Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 370 – June 6, 2018
Featuring content from the hottest gay and gay-friendly spots in New York, each (free!) issue of Get Out! highlights the bars, nightclubs, restaurants, spas and other businesses throughout NYC’s metropolitan area that the city’s gay population is interested in.
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PHOTOS BY MATI GELMAN<br />
“AFTERGLOW” BEGAN PERFORMANCES<br />
ON JUNE 12, 2017, AND WAS INTENDED<br />
TO CLOSE ON AUGUST 5. SINCE OPENING<br />
LAST YEAR, THE RESPONSE FROM OUR<br />
AUDIENCE, SOME OF WHOM CONTINUE TO<br />
RETURN TO OUR TINY THEATER AGAIN AND<br />
AGAIN, HAS BEEN TRULY HEARTWARMING.<br />
IT’S ALLOWED US TO ANNOUNCE<br />
EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION, WELL<br />
BEYOND OUR INITIAL EIGHT-WEEK RUN.<br />
WE’VE ALSO BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH<br />
TO RECEIVE SOME SPECTACULAR<br />
EXPOSURE FROM MAJOR NEWS OUTLETS,<br />
AND EVEN A SURPRISING SHOUTOUT ON<br />
“SATURDAY NIGHT<br />
LIVE’S” WEEKEND<br />
UPDATE.<br />
MORE PROUD OF OUR “LITTLE PLAY THAT<br />
COULD.”<br />
I HOPE THE PLAY CONTINUES TO MOVE<br />
AND INSPIRE PEOPLE, EVEN AFTER THE<br />
NEW YORK PRODUCTION CLOSES THIS<br />
SUMMER. TODAY, AFTER OVER A YEAR OF<br />
PERFORMANCES OFF BROADWAY, FUTURE<br />
PRODUCTIONS ARE GOING UP IN MEXICO<br />
CITY AND LONDON’S WEST END, AMONG<br />
OTHERS. SO IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT<br />
“AFTERGLOW” HAS, IN FACT, SEEN THE<br />
LIGHT OF DAY—OR, AT THE VERY LEAST, ITS<br />
AFTERGLOW.<br />
AT THE END OF<br />
THE DAY, THE RUN<br />
OF “AFTERGLOW”<br />
IS DIRECTLY<br />
RELATED TO THE<br />
PEOPLE WHO<br />
BELIEVED IN AND<br />
FOUGHT FOR ITS<br />
SUCCESS; HAD<br />
IT BEEN UP TO<br />
ME, THE PIECE<br />
WOULD STILL BE<br />
A FILE SITTING ON<br />
MY COMPUTER.<br />
AS EACH OF US<br />
ON OUR TEAM<br />
WILL OFTEN SAY,<br />
I COULD NOT BE