An exuberant dancer and a popular figure in New York’s avant-garde
Energetic entertainer and songwriter (“I Honestly Love You”)
L.A. Chicano artist whose vibrant murals drew on barrio folk art
Stage director who won a 1973 Tony for “That Championship Season”
Cuban novelist; his 1969 “Singing from the Well” won France’s Prix Medici
Oscar-winning lyricist for “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast”
Makeup artist who “designed” Elizabeth Taylor and Cheryl Tiegs
Short-story writer whose first collection won a PEN/Hemingway award
Legendary director, choreographer and coproducer of “A Chorus Line”
Enterprising director of Manhattan’s Museum of American Folk Art
The actress who played the feisty Miss Kitty on TV’s “Gunsmoke”
Director of a much-praised 1984 documentary on William Burroughs
A pioneering architect who helped originate the High Tech style
Self-described “public sculptor” who combined sculpture and furniture
Broadway leading man best known as a star of “Grand Hotel”
Lyricist and composer who co-wrote the musical “Grease”
The Scottish actor who costarred in the 1981 “Chariots of Fire”
Distinguished travel writer, best known for his 1977 “In Patagonia”
Author of “Night Sweat” (1984), apparently the first play about AIDS
Fashion model who became a trendsetting jewelry designer
Cinematographer for “Rocky,” “The Formula” and “The Karate Kid”
French film critic and editor of the influential journal Cahiers du Cinema
Coauthor of “A Chorus Line,” Broadway’s longest-running show
Film and stage actor, star of “Midnight Express” and “The Normal Heart”
Author of the prize-winning 1989 novel “Trouble the Waters”
For nearly 30 years, choreographer Maurice Bejart’s lead dancer
Cofounder of New York’s progressive Dance Theater Workshop
Zany New York performance artist who played King Lear-and Cordelia
Scene-stealing costar of “A Room With a View” and “Trading Places”
The fashion designer whose quirky clothes became classics
Cofounder, with his companion Gary Abrahams, of L.A.’s Filmex festival
Versatile actor praised for his lead role in “Children of a Lesser God”
Tony-award-winning writer of Broadway’s 1981 hit “Dreamgirls”
An architect whose designs sought to integrate architecture with nature
Novelist whose “Second Son” (1988) was a love story of two men with AIDS
The postmodernist and anti-authoritarian French philosopher
Interior designer whose lavish “Style Rothschild” epitomized ’80s opulence
Motel the tailor in the stage and film versions of “Fiddler on the Roof”
Washington Ballet choreographer who created a ballet for Baryshnikov
Editor of Art & Auction magazine and chronicler of the art world
Autobiographical French novelist; one roman a clef involved Foucault
The designer whose elegant ’70s fashions said the freaky ’60s were history
Subway graffiti artist whose cartoonish images became world famous
Film critic and historian, and film curator at the Museum of Modern Art
Screenwriter and director who wrote the 1971 film “Harold and Maude”
Comic actor and member of the original Second City comedy troupe
The well-endowed star of more than 1,000 porn films and peep-show loops
Coproducer of the long-running Broadway hit “La Cage aux Folles”
A founder of the Cleveland Ballet and a former Joffrey Ballet soloist
The Hollywood star whose name was a byword for rugged good looks
A former Joffrey Ballet leading dancer, and a teacher in its school
Writer; “Migrant Souls” was the first Chicano novel from a major publisher
Songwriter who won a 1979 Academy Award for the disco hit “Last Dance”
Official pianist and harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic
The editor of Opera News magazine and its sister publication Ballet News
Writer of entertainer profiles in Rolling Stone and People
A highly regarded set designer in theater, opera and dance
The singer and actor who played Tony in Broadway’s “West Side Story”
Art dealer and director of New York’s prestigious Andre Emmerich Gallery
Tony-award-winning director of Broadway’s “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”
The furred, feathered, bespangled and beloved entertainer and pianist
Actor-playwright-director in his post-absurdist theater of the Ridiculous
Author of the award-winning off-Broadway hit “Marvin’s Room”
The austerely classic, sexually confrontational photographer
Playfully decadent lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Queen
Actress in John Waters’s “Pink Flamingoes”; Details magazine art critic
Savile Row tailor who gave the Beatles their “Abbey Road” Mod look
Senior curator at New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art
The rangy, deranged Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”
The official organist of the New York Philharmonic since 1977
The reassuringly calm father on the cult TV sitcom “The Brady Bunch”
Academy Award-winning director of the roistering “Tom Jones”
The actor who played Frank Williams on CBS’s “Knots Landing”
Informally minded fashion designer,the youngest ever to win a Coty Award
Flamboyant entertainer and impersonator of Mae West, Judy Garland
Principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem and San Francisco Ballet
Essayist and film critic; author of the 1981 study “The Celluloid Closet”
Filmmaker whose 1986 “Parting Glances” was an early feature about AIDS
Performance artist and maker of the 1963 film “Flaming Creatures”
Designer of trendy, colorfully casual, often oversize WilliWear clothes
A diminutive, daring leading dancer with the Joffrey Ballet
Ex-Joffrey Ballet leading dancer and Dance Magazine contributing editor
New York art-scene journalist and champion of popular culture
A widely shown artist best known for his surrealistic installations
Choreographer and principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre
Museum curator, art collector and champion of the avant-garde
Former Martha Graham Leading dancer, and a promising choreographer
Joffrey Ballet teacher and a former Joffrey principal dancer
Dancer, choreographer, teacher and Joffrey Ballet founding member
Guitar player for the playful new-wave rock band the B-52s
Rebellious, startlingly original mixed-media artist and NEA bete noire
A wiry, darting dancer and cutting-edge choreographer
Performing arts promoter with such clients as the New York City Opera
