Cruising
Have you ever gotten some action at the opera? Had an assignation while in standing-room? Crept off to the toilet (or elsewhere) with a handsome man during a performance?
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La Cieca
Filmmaker Adam Baran (Producer, Circus of Books) is collecting true stories about homosexual cruising at the Metropolitan Opera House (both at the old and new Met) for a short documentary film about the history of cruising at the opera in New York. If you have stories you’d be willing to share, please email him a note at [email protected].
Adam promises that all stories will be kept confidential and if used in the final film, they do not need to have your real name attached. There is no pay but subjects will receive copies of the film and help to preserve the important, and often overlooked histories of gay men’s sexual lives and the underground ways they found each other in the pre-and-post-Stonewall eras.
La Cieca
James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.
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