Michael Giltz: Theater: "The Normal Heart" Still Burns

THE NORMAL HEART *** out of ****
GOLDEN THEATRE

I thought the last New York revival of The Normal Heart (back in 2004 with Raul Esparsa) would establish once and for all how Larry Kramer's play stacked up as a work of art rather than the fiery agitprop it so clearly functions as on one level. The audience at this star-studded revival cheered every speech and laughed at every skewering of a thinly veiled Ed Koch as if it were 1985. AIDS is ...

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