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TRUMAN CAPOTE G'day folks, Welcome to the life of Truman Capote.  Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics. Truman...

NEW YORK — Julie Harris, one of Broadway’s most honored performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in “I Am a Camera” to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in “The Belle of Amherst,” died Saturday....

There will be a memorial to celebrate the life and career of Tony-winning actress Julie Harris at noon on December 3 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Harris, often hailed as as the “first lady of the American theater,” set a record with...

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our couches), we’re re-running some of our favorite posts from the last several months. Enjoy our highlight reel, and we’ll be back with new stuff...

This biography treats the life of a wounded genius with immense sensitivity. John Lahr’s edition of Joe Orton’s homoerotic diaries was the go-to book for Queer literary types in the late 1980s. I was always strangely thrilled that the son of the Cowardly...