“Parterre Box embraced both the sublime and ridiculous aspects of the art form,” says an obituary of James published in the New York Times, “with a breathless, over-the-top tone familiar to the gay fans who kibitzed during intermissions at the Metropolitan Opera.”
Queer and dangerous and exciting
Zack Woolfe of The New York Times remembers James Jorden
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parterre box staff
on October 04, 2023 at 2:08 PM
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