As many of you will know, the divine Bette Midler began to build a following for herself when she performed regularly at the famous Continental Baths in New York City in the early 1970s. The gay ...

The Oscar-nominated star launched her career performing at the Continental Baths, a gay cruising spot on New York City's Upper West Side, in the '70s Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Bette Midler ...

Barry Manilow said some of his formative years as a stage performer took place in a gay men’s bathhouse where audience members often wore only towels or nothing at all. Manilow made the revelations ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Steve Ostrow, who founded the trailblazing New York City gay bathhouse the Continental Baths, where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and other famous artists launched their careers, has ...

In her own distinctive way, the divine Bette Midler has been telling her own story throughout her career. Via her music, her stage shows, her movies, her countless TV appearances, on the page, and ...

Forty years ago, Bette Midler went backstage at the original Broadway production of “Dreamgirls,” where she was introduced to Sheryl Lee Ralph. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship for the ...

The Oscar-nominated star launched her career performing at the Continental Baths, a gay cruising spot on New York City's Upper West Side, in the '70s Michael Ochs Archives/Getty In 1970, an openly gay ...