Matter

“I wanted to write things that mattered. I wanted to matter.”

—Terrence McNally (1938-2020), Tony Award-winning Broadway playwright whose work focused on gay life, died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19, “A Conversation with Terrence McNelly, the Bard of American Theater,” New York Times Style Magazine, 2019. 

• Editorial Comment: You succeeded, Mr. McNally.

• NYT Obit

 

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