From left: Marcia Cross, Bryan Batt and Ron Canada in "Pay the Writer," now playing off-Broadway in New York. This month, he’s back on the New York stage in “Pay the Writer” as Bruston Fischer, a gay literary agent comfortable enough with his true self to crack self-effacing jokes, but who relies on his work and his sense of humor …
Rachelle Omenson On Aug. 31, 1993, Marcia Riley opened Slammers, a lesbian bar and pizza joint in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Like Riley, she’s seen it all: the bar transitioning from mostly women customers to all demographics; the federal legalization of same-sex marriage; and now the advent of “Don’t Say Gay” laws, which Ohio Republicans are trying to pass in the …