Charles Atlas (b. 1958)
We Interrupt This Program (1991)
We Interrupt This Program (1991) was a live television broadcast presented by The Kitchen in association with Visual AIDS for Day Without Art 1991. The broadcast was directed by Charles Atlas and includes contributions from artists whose work addressed the AIDS crisis in diverse ways included performances by DANCENOISE, Richard Elovich, Karen Finley, Bill T. Jones and Estella Jones, John Kelly, Lavender Light, and Robbie McCauley.

Hosts: DANCENOISE (Anne Iobst and Lucy Sexton)

Lavender Light, The Black and People of All Colors Lesbian and Gay Choir, “Please Touch Somebody” and “I Will Remember”
Musical Director: Tony Teal
Choir Members: Dionne Freeney, Roger Carroway, Calvin Merritt, Terry Maroney, Jacqueliyn Holland, James Williams, Barbara Levy, Susan McConnaughy, Kenneth J. Lockwood, Marilyn Cole, Dwayne Henderson, Daniel Sager, Thomas Bagby, Michael Dinonissiou, Karen Gamble, David Macedon, Denise Fulton, Ellie Rosenberg, Jacqueline Jones, Jennifer Koontz, Ledina Ladson, Martina Downey, Tanya Henderson, David Johnson, Jordan Thaler, Maria Elena Grant

Richard Elovich, an excerpt from “Someone Else From Queens is Queer”

Robbie McCauley, “An Improvisation on Two Friends”

John Kelly and Company, an excerpt from “Maybe It’s Cold Outside”

Bill T. Jones with Estella Jones, “A Prayer”

Karen Finley, “In Memory Of”