Theatre and Dance
| Name | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Ailey | (1931–1989) | American modern dancer and choreographer. | |
| A. J. Antoon | (1944–1992) | American stage director who won a Tony Award in 1972 for directing the play That Championship Season. | |
| Rick Aviles | (1952–1995) | American Stand-up comedian and actor. | |
| Tony Azito | (1948–1995) | American dancer and character actor. | |
| Alan Bowne | (1945–1989) | American playwright and author. | |
| Michael Bennett | (1943–1987) | American musical theater director, choreographer, and dancer; was the choreographer of the Broadway production of A Chorus Line. | |
| Christopher Chadman | (1948–1995) | American dancer and choreographer | |
| Gerald Chapman | (1950–1987) | English theater director and educator | |
| Robert Chesley | (1943–1990) | American playwright, theater critic and musical composer. | |
| Dorian Corey | (c. 1937–1993) | American drag queen; best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning. | |
| Martin de Maat | (1948–2001) | American teacher and artistic director at The Second City in Chicago. | |
| Jorge Donn | (1947–1992) | Argentine ballet dancer with the Maurice Béjart ballet company and artistic director of the Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. | |
| Ulysses Dove | (1947–1996) | American contemporary choreographer. | |
| Ethyl Eichelberger | (1945–1990) | American drag performer, playwright and actor. | |
| Wayland Flowers | (1939–1988) | American entertainer and ventriloquist. | |
| Christopher Gillis | (1951–1993) | Canadian dancer and choreographer; formed the Paul Taylor Dance Company. | |
| Choo San Goh | (1948–1987) | Singaporean choreographer of ballet. | |
| Hibiscus | (1949–1982) | American founder of the psychedelic drag queen troupe The Cockettes. | |
| René Highway | (1954–1990) | Canadian Cree actor and dancer. | |
| John Hirsch | (1930–1989) | Hungarian-Canadian theatre director | |
| Robert Joffrey | (1930–1988) | American dancer, teacher, producer, and choreographer. | |
| Gibson Kente | (1932–2004) | South African playwright; known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa. | |
| Larry Kert | (1930–1991) | American Broadway performer; played in West Side Story and Company. | |
| Lady Catiria | (1959–1999) | Puerto Rican drag performer; best known for his appearance in the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. | |
| Charles Ludlam | (1943–1987) | American actor and playwright. | |
| Thom McGinty | (1952–1995) | Scottish and honorary Irish street mime, human statue, stillness artist, and stage and film actor, widely known as The Diceman. | |
| Jean-Louis Morin | (1953–1995) | Canadian choreographer and dancer | |
| Willi Ninja | (1961–2006) | American dancer and choreographer; best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning. | |
| Rudolf Nureyev | (1938–1993) | Russian ballet dancer; is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century. | |
| Ongina | (born 1982) | Filipino American drag queen and spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics | |
| Michael Peters | (1948–1994) | American choreographer; choreographed the fifteen-minute Michael Jackson music video "Thriller". | |
| Craig Russell | (1948–1990) | Canadian female impersonator. | |
| John Sex | (1956–1989) | American cabaret singer and performance artist. | |
| Ron Vawter | (1949–1994) | American actor; founding member of the artists ensemble The Wooster Group. | |
| Angie Xtravaganza | (c. 1966–1993) | American transgendered person; best known for her appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning. | |
| Arnie Zane | (1947–1988) | Co-founder with Bill T. Jones of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company |
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“If an irreducible distinction between theatre and cinema does exist, it may be this: Theatre is confined to a logical or continuous use of space. Cinema ... has access to an alogical or discontinuous use of space.”
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