Michael Musto
Michael Musto
Michael Mustois an American journalist and a former columnist for The Village Voice, where he wrote La Dolce Musto. He is the author of Downtown and Manhattan on the Rocks as well as a compilation of selected columns published as La Dolce Musto. His subsequent collection, Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back, was published in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
party play clubs
I go to screenings, then plays, then after-parties, then clubs.
new-york fine i-can
I can't drive, so I can only live in New York, which is fine with me.
queens years broadway
In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life.
lying differences spotlight
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.
commitment knowing elude-you
This commitment to truth is something one senses more and more Americans yearning for, just as they are becoming more and more sophisticated at knowing when the truth is being obscured - an irony that seems to elude most of todays elected officials.
kids simple brooklyn
I'm just a simple kid from Brooklyn who landed into the most enchanted lifestyle imaginable.
fun musical nuclear
A musical blast! Fun for the whole nuclear family!
art enough theater
It's not enough for me to cover theater, I have to throw myself around every other art form, and do so thoroughly and relentlessly.
wish lasts good-things
It's a good thing that columnists don't make homosexuality their last taboo anymore. But I wish the columnists themselves would come out too.
integrity style fabulous
For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style. God, I'm fabulous!
book years ideas
For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple 'em all together. But publishers have been resistent, feeling the material dates.
anywhere gold liberating might quite tremendous
There's tremendous freedom, which is quite liberating and cathartic, and I've yet to find it anywhere else. I might even geta gold watch.
american-writer freelance holding office sent work
Once I got out of school, I sent my clippings around and nabbed some freelance writing work while holding down full-time office jobs.
against bury came ended negative praising stuff written
I've written a lot of negative stuff against her. I came to bury her and I've ended up praising her.