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An accomplished operatic singer, Ostrow is best known for the gay bathhouse where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, and others launched their careers performing to naked gay men.
In a candid interview the legendary musician discusses his personal life, career, and the debut of his Broadway musical, Harmony.
Somers died on the eve of her 77th birthday.
The pop star silences decades-old rumors about his love life by saying 'I do.'
"It has been a beautiful experience with people writing beautiful, encouraging things," Manilow said before accepting the Icon award at the 2017 BMI Pop Awards.
The formative performances at gay bathhouses helped launch the careers of both superstars.
The gay singer revealed why he spent decades in a glass closet.
The late night host launched the month-long (SHOPATHON) RED fundraiser with humor and help from a variety of stars.
Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Jennifer Hudson, and more stars sang to the bisexual music mogul at Tribeca's opening night, which was also a call to arms for the arts.
The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene enjoys a shirtless Picnic with Sebastian Stan, pets Benjamin Walker in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, stops short of tossing undies onto the stage for Barry Manilow, and more.
Terrence McNally's The Ritz was born during the 1970s sexual revolution, an era of liberation extravagantly celebrated at the Continental Baths, a gay New York bathhouse where an unknown Bette Midler, Barry Manilow, Wayland Flowers, and others once performed for a towel-clad audience. Today, its author calls the play, set in a bathhouse not unlike that exotic establishment, a period piece. ''There was a time at the height of the AIDS crisis that I would not have allowed a revival... but I think we're ready to see it again,'' McNally says.
More in demand than ever, the sapphic icon continues to appear in some of the biggest shows and films around.
The 2016 Grammy Award nomininations were released Monday. Are LGBT artists well represented?
For her return to Broadway in 1975, Bathhouse Betty insisted on doing an interview with The Advocate -- and our first celebrity cover woman was born.
