Every Act of Life

USA | 2018 | 90 min • Documentary Feature
  • Dirty Little Secret

Showings

Harkins Sedona 6 -Theatre 1 Sun, Feb 24, 2019 4:00 PM
Harkins Sedona 6 -Theatre 1 Tue, Feb 26, 2019 1:00 PM
Film Info
Event Type:Documentary Feature
Release Year:2018
Run Time:90
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Trailer:https://youtu.be/o7psiIFWD8M
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Jeff Kaufman
Producer(s):Jeff Kaufman
Marcia Ross

Description

"Every Act of Life" profiles world-renowned playwright Terrence McNally’s pioneering 5-decade career in the theater, focusing on the struggle for LGBT rights and his pursuit of love and inspiration at every age.


Featuring Angela Lansbury, F. Murray Abraham, Larry Kramer, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Edie Falco, Christine Baranski, Patrick Wilson, Billy Porter, and many more. Terrence traveled the world as tutor to John Steinbeck's children (Steinbeck’s only advice was, "Don't write for the theater. It will break your heart”); suffered an infamous Broadway flop in 1965 at age 24; and went on to write dozens of groundbreaking plays and musicals about sexuality, homophobia, faith, the power of art, the need to connect, and finding meaning in every moment of life.


He’s won four Tony Awards; had long relationships with Edward Albee and Wendy Wasserstein; lost a lover and many friends to AIDS; stopped drinking through the intervention of Angela Lansbury; helped launch the careers of Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, Audra McDonald, Doris Roberts, Patrick Wilson, and Joe Mantello; was an early champion of marriage equality and faced violent protests for his play Corpus Christi; survived a brutal fight with lung cancer; and finally found lasting love with his now-husband, producer Tom Kirdahy.

Included Shorts

Dirty Little Secret (14min) USA | 2018 | 14 min • Narrative Short More