| Narrated a 1984 documentary about the life, career and murder of openly gay politician Harvey Milk. |
| Created the role of effusive plump matriarch Edna Turnblad in the Broadway musical Hairspray (a stage adaptation of John Waters' 1988 silver-screen satire of the 1960s). Returned to the ro |
| Made his New York stage debut in the role of a cleaning lady in Andy Warhol's off-Broadway play, Pork. |
| Wrote and starred in Torch Song Trilogy, an autobiographical play about a man struggling with his sexual identity. |