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Steven Ostrow, creator of NYC's legendary Continental Baths, dead at 91

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.

Barry Manilow Opens Up About Coming Out and His Journey to Broadway

In a candid interview the legendary musician discusses his personal life, career, and the debut of his Broadway musical, Harmony.

Barry Manilow Weds Manager Garry Kief

The pop star silences decades-old rumors about his love life by saying 'I do.'

Barry Manilow: Coming Out Has Been a 'Beautiful Experience'

"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.

Barry Manilow reminisces about early gay bathhouse performances with Bette Midler

The formative performances at gay bathhouses helped launch the careers of both superstars.

Barry Manilow: Coming Out Sooner 'Would Have Killed My Career'

The gay singer revealed why he spent decades in a glass closet.

WATCH: Bono, Jimmy Kimmel and Friends Fight AIDS

The late night host launched the month-long (SHOPATHON) RED fundraiser with humor and help from a variety of stars.

Tribeca's Clive Davis Celebration Had Notes of Resistance

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.

Seat Filler: NYC Theater Guide for February 2013

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 Recalls the Making of 'The Ritz'

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.

Holland Taylor's Star Has Never Been Brighter. She Talks About Her Acclaimed Career at 80

More in demand than ever, the sapphic icon continues to appear in some of the biggest shows and films around.

What's Gay About the 2016 Grammy Nominations?

The 2016 Grammy Award nomininations were released Monday. Are LGBT artists well represented?

Becoming Bette

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.

Peggy Sue got buried

Week 5 of Advocate contributor Dave White's American Idol recap: This week's installment was more fun than watching the Fonz jump over a big tank of sharks. Just not much more...