David Noh

Mart Crowley last June accepting the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for "Boys in the Band." Reuters/ Brendan McDermid Dear Mart Crowley, When I went to your amazing, ultra-chic aerie on Sutton Place, which was like the most exquisite stage set Ina Claire might have entered and somehow made you feel like being in Paris, we sat before the fire with cocktails and you gave me the longest interview on record. What was it — four solid hours, maybe more? Which flew by like nothing.

If you’re looking for a compellingly dark psychological thriller to cozy up with on home streaming, check out debut director/ writer Nathan Catucci’s “Impossible Monsters.” The film revolves around a psychology professor (Santino Fontana) studying sleep phenomena — including dreams, nightmares, and, most terrifyingly, paralysis. His three participants are damaged souls whose waking hours are spent in dread of their unconscious ones.

Definite progress is being made in the theater these days when an out gay actor like Isaac Powell can star as Tony in the Broadway revival of “West Side Story,” while way downtown, at Abrons Arts Center, out and proud lesbian performer Beth Malone, a memorable Tony nominee as dyke cartoonist Alison Bechdel in “Fun Home,” is also playing a traditional “straight” musical role, doing “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” directed by Kathleen Marshall.