Rodger McFarlane News

Tom Viola, the longtime Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, has announced that he will leave his position at the end of 2024. 

For the past thirty years, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has been a vital part of the theatre community, and Tom Viola has been around to nurture its growth since the organization's inception in 1988.

Each night during the 2011 Broadway revival of THE NORMAL HEART, Larry Kramer, the author of the script, stood outside the theatre to distribute a letter to members of the audience.

The Normal Heart began its limited 12-week engagement on April 19 at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street), with an official opening night set for Wednesday, April 27. For more information, visit www.TheNormalHeartBroadway.com. Playwright Larry Kramer has written the following letter, which is being distributed to audiences as they leave the theatre.

At Hand Theatre Company (Justin Scribner, Executive Director) announces that its production of Dan Horrigan's MY AiDS will benefit several LGBT organizations at each performance.

At Hand Theatre Company (Justin Scribner, Executive Director) announces that its production of Dan Horrigan's MY AiDS will benefit several LGBT organizations at each performance.

The Broadway League mourns the loss of Rodger McFarlane, the founding executive director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and a pioneer in the fight for gay and lesbian civil rights and the HIV/AIDS movements. He passed away in New Mexico on Friday.

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our friend, colleague, and hero, Rodger McFarlane. A pioneer and legend in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and HIV/AIDS movements, Rodger took his own life in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico last Friday.