Hello, Kittens. This is your old pal Greg Proops, the Proop Dog. Our beloved friend, Mark Crowley, the playwright,

walked on into the next universe this week at the age of 84. He was born in Mississippi, went to New York City,

got a job working with Ilya Kazan, the movie director, became a personal assistant and confidante

to Natalie Wood, the actress, who encouraged him to write. And then he wrote the

groundbreaking gay play, The Boys in the Band, which became a movie, I'm going to play. Then it was

revived and won a Tony on Broadway last year, and is going to be a Netflix movie that comes out in June.

This is an interview we did with him in 2014 at Joe's Pub in New York. It's preceded by

interaction with the fabulous John Epperson on piano, who also is known as

Lipsinka, the fabulous Lipsinka, and Tony Visconti, who is the producer of such great artists

as T-Rex and David Bowie.

So listen to this interview with Mark Crowley.

It's about an hour in from 2014 at Joe's Pub.

And regularly scheduled Proopcast will drop soon after this this week. Thank you.

Good evening, Manhattan. Welcome to the Greg Proop's chat show. I'm Greg Proop's speaking to you from far, far away.

From the far climbs of the backstage.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a fabulous show for you here tonight, but first,

before let's get going with one of the most intensely wonderful performers that New York has ever produced,

please welcome the fabulous Lipsinka.

Thank you. How lovely to be a woman, the weight was well worthwhile. How lovely to wear mascara and smile, a woman smile. how lovely to have a figure that's round instead of flat

whenever I hear boys whistle hey now I'm what they're whistling at I'm a girl and by me that's only great.

I am proud that my silhouette is curvy, that I walk with a sweet and girlish gate,

with my hips kind of swively and swervy.

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