Season 2, Episode 6: Featuring Broadway director Jerry Mitchell and Billy Porter, we explore how Fire Island transformed the AIDS crisis into action through The Morning Party, GMHC and ACT UP, the Fire Island Dance Festival, and the creation of Broadway Bares. Plus, the story of how Joan Rivers fell in love with Fire Island while performing a benefit for God's Love We Deliver.
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Featuring: Billy Porter, Jerry Mitchell, Bob "Rose" Levine, Jay Jurden, Chris Lovito, Ron Martin, Guy Smith, Rob Levy, Hal Hayes, Jovan Dansberry
More: findingfireisland.com
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Executive producer & Host: Jess Rothschild
Co-producer: The Pines Historical Society
Editing & Sound design: Caitlin Whyte
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