Chapter 1 Interview with Terrence McNally, Toby Silverman Zinman; Chapter 2 The Early Plays of Terrence McNally, Howard Stein; Chapter 3 Uneasy Transitions: Reassessing The Lisbon Traviata and Its Critics, Sam Abel; Chapter 4 Lips Together, Teeth Apart : Bodies in Search of a Dramatic Form, Stephen Watt; Chapter 5 McNally’s Films of His Broadway Plays, Helen T. Buttel; Chapter 6 Interview with Nathan Lane, Toby Silverman Zinman; Chapter 7 Where We Are Now: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Contemporary Gay Drama, John M. Clum; Chapter 8 You Got to Have Friends: Gay Reception of Love! Valour! Compassion!, Steven Drukman; Chapter 9 A Perfect Ganesh: McNally’s Carnival in India, Benilde Montgomery; Chapter 10 Terrence McNally on Master Class, Toby Silverman Zinman; Chapter 11 Interview with Zoe Caldwell, Toby Silverman Zinman; Chapter 12 Callas and the Juilliard Master Classes, John Ardoin; Chapter 13 Master Class and the Paradox of the Diva, Cary M. Mazer;