Fellow Travelers on TV

Richard Schaefers, who attended the Feb. 5 production of the opera based on Thomas Mallon's 2008 novel Fellow Travelers, shared some exciting news from the Q&A session afterward: Showtime is going to air an eight-part miniseries based on the book, starring openly gay actors Matt Bomer as Hawkins Fuller and Jonathan Bailey as Timothy Laughlin. The first four episodes will cover the events of the novel and opera, while the next four will trace the duo's "paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves." No release date yet, but filming wrapped in December. Stay tuned!