Filmmaker Gus Van Sant, best known for Oscar winners “Good Will Hunting” and “Milk,” has come on board to back psychosexual thriller “Antinous,” a modern-day drama inspired by the life and death of ...

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is delving back into the world of opera, teaming up with celebrated actor, director and playwright Daniel MacIvor for a new work inspired by ancient Roman Emperor ...

Hadrian’s Wall is a symbol of LGBT history, English Heritage has said. The 1,900-year-old structure in northern England is known as one of the best-preserved relics of the Roman Empire. But perhaps ...

This column first appeared in BTL Oct. 2012. Almost 125 years before the birth of Jesus a handsome youth named Antinous was declared a god by the Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrian. Hadrian fell in ...

Almost 125 years before the birth of Jesus a handsome youth named Antinous was declared a god by the Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrian. Antinous was born to a Greek family in Bithynion-Claudiopolis ...

Open Space Arts will present a three-weekend extension of its production of SCANDALOUS BOY, by David Atfield. The play, which is the story of the love between the emperor Hadrian and Antinous in ...