VIDEO: 21 Theatre Stars Come Together to Remember the Glory Days of 1980's Theatre in New York

From Broadway to downtown experimental shows, New York City's theater community ruled supreme throughout the 1980's.

Check out 21 of the scene's starry alumni, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Willem Dafoe, Cynthia Nixon, Glenn Close, Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick and more in the video as 21 stars of the stage come together for a T magazine photo shoot at the LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Manhattan's East Village and reminisced about their first big breaks and the glory days of the theatre scene in 1980's NYC.

Read the full story at The New York Times/T Magazine.

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