
Glines won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination in 1985 as producer of As Is, and won the Drama Desk Award in 1994 for Whoop-Dee-Doo!
Philip Crosby, managing director of the Richmond Triangle Players, an LGBTQ theater group now in its 25th year in Virginia, wrote, “He enabled all the LGBTQ theaters across the country to have the courage to produce the works we do.”[19]
In 2022, John Glines was included in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre, profiled in a chapter written by theatre scholar Jordan Schildcrout.[20]
Activism
In 1987, John founded Stamp Out AIDS to raise a million dollars to fight the HIV and AIDS epidemic by selling stamps that people could use like Easter Seals. He enlisted the participation of Helen Hayes, Pearl Bailey, Vivian Blaine, Ellen Greene, Richard Dreyfuss, and Estelle Getty. In 1992, Glines was a founding board member of Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, whose longtime executive director, Tom Viola, wrote on Facebook, “John will always be a part of our legacy.”[21]
Concurrently with his theatre work, Glines was a founding trustee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which grew out of Stamp Out AIDS, the non-profit organization he founded in 1985 as a result of his work on As Is.[22][23]
Glines was honored by numerous organizations, including the
Personal life
Glines married Chaowarat Chiewvej in 2014.
Glines died from complications from surgery and emphysema at the age of 84 on August 8, 2018 at his home in Bangkok, Thailand.[24]
References
- ^ "John Glines, Tony Winning Producer and Playwright, Passes Away". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ The Pink and the Blue Archived 2006-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale
- ^ 1965 through 1971
- ^ Shows #1316-1445, 1979-80
- ^ John Glines In the Desert of My Soul Dramatists Play Service
- ^ Bruce Mason Hurry, dinner theatre is being served Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Gabriola Sounder, British Columbia Community Newspaper website, October 23, 2006
- ^ "Gulp!". Archived from the original on February 27, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ Stephen Holden Review/Theater; Comedy of Self-Acceptance And a Portrait of Its Writer The New York Times, August 17, 1989.
- ^ "Welcome to Cause Célèbre". Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ "New York Blade Online". Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2007.
- ^ "2005-06 Theatre Season Reviews". December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10, 1991), Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows The New York Times. Retrieved, March 4, 2007.
- ^ "Lamentations : Butterflies and Tigers". Oobr.com. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ Lipfert, David, A CurtainUp Review:Butterflies and Tigers, Curtainup.com. Retrieved February 28, 2007
- ^ David Mermelstein GLAAD leads, Oscar and Tonys follow Award Central (Variety.com) website
- ^ Ron Stokes From Hair to Hairspray, A Broadway Timeline New York Magazine, web exclusive.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "Gay Theater Pioneer John Glines Dies at 84 - Gay City News | Gay City News". gaycitynews.nyc. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018.
- ISBN 978-1032067964.
- ^ "Gay Theater Pioneer John Glines Dies at 84 - Gay City News | Gay City News". gaycitynews.nyc. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018.
- ^ Out in the Mountains National Fundraising Initiated for People with AIDS Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine February 1987
- ^ Jeremy Gerard CREATIVE ARTS BEING RESHAPED BY THE EPIDEMIC The New York Times, June 9, 1987.
- ^ "Gay Theater Pioneer John Glines Dies at 84 - Gay City News | Gay City News". gaycitynews.nyc. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018.
External links
- FROM LYCEUM’S STAGE, A DISCUSSION ON AIDS The New York Times, October 13, 1985.
- John Glines at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Glines papers, 1971-1998, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- THEATER: 'CARLA'S SONG,' A DRAMA ABOUT CHILD ABUSE Stephen Holden, The New York Times, July 30, 1984.
- Review/Theater; Arrivederci Papa, Farce In Drag Stephen Holden, The New York Times, June 29, 1989.
- The Demonstration (a scene from Men of Manhattan) Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1991
- Glines Hopes NY Audiences Will Start Chasing His Butterflies David Lefkowitz, Playbill On-Line, 12 June 1998.
- Adjunct Theatre League Ex-Voters Retain Legal Counsel Playbill On-Line, 26 October 1999.
- Old Plays Are Gold Francine L. Trevens, On the Purple Circuit, June 17, 2003.
- Memorial Foundation for the Arts, Honorary Board Members
- Reviews Written by John Glines Amazon.com
- Personal photo galleries