Larry Kramer: Please Know 

 The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s seminal 1985 play about the dawn of the AIDS crisis, is finally beating on Broadway. Directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, the production, which officially opens April 27, stars celebrated Broadway actor-director Joe Mantello as activist Ned Weeks, leading a starry cast that includes Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey, Lee Pace, Jim Parsons, and Luke Macfarlane. Following the first preview performance on April 19, volunteers positioned outside the intimate John Golden Theatre handed out copies of a typed letter from the 75-year-old playwright. Here is that letter in its entirety: