Photo Flash: Regeneration Theatre Presents AS IS by William M. Hoffman

Regeneration Theatre presents AS IS by William M. Hoffman. The gay community has the opportunity to look at its historical journal through ground-breaking envelope-pushing works currently in revival in New York. Boys in the Band and Angels in America on Broadway and AS IS opening February 1 off-Broadway.

February 1-11 (Feb. 1-3, 5, 8-10 @7:30 p.m.; Feb 4 & 11 @ 2:30 p.m.). Workshop Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, NYC. Tickets are $18 and available at regeneration.brownpapertickets.com.

AS IS features Brian Alford, Robert Maisonett, Aury Krebs, Daniel Colón, Colin Chapin, Sara Minisquero, Jenne Vath, Rick Calvo, Mario Claudio; Directed B. Marcus Gualberto; produced by Regeneration's artistic director, Barnaby Edwards

In 1985, when AS IS first appeared at the Circle Theatre, AIDS was a new moment in time. A pandemic with no cure or reason. AS IS being one of the first plays, and subsequent teleplay, depicting how AIDS was affecting the LGBT Community. Its power was also in that it focused on a small group of friends - and what it did to them. It proceeded Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart by about a month.

All photos by Barnaby Edwards