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DTX Adolph... TOMMY TUNE

TOMMY TUNE

Ask ... and he'll tell

By DANIEL KUSNER | Nov. 7, 1997

In 1995, Tommy Tune, the lovable God of Broadway, broke his foot on a tryout tour of a new musical called Busker Alley.

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During his convalescence he managed to write a tell-all personal memoir, Footnotes* (Simon & Schuster), and cut a lushly produced romantic album Slow Dancin' (RCA Victor).

In his candid, humorous and heart-felt book, Tune reveals elements of his life that may surprise some, mostly about his sexuality and the history of his Wichita Falls-based family (one of his grandfathers, after having a bad day on the farm, killed all his hired hands, shot Grandma, and then himself).

Although his sexual identity may be ambiguous, he's been labeled "gay" by publications such as The Advocate.

This label doesn't completely suit the entertainer.

Tune writes of a mysterious, very famous female he calls "Jane" who he claims was the great love of his life.

During his publicity tour for both of these projects, the 6'-6" toast of Broadway made a stop to his Texas homeland.

At the Aldolphus Hotel here in Dallas, Tommy Tune stretched his tall alien-esque physique along a deep, comfortable couch to be interrogated by yet another interviewer.

His voice is soothing, soft and gentle — not unlike the way John Ritter sounded in Sling Blade.

He looks you right in the eye when he speaks, and you can't help but fall into his gaze and be entertained, by the innocent, adolescent glee he possessed when he was just a chorus boy arriving in New York City to audition for his first show — Irma LaDouce.

Now 58 years old, the remarkable, award-winning dancer, actor, director, choregrapher, author, singer is still a gentleman first and foremost.

DK: So we're from the gay press.

Tommy Tune: Oh wow. Are you hostile or friendly?

DK: Oh, we're vivacious and clever and funny.

TT: I was interviewed for The Advocate, and the writer wrote an article that was very friendly, but he turned it in and The Advocate rejected it. So he had to go back and write it again and make it into something else. The Advocate wanted to write their own story. Many times people want to write their own stories before they've interviewed you. Texas Monthly did an article on me and the writer had already written it before he'd interviewed me. But that's | their story and not my story. But he went right ahead and wrote it anyway, f (Laughs)

DK: I read The Advocate article, and it said you're officially coming out.

TT: What makes for an official coming out? I don't get it because I don't consider that I've ever been anything but myself. No one has ever asked, but that was then. When I was moving in to my success and celebrity, nothing was ever said because we were living in this severe double standard where it was "don't ask, don't tell" — we won't ask and you don't tell. Something like that.

DK: Would you consider yourself gay?

TT: Well, that's part of the story, but not all of it.

DK: How would you describe your sexuality?

TT: Pan-sexual.

DK: Because in Footnotes, you said the only real love relationship you had was with the mysterious "Jane."

TT: Well, that was my great love. There are other women that I didn't talk about. I didn't talk about everything in the book. I sort of did some literary channel-surfing through what I was experiencing as I was working to heal my foot and that's what came out. It's not the full story, I would say it's excerpts from the score.

DK: About "Jane", did you want to name her, but legally couldn't or…

TT: I chose not to. She's happily married now and I'm a gentleman.

DK: Because I'm dying to know who it is.

TT: The name really isn't important. The heart part is what I experienced and was able to experience. Of course, at the time, I do remember asking her, like I said in the book, is this relationship gonna be forever? And it turned out that it wasn't and it ended. I didn't know how good it was until I started taking stock at this point in my life. Then I realized that was the most successful, intimate relationship I've ever had.

DK: When I got to the part about "Jane," and I realized: Tommy Tune isn't gay. I don't hold a lot of faith in sexual labels, and I don't know if labels are even ideal.

TT: I don't go for labels — sexual or otherwise. I've just added two new labels to my life. I was a song and dance man, a director, a choreographer, an actor. And now I get to add two more: author. And now I have a CD. I keep adding labels. So I think you can be anything.

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DK: At your first Tony awards ceremony, you took your boyfriend (Michel Stuart) with you, and you were seated apart from each other. The television cameras avoided you as a couple, but then you won Best Featured Actor in a Musical. If you were gonna re-do that moment — knowing that you were being treated that way — would you have demanded better seats? Would you have played that situation with a little more purpose?

TT: Again these are all stairway thoughts — where what you should have said or done occurs to you after you've left the room and it hits you as you're walking down the stairs. The Tony awards was all stuff I put together as I was writing Footnotes. Michel Stuart and I never discussed it, but as I was writing Footnotes* it came to me and I thought it was important. I was surprised by what I wrote in this book, because I've never taken an intermission in my career. I've always been lucky enough to be working on one show and have two more on the back burners. This accident occurred and it gave me a chance to take stock, and I was obviously harboring this resent- ment, but it had never come to the front until I took the pen in my hand and started to write.

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DK: Is The Rosie O'Donnell Show a stop on this publicity tour?

TT: No it's not, and I don't know why.

DK: Well, I'm wondering. Until now you've been very much family- fare entertainment, but now you've become the candid Tommy Tune and been labeled as being publicly out. Has the scope of publicity for Footnotes* changed because you've violated the don't ask, don't tell rule?

TT: I don't know. Footnotes* just came out this past week, so I don't know what the far-reaching effect and reverberations will be.

DK: Well, you're a Broadway god. I would think that Rosie would be dying to have you on her show.

TT: This is interesting, I saw Rosie at the opening of Titanic. She said, 'How's your foot?' And I said, 'It's well.' And I said, 'Congratulations on the show. You're such a huge success!' And we were loving Titanic. Then she asked, what I had been doing. I said, 'Rosie, I wrote a book while I was getting my foot back.' She said, 'You'll come on the show, we'll sell it.' So I said, 'Great! Wonderful! Thank you!' An authors dream. So the publicity woman called The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and for about a month they hedged. And then finally it faded out.

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DK: Well, Rosie is someone who's sort of sexually correct. And I get the feeling that there's that don't ask/don't tell policy surrounding her. How would you feel if someone told you there was a don't ask/don't tell policy about the publicity of this book?

TT: Well, I answer whatever questions they ask me. And every interview that I've done for this book, including The Today Show with Katie Couric, has talked about sexuality. Which means that even though I think it's a small part of the book, it's not a small part of our lives in America today. It's a big deal. But it's not a big deal to me. I go to sleep at night very peacefully. It's not a big deal to me, but it is to everyone else.

DK: If you were asked not to talk about it, would it be a big deal to you?

TT: I think that whatever is appropriate for whatever forum is the right way to go. And there are big secrets that I wrote about in Footnotes* that were very comfortable writing about. But they're not things that I would be comfortable discussing on a television show. This book is a personal memoir. But now the readers have it. Some of it is unspeakable, but it is writeable.

DK: You've even built a safety net for readers for when you discuss the more sordid parts in Footnotes*. You tell them to skip to the next part if they're going to get offended.

TT: My publishers suggested that I take it out. But I thought it was all right. If you truly don't want to know about that aspect, then move on. I doubt that there's anybody that would read that little warning and not read the dirty parts.

DK: How do you dance with another man?

TT: I guess it's like having sex with another man — you sort of get into it. Who's going to lead and who's going to follow. And then you switch off, I guess. I've always been the leader because I'm so big. But I'm learning to follow. Dancing is like making love anyway — it's a very intimate act. You just have to be sensitive to the other person.

DK: You're 58 years old. And I'm 28. You moved to New York City when you were young and virile. Tell me about being homosexual in the pre-AIDS sexual heyday. Am I missing much?

TT: Well, sure. And I'm sorry. I hope that just because we were so free and wild that we didn't spoil it for everyone else. I think that it must be hard because everyone wants to live life to the fullest.

DK: Well, I don't really know the difference. All I know is that this other history existed, and I don't really know what I'm missing. But you and Andy Warhol did cum facials together?

TT: [Laughing.] Oh, lord. There was an interview on New York television. And the guy interviewing me was just an in-the-closet-Ivy-Leaguer or a homophobe. And most homophobes, you look past it, and you say — they have a problem with this. Me thinks they doth protest too much. But this interviewer was saying, 'Well, if this memoir ruins your career, you can always write pornography.' And I said, 'Do you think it's pornographic?' And he said, 'Just the part about you and Andy Warhol.'

DK: Are you gonna do a performing tour for your album Slow Dancin'?

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TT: None of that music is performable. It's much too mellow. That's what was so interesting about doing Slow Dancin'. I've never sung that quietly before. I usually belt them out to hit the back row of the balcony. This is what was so interesting about making an album, because I wanted it to sound like I was singing in your ear.

DK: I didn't think I was going to like your album. But then I put it on and it had a really cool, trippy, dreamy quality. There are no big crescendos or surprising climaxes, the whole album has a smooth take-off and nice landing. I enjoyed it. What were you thinking about in the production of Slow Dancin'?

TT: We wanted to make an album you could trust. I love to entertain company. My father taught me how to cook. And I'm a really good cook. I like to light the candles make the food, ice the champagne. And inevitably the doorbell will ring, and I've forgotten the music. So I jump into the closet put on a disc. And the first two songs are ballady. And that will start to set the evening and getting it right. But then the third song is usually a loud song and you have to get up and change the CD. So Ifelt there would be a place in the world for an album that was consistent and we painted with a narrow pallet. Wally Harper (the producer) kept saying 'Tommy, I want to give them the feeling without the noise.' He insisted that Slow — I guess dancing — is like having sex with another man. You sort of get into it. Who’s going to lead. And who’s going to follow. And then you switch off I guess. I’ve always been the leader because I’m so big. But I’m learning to follow. Dancin' is for the bedroom But I said it's for dining. It was the difference between us.

DV: In the book you give your opinion of a lot of other singers dancers and entertainers. One person I'd like to know your opinion of is Michael Jackson — both as a performer and your opinion of his public personality.

TT: I admire him as an artist. I think he's tops! I'd love to work with him. I'd love to make a show with Michael Jackson. All the rest of it is stuff I've read in the newspapers.... And I know what's written about me in newspapers. And that's not the whole story. And it's not necessarily his either.

DK: You've dealt with a lot of hard times: career disappointments rejection deaths of close friends and lovers. And I know suicide is a big part of your family heritage. You say you think about it everyday. Do you think there's a point where you've been accepting of death and ready to die?

TT: Oh, yeah I think I'm there already. I think it's okay. If the plane goes down this evening on the way to San Francisco — that's okay. It is. But you won't know this until later because, I know how I felt at your age.

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After crossing the border without issue dozens of times in recent years, a man from the U.S. with a fiancée and toddler in Ontario says he was indefinitely barred from Canada last month after a border agent took issue with a set of charges placed on him more than a decade ago.

Ohio resident Jimmy Bailey is a father to six children, five of whom live in Aurora, Ont. with his fiancée, Emily. While Bailey is an American, Emily and the children are Canadian citizens. On most days, Bailey says he serves as a stay-at-home-dad in Aurora to his toddler, Lachlan.

But Bailey hasn’t seen his fiancée or kids since March 26, when he says he was told by a Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) employee that he’d been barred from the country indefinitely.

"It's been miserable," Bailey said in an interview from his parent's basement in Ohio, where he's been sleeping since being told he cannot return to his family.

Since meeting Emily in 2018, Bailey says he’s crossed the Canada-U.S. border dozens of times a year and when COVID-19 hit and he sold his business in 2020, those trips increased significantly said he doesn't understand what made the last crossing any different.

"Why in the world would the Canadian government allow me in, probably, 500 times without incident and then all of a sudden say, ‘Oh, wait, like anyone with a criminal record, has legal avenues available to gain entry into other countries, but experts say many people don't know they're inadmissible, let alone of their options to gain back eligible status that Bailey is aware, he said he’s actively working with a lawyer to try and re-enter Canada, but in the meantime, his young son has grown confused and upset.

“He thinks I'm at the store,” he said really, really sad, he doesn't understand why I can't come back and every time I talk to him, he cries the early hours of March 27, Bailey said he was making the 10-hour drive from his parent’s home in Ohio back to Canada.

After arriving at the Peace Bridge border crossing, he says he was flagged by a border services agent and told to report to customs, where he was asked “all the usual questions.”

“I waited about 45 minutes and then [the agent] called me up to the glass and said, smiling, ‘Oh, you're inadmissible to Canada, actually,’” he recalled I said, ‘What are you talking about have a son a stay-at-home dad to kids with special needs wife goes out and works,’” he said.

However, the agent had made up their mind, he said, citing two charges placed on Bailey as a result of a 2010 incident – one that Bailey describes as a complete accident.

When CTV News Toronto reached out to CBSA for further clarification on Bailey’s case, the agency said they couldn’t comment on individual cases under Canada’s Privacy Act.

In a statement, CBSA spokesperson Maria Ladouceur said all of the agency’s officers are “trained in the interview, examination and investigative techniques’ use proven indicators, advanced information, intelligence, innovative technology and information-sharing to carry out their mandate,” Ladoucer said.

The admissibility of travellers is decided on a case-by-case basis based on the information presented to the officers, who then must assess the security risk and admissibility of each individual, she said.

The summer Bailey turned 30, his grandfather gave him a clay pigeon launcher, he recalled during the interview been shooting guns his whole life,” he said rural Ohio, it’s not like in Canada – you hear gunfire on any given summer day shoot their guns.”

On a June day in 2010, Bailey said he decided to take advantage of the gift and set himself up for a session of target practice in the backyard of his then-girlfriend.

The property Bailey was shooting on backed up against a tree line, he said that a field, another treeline, and a small lake separated his property from another resident’s – about a mile away, according to Bailey.

Bailey shot clay pigeons for a while, before deciding to switch to his then-girlfriend’s handgun, aiming at what he thought was a “safe backstop,” he explained.

After “about an hour of shooting the handgun,” Bailey said he packed it up, went back inside, and went to bed the next day knocked on his door, Bailey recalled – the officers were investigating after a nearby resident had been shot, he said the man had been struck by a bullet fragment in the groin, the officers informed Bailey.

At first, Bailey said his girlfriend only admitted to shooting at the clay pigeons when questioned by the police, failing to reveal that a handgun had been fired, initially went along with the lie, a move that would turn out to be “the biggest mistake of my life,” he said.

“A few days later, they came back with a warrant, Bailey would end up charged by the state of Ohio with one count of negligent assault and one count of obstruction.

“I plead no contest, took the required gun safety course right away, paid my fine, and completed my probation,” he said to Andres Pelenur, an immigration lawyer with Borders Law Firm in Toronto, who will likely be able to gain access to Canada again, journey to a barrier-free entry process could be an arduous one.

“There are no quick fixes,” Pelenur told CTV News Toronto in an interview Thursday arrested or convicted of a crime may be barred from entering Canada and categorized as ‘inadmissible,’ Pelenur said with criminal records crossing the border are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with the main factor under consideration being the individual’s risk of reoffending.

Because of the case-by-case evaluation, sometimes individuals who are at risk of being deemed inadmissible due to past crimes are allowed in without issue, the lawyer explained, those crossing the border won't be outright asked if they have a criminal history, Pelenur said -- it depends on the agent.

“A lot of people don't even know that they're inadmissible,” Pelenur said can be waved through incorrectly from a strictly legal perspective, and this happens quite commonly, so they’ll have no clue.”

Bailey said he's had a border agent flag his criminal history once before, during the pandemic, that particular agent, Bailey recalled, deemed his entry to be low-risk and waved him through.

Once someone with a criminal record is inadmissible, re-entry can be a clean go through the criminal rehabilitation program, which can’t be initiated until five years after an individual has completed their sentence.

“[Once submitted], it can literally take years to process,” he said can be a real problem for people option, which Pelenur called a kind of “stop gap,” is a ‘Temporary Resident Permit.’

“It’s a [permit] that allows people to enter Canada when they have a criminal inadmissibility, and they're not yet allowed to apply or obtain the criminal rehabilitation,” he explained.

A temporary resident permit is only good for one entry and expires after a predetermined amount of time. These permits are granted to individuals whose need to enter or stay in Canada outweighs any possible health or safety risks to Canadian society, as determined by an immigration or a border agent.

At the time of publication, Bailey said he was in the process of applying for a temporary resident permit so that he can see his family as soon as possible and is also seeking to start the criminal rehabilitation process with his lawyer, he said.

Canada’s inadmissibility rules can be “harsh,” Pelenur said, and the system, at the end of the day, is not a very permissive one, he added I do think it’s fair,” the lawyer stated.

For Bailey, the matter transcends immigration policy into the personal – he says the bottom line, for him, remains his family's fiancées have been caring for five children alone for two weeks now, he says while bringing in their primary income.

“It’s been a complete role reversal,” Bailey said used to stay at home and pretty much run the household – with [five] kids it’s its own full-time job.”

In the meantime, he said he’s focusing on getting his temporary permit and consoling his family, including Lachlan, who still doesn’t quite understand the situation.

“He’s starting to freak out when people in his life leave – like when his mom goes to the store,” Bailey said thinks that people aren't coming back.”

“I just tell him I love him and that I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

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Live Oak Theatre Announces the Cast of Singin’ In the Rain, Jr.

Below is the cast of Live Oak Théâtre’s production of Singin’ in the Rain, Jr. Many of the roles are shared. Live Oak Theatre Announces the Cast of Singin’ In the Rain, Jr. Here is the cast list and when they are performing. - Purple Cast Blue Cast - Sunday 5/7 2:30pm Friday 5/5 7:30pm - Friday 5/12 7:30pm, Saturday 5/13 2:30pm - Saturday 5/13 7:30pm Sunday 5/14 2:30pm - Saturday 5/20 2:30pm Friday 5/19 7:30pm - Sunday 5/21 2:30pm Saturday 5/20 7:30pm - Elijah Torres…………….Don Lockwood………..Micah Rossiter - Rachel George…………..Kathy Seldon……..….Alannah Allocco - Titus Richards…………...Cosmo Brown………..Zeke Richards - Amber Marino…………….Lina Lamont………....Reese Monroe - Kaylee Umstead………….Dora Bailey…………..Abby DePriest - Micah Rossiter…….Broadway Melody Host…….Elijah Torres TAP dance ensemble - Micah Rossiter Elijah Torres - Alannah Allocco Rachel George - Zeke Richards Titus Richards - Reese Monroe Amber Marino - Madison Frassrand Madison Frassrand - Evelyn Mitten Evelyn Mitten - Leah Robitaille Leah Robitaille - Caitee Grace Gunn Caitee Grace Gunn Both Casts - R.F Simpson- Leif Rasmussen - Dexter- Truman Rossiter - Roz- Noah King - Zelda- Natasha Berard - Ensemble- Cadence Dumala, Giada Falato, Leila Guerrios, Caitee Grace Gunn, - Helen Hernandez, Katie Johnson, Addie Ladoucer, Ava McKissock, Cecilia McKissock, - Nina McKissock, Evelyn Mitten, Maisie Munroe, Amelia Olejniczak, Tatiana Peach, - Laurel Rasmussen, Nick Ritenis, Leah Robitaille, Juliet Solecki, Adah Stephens, Chiara Partain, Nehemiah Torres, Aaron Trombley, Rowan Wilson For more information about the Live Oak Theatre Company, or to reserve seating or Flex passes, visit www.LiveOakTheatre.org, or email [email protected] , or call 352-593-0027. Visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LiveOakTheatre. About Singin’ in the Rain Jr. The "Greatest Movie Musical of All Time" is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from their original award-winning screenplay in Singin' in the Rain JR. Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make Singin' in the Rain JR. a guaranteed good time for performers and audience members alike. Singin' in the Rain JR. has all the makings of a Tinseltown tabloid headline — the starlet, the leading man and a love affair that could change lives and make or break careers! In silent movies, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a hot item, but behind the scenes, things aren't always as they appear on the big screen! Meanwhile, Lina's squeaky voice might be the end of her career in "talking pictures" without the help of a talented young actress to do the talking and singing for her. About the Acorn Theatre Acorn Theatre is Live Oak’s Youth Theatre program for students ages 8-18. This performance class meets to rehearse on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00- 6:30. The class will run in 8-week periods with 6 performances at the end of each term. The Acorn Theatre works together to produce and perform 3 shows each year as well as participate in Brooksville’s annual Tree Lighting. The Acorn Theatre production team consists of rotating Directors/Instructors who are assisted by a team of apprentices in the areas of Stage Manager, Assistant Director, costumes, choreography, lighting, sound, music and set design. Parent volunteers are always welcomed in these areas as well. Acorn Theatre apprentices are chosen from regular performers of Live Oak who have “grown up” on our stage. They assume leadership roles in the production and mentor the students of the Youth Theatre. About Live Oak Theatre Company (LOT), Live Oak Theatre Company (LOT) is a not-for-profit 501 (C) (3) repertory company of local artists, located at the Carol and Frank Morsani Center for the Arts, 21030 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, FL 34601. The Live Oak Theatre Company exists to enrich families, individuals, and the community by providing positive artistic experiences in the Performing Arts - including excellent, affordable, and edifying family friendly entertainment, performance, and educational opportunities for Theatre patrons and participants of all ages. For more information about the Live Oak Theatre Company, including sponsorship and audition opportunities, go to www.LiveOakTheatre.org, email [email protected] , or call 352-593-0027. Visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LiveOakTheatre. Read the full article

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Floriane Durin, Marianne Pommier et Carl Miclet se suivent depuis de nombreuses années, des bancs de l'école d'acteurs d'où ils sont sortis aux plateaux de théâtre et de tournage, en passant par différents projets d'éducation artistique. Tous trois partagent un goût tout particulier pour les grands auteurs, leurs mots, leur souffle, pour un théâtre de la démesure et de l'incarnation, ainsi que pour ce qu'on appelle communément la pop-culture (musique, arts plastiques, cinéma, séries…). Après avoir travaillé pendant de nombreuses années « pour d'autres », ils décident de s'emparer de leur outil de travail et de porter eux-même leurs envies à la scène.

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dankusner · 5 months

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In 1995, Tommy Tune, the lovable God of Broadway, broke his foot on a tryout tour of a new musical called Busker Alley.

During his convalescence he managed to write a tell-all personal memoir, Footnotes* (Simon & Schuster), and cut a lushly produced romantic album Slow Dancin' (RCA Victor).

In his candid, humorous and heart-felt book, Mister Tune reveals elements of his life that may surprise some, mostly about his sexuality and the history of his family (one of his grandfathers, after having a bad day on the farm, killed all his hired hands, shot Grandma, and then himself).

Although his sexual identity may be ambiguous, he's been labeled "gay" by publications such as The Advocate.

This label doesn't completely suit the entertainer, he writes of a mysterious, very, very famous female he calls "Jane" who he claims was the great love of his life.

During his publicity tour for both of these projects, the 6'-6" toast of Broadway made a stop to his Texas homeland.

At the Aldolphus Hotel here in Dallas, Tommy Tune stretched his tall alien-esque physique along a deep, comfortable couch to be interrogated by yet another interviewer.

His voice is soothing, soft and gentle — not unlike the way John Ritter sounded in Sling Blade.

Now 58 years old, the remarkable, award-winning dancer, actor, director, choregrapher, author, singer is still a gentleman first and foremost.

Dallas Voice: So we're from the gay press.

Tommy Tune: Oh wow. Are you hostile or friendly?

DV: Oh, we're vivacious and clever and funny.

DV: I read The Advocate article, and it said you're officially coming out.

TT: What makes for an official com- ing out? I don't get it because I don't consider that I've ever been anything but myself. No one has ever asked, but that was then. When I was moving in to my success and celebrity, nothing was ever said because we were living in this severe double standard where it was "don't ask, don't tell" — we won't ask and you don't tell. Something like that.

DV: Would you consider yourself gay?

TT: Well, that's part of the story, but not all of it.

DV: How would you describe your sexuality?

TT: Pan-sexual.

DV: Because in Footnotes*, you said the only real love relationship you had was with the mysterious "Jane."

DV: About "Jane", did you want to name her, but legally couldn't or...

TT: I chose not to. She's happily mar- ried now and I'm a gentleman.

DV: Because I'm dying to know who it is.

TT: The name really isn't important. The heart part is what I experienced and was able to experience. Of course, at the time, I do remember asking her, like I said in the book, is this relation- ship gonna be forever? And it turned out that it wasn't and it ended. I didn't know how good it was until I started taking stock at this point in my life. Then I realized that was the most suc- cessful, intimate relationship I've ever had.

DV: When I got to the part about "Jane," and I realized: Tommy Tune isn't gay. I don't hold a lot of faith in sexual labels, and I don't know if labels are even ideal.

TT: I don't go for labels, sexual or otherwise. I've just added two new labels to my life. I was a song and dance man, a director, a choreographer, an actor, and now I get to add two more: author, and now I have a CD. I keep adding labels. So I think you can be anything.

DV: At your first Tony awards cere- mony, you took your boyfriend (Michel Stuart) with you, and you were seated apart from each other. The television cameras avoided you as a couple, but then you won Best Featured Actor in a Musical. If you were gonna re-do that moment, know- ing that you were being treated that way, would you have demanded better seats? Would you have played that sit- uation with a little more purpose?

TT: Again these are all stairway thoughts — where what you should have said or done occurs to you after you've left the room and it hits you as you're walking down the stairs. The Tony awards was all stuff I put together as I was writing Footnotes*. Michel Stuart and I never discussed it, but as I was writing Footnotes* it came to me and I thought it was important. I was surprised by what I wrote in this book, because I've never taken an intermis- sion in my career. I've always been lucky enough to be working on one show and have two more on the back burners. This accident occurred and it gave me a chance to take stock, and I was obviously harboring this resent- ment, but it had never come to the front until I took the pen in my hand and started to write.

DV: Is The Rosie O'Donnell Show a stop on this publicity tour?

TT: No it's not, and I don't know why.

DV: Well, I'm wondering. Until now you've been very much family- fare entertainment, but now you've become the candid Tommy Tune and been labeled as being publicly out. Has the scope of publicity for Footnotes* changed because you've violated the don't ask, don't tell rule?

TT: I don't know. Footnotes* just came out this past week, so I don't know what the far-reaching effect and rever- berations will be.

DV: Well, you're a Broadway god. I would think that Rosie would be dying to have you on her show.

TT: This is interesting, I saw Rosie at the opening of Titanic. She said, 'How's ontinued from Page 21 your foot?' and I said, 'It's well.' And I said, 'Congratulations on the show, you're such a huge success!' And we were loving Titanic. Then she asked, what I had been doing. I said, 'Rosie, I wrote a book while I was getting my foot back.' She said, 'You'll come on the show, we'll sell it.' So I said, 'Great! Wonderful! Thank you!' Am authors dream. So the publicity woman called The Rosie O'Donnell Show and for about a month they hedged, and then finally it faded out.

DV: Well, Rosie is someone who's sort of sexually correct. And I get the feeling that there's that don't ask/don't tell policy surrounding her. How would you feel if someone told you there was a don't ask/don't tell policy about the publicity of this book?

TT: Well, I answer whatever ques- tions they ask me, and every interview that I've done for this book, including The Today Show with Katie Couric, has talked about sexuality. Which means that even though I think it's a small part of the book, it's not a small part of our lives in America today. It's a big deal. But it's not a big deal to me. I go to sleep at night very peacefully. It's not a big deal to me, but it is to everyone else.

DV: If you were asked not to talk about it, would it be a big deal to you?

TT: I think that whatever is appropri- ate for whatever forum is the right way to go. And there are big secrets that I wrote about in Footnotes* that were very comfortable writing about. But they're not things that I would be comfortable discussing on a television show. This book is a personal memoir, but now the readers have it. Some of it is unspeak- able, but it is writeable.

DV: You've even built a safety net for readers for when you discuss the more sordid parts in Footnotes*, you tell them to skip to the next part if they're going to get offended.

DV: How do you dance with anoth- er man?

TT: I guess it's like having sex with another man — you sort of get into it. Who's going to lead and who's going to follow, and then you switch off, I guess. I've always been the leader because I'm so big, but I'm learning to follow. Dancing is like making love anyway — it's a very intimate act. You just have to be sensitive to the other person.

DV: You're 58 years old and I'm 28. You moved to New York City when you were young and virile. Tell me about being homosexual in the pre- AIDS sexual heyday. Am I missing much?

DV: Well, I don't really know the difference. All I know is that this other history existed, and I don't really know what I'm missing. But you and Andy Warhol did cum facials togeth- er?

TT: (laughing) Oh lord! (more laugh- ing) There was an interview on New York television and the guy interview- ing me was just an in-the-closet-Ivy- Leaguer or a homophobe. And most homophobes, you look past it, and you say — they have a problem with this. Me thinks they doth protest too much. But this interviewer was saying, 'Well, if this memoir ruins your career, you can always write pornography.' And I said, 'Do you think it's pornographic?' And he said, 'Just the part about you and Andy Warhol.’

DV: Are you gonna do a performing tour for your album Slow Dancin’?

TT: None of that music is per- formable. It's much too mellow. That's what was so interesting about doing Slow Dancin'. I've never sung that qui- etly before. I usually belt them out to hit the back row of the balcony. This is what was so interesting about making an album, because I wanted it to sound like I was singing in your ear.

DV: I didn't think I was going to like your album. But then I put it on and it had a really cool, trippy, dreamy quality. There are no big crescendos or surprising climaxes, the whole album has a smooth take-off and nice land- ing. I enjoyed, it. What were you thinking about in the production of Sloiv Dancin’?

TT: We wanted to make an album you could trust. I love to entertain com- pany. My father taught me how to cook, and I'm a really good cook. I like to light the candles, make the food, ice the champagne. And inevitably the door- bell will ring and I've forgotten the music. So I jump into the closet, put on a disc and the first two songs are balla- dy and that will start to set the evening and getting it right. But then the third song is uaually a loud song, and you have to get up and change the CD. So I felt there would be a place in the world for an album that was consistent, and we painted with a narrow pallet. Wally Harper (the producer) kept saying, 'Tommy, I want to give them the feeling without the noise.' He insisted that Slow I guess dancing is like having sex with another man — you sort of get into it. Who’s going to lead and who’s going to follow, and then you switch off , I guess. I’ve always been the leader because I’m so big, but I’m learning to follow Dancin' is for the bedroom, but I said it's for dining. It was the difference between us.

DV: In the book, you give your opinion of a lot of other singers, dancers and entertainers. One person I'd like to know your opinion of is Michael Jackson — both as a per- former and your opinion of his public personality.

TT: I admire him as an artist. I think he's tops! I'd love to work with him. I'd love to make a show with Michael Jackson. All the rest of it is stuff I've read in the newspaper, and I know what's written about me in newspapers and that's not the whole story, and it's not necessarily his either.

DV: You've dealt with a lot of hard times: career disappointments, rejec- tion, deaths of close friends and lovers, and I know suicide is a big part of your family heritage. You say you think about it everyday. Do you think there's a point where you've been accepting of death and ready to die?

TT: Oh yeah, I think I'm there already. I think it's okay. If the plane goes down this evening, on the way to San Francisco — that's okay. It is. But you won't know this until later because I know how I felt at your age.

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