John Early Lived With a Lesbian Minister When He Moved to NYC

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, APRIL 26 MY FIRST NEW YORK [John Early Lived With a Lesbian Minister and Her Dog When He Moved Here]( Talking to the cast members of Stress Positions on their early days in the city. Photo: Courtesy of John Early, Theda Hammel, Alan Kleinberg Estate Nearly all of Theda Hammel’s film Stress Positions takes place in an instantly familiar kind of Bed-Stuy brownstone: The apartments are dark and awkwardly chopped up; the backyard is a classic dirt pit. It’s the early days of COVID, and Terry Goon (John Early) is living on the garden and parlor floors of this former party house, owned by his soon-to-be ex-husband, Leo (John Roberts), along with his nephew, Bahlul (Qaher Harhash), a model who is moderately bedbound with a full-leg cast. On the top floor is the strange and silent neighbor, Coco (Rebecca FWright), who came with the building. They are squeezed together by lockdown but also by circumstance, and they spend their time Lysol-ing surfaces and slowly going insane as they try to figure out how to relate to one another and themselves. They mostly fail and act incredibly annoying in the process, but isn’t it still the reason we come to New York? Or stay here? Which is what the movie is also about. So we talked to the actors about their own early days in the city — Hammel’s feelings about Sunac, Early’s Ars Nova shows, and FWright’s Studio 54 and Turkish-figs era. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now](to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Annie Leibovitz Is Giving Up Her California Farm Dream The 65-acre property is one of several she has put up for sale in recent years.]( By Clio Chang [East Hampton Braces for Zero Bond Scott Sartiano wants to expand out East. The village is losing its mind.]( By Stephanie Krikorian [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings A fairly pricey survey of the downtown two-bedroom scene.]( By Nora DeLigter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved