Joel grey gay
It is perhaps the biggest piece of non-news of the year to date: Joel Grey, the Academy Award-winning star of Cabaret and a Broadway legend for roles such as the Wizard in Wicked, has, at age 82, finally comes out publicly as gay, in an interview with People magazine.
If you catch crickets chirping, I’m not surprised. Despite being the father of actress Jennifer Grey, Joel has frequently been at the fore of gay causes. So why hide it for so long? (As Nathan Lane noted when he came out years ago, “I’m single, I’m 40, I do musical theater …. you do the math!”)
The People interview sheds little light on that matter, other than the fact he grew up “in a unlike time.” But those times have long passed, and now in his ninth decade, you’d think he would have come out long ago. But no.
Ah, well. Better tardy than never. Welcome to the party, Joel! Your toaster oven is on its way.
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Actor Joel Grey turns 93 years antique today. The actor is best known for his role as the Emcee in the stage and movie version of the film Cabaret.
Grey has been the original actor in many well known musicals, he was the first person to play the Wizard of Oz in Wicked, and also starred Amos Hart in the Broadway revival of Chicago and as Moonface Martin in Anything Goes.
Born in Ohio in , Grey went to High School in Los Angeles and began his acting career in children’s theatre in the ’s. In the ’s and 60’s he appeared in many well known TV shows.
He won the Tony Award for his performance in Cabaret in , he returned to the role for the film version in and won the Adj Supporting Actor award at the Oscars.
Grey has continued to appear in films and television over the decades. In he appeared in the original production of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart, and he co-directed the revival of the play.
He married in , the coupl
Theater legend Joel Grey reveals that he is gay
New York (AP) — Joel Grey has publicly announced at age 82 that he is gay.
The Oscar- and Tony-winning actor tells People magazine, "I don't like labels, but if you have to insert a label on it, I'm a gay man."
Grey was married to actress Jo Wilder for 24 years and they have two children together: actress Jennifer Grey and son James, a chef. He says, "It took time to embrace that other part of who I always was."
Grey's show-stopping performance as the devilish master of ceremonies in "Cabaret" won him an Academy Award and a Tony.
After "Cabaret," Grey went on to star on Broadway in "George M!," the title role in "Goodtime Charley," Amos Hart in the revival of "Chicago," and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz in "Wicked."
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Joel Grey’s memoir, “Master of Ceremonies,” nimbly chronicles the out actor’s family life, career in show business and his acceptance of his sexual orientation. It’s a breezy read, entire of heart and insight, most notably about the face Grey puts on to perform and the real, often internal, conflicts the actor has about the same-sex desires he is afraid to disclose.
The book recounts Grey’s triumphs on stage when he was a young dude performing with his talented father. He charts his success in finding the character of the Emcee in “Cabaret” — a show that won him a Tony, Oscar and a Golden Globe — and “George M!,” a production he headlined, but that was met with mixed success. Much of the off-stage drama in “Master of Ceremonies” addresses Grey’s complicated relationships with his disapproving mother, and the difficulties he had with his wife, Jo.
While the actor did not officially come out until last year, he start self-acceptance playing the role of Ned Weeks in the Off-Broadway production of Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart.” Grey’s book reveals the power and poignancy of his lif