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...care whether Heather has two mommies, but in New York City this issue is nothing short of pressing. Heather is the title character in a book from the Rainbow Curriculum. New York City Public Schools' controversial new program, aimed at promoting tolerance of the gay and lesbian lifestyle among elementary-schoolers, became the hottest political potato of the year...
...this month launched the partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, who went on to Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. Their words and music are lovingly recalled in A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, a revue at New York City's premier cabaret, Rainbow & Stars. The show is one of hundreds of ways the anniversary is being marked -- from productions, concerts, CDs and books to a museum show of set designs in New York City; a gathering of original Oklahoma! cast members in New Haven, Connecticut; and the release of a U.S. stamp...
...forum. New shows (the flop Anna Karenina, Patti LuPone in the not-even-yet-produced Sunset Boulevard) are raked over the coals; old chestnuts (a frenzied Les Miz, a nontraditional Miss Saigon) are freshly roasted. The song titles alone delight (to the tune of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, a mock Mandy Patinkin sings Somewhat Overindulgent; the stars of the Gershwins' Crazy for You croon Replaceable You); the four protean performers are the tops...
Developed to foster respect for all races, ethnic groups and religions, the New York City teachers' guide called "Children of the Rainbow" is mostly unexceptional. It suggests presenting folklore through Chinese tales; or, for music class, the Mexican hat dance. But in a segment on the importance of families, it reminds teachers that some of their pupils may come from households in which one or both adults are gay. And its original wording urged teachers to encourage first-graders "to view lesbians/gays as real people to be respected and appreciated." Among proposed -- but not required -- readings, the guide suggests Daddy...
...work," says Frances Kunreuther, executive director of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a nonprofit organization that operates the 35- student school under city auspices. "The amount of violence gay kids face, the harassment, the rejection by their families." The angry and sometimes distorted debate over the Children of the Rainbow curriculum in New York, she says, "is really a great example of why we need the curriculum." And a fair example too of why it won't be easy...