As many of you will know, the divine Bette Midler began to build a following for herself when she performed regularly at the famous Continental Baths in New York City in the early 1970s. The gay ...

Barry Manilow said some of his formative years as a stage performer took place in a gay men’s bathhouse where audience members often wore only towels or nothing at all. Manilow made the revelations ...

The Oscar-nominated star launched her career performing at the Continental Baths, a gay cruising spot on New York City's Upper West Side, in the '70s Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Bette Midler ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Steve Ostrow, who founded the trailblazing New York City gay bathhouse the Continental Baths, where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and other famous artists launched their careers, has ...

In her own distinctive way, the divine Bette Midler has been telling her own story throughout her career. Via her music, her stage shows, her movies, her countless TV appearances, on the page, and ...

Gay bathhouse impresario Steve Ostrow, the trailblazer who founded New York City’s iconic Continental Baths–the sex club and performance space that helped launch the careers of Bette Midler and Barry ...

The Oscar-nominated star launched her career performing at the Continental Baths, a gay cruising spot on New York City's Upper West Side, in the '70s Michael Ochs Archives/Getty In 1970, an openly gay ...