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“God, I hated him ... As far as I was concerned, he was the central focus of evil in the world.”
—Larry Kramer on Anthony Fauci, in The New Yorker (2002)
“He attacked me, he called me a murderer, he called me an incompetent idiot, I mean publicly ...
It turned out I loved the guy, and I think he loved me back.”
—Anthony Fauci on Larry Kramer, PBS (2020)
Internationally acclaimed director Daniel Fish (Oklahoma!) turns his eye to one of the most combustible conversations of the AIDS crisis: the 1993 televised clash between Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading AIDS researcher, and playwright-activist Larry Kramer. A confrontation charged with rage, urgency, and unexpected intimacy, it crystallized a turning point in the fight for care, treatment, and recognition. Fish dramatizes their exchange as both history and provocation, a searing reminder of how art, activism, and public health collide on the most human terms.
Kramer/Fauci is based on a C-SPAN interview produced by National Cable Satellite Corporation, d/b/a C-SPAN, originally recorded on November 30, 1993. Used by permission. Larry Kramer text by permission of the Estate of Larry Kramer, presented in association with LD Entertainment. Kramer/Fauci was originally commissioned, developed, and presented by NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
SUPPORT
Icon Producers
Mark and Tobey Dichter
Legend Producers
Linda and David Glickstein
Executive Producers
Anonymous
Chris Deephouse and Donna Hunt
Diane Penneys Edelman and Jonathan Edelman
Steven Engelmyer and Lisa Wershaw
The Honickman Family
Co-Producers
Anonymous
Jane G. Pepper
Jonathan Lipson
Tony Forte and Ryan Hummel
Fringe Festival opening night. $100 VIP tickets include entry to pre-show reception.
140 N Columbus Blvd
General Admission: $50
140 N Columbus Blvd
General Admission: $50
140 N Columbus Blvd
General Admission: $50
140 N Columbus Blvd
General Admission: $50
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This event does not require masks to be worn