It was a cloudy spring day in 1985 when sunshine suddenly brightened the WPIX studio with the presence of the incomparable Liberace. His warm smile showcased teeth as white as the keys on the piano.

THE STORIES LIBERACE TOLD ABOUT HIMSELF were nothing like the one Steven Soderbergh told in HBO’s biopic Behind The Candelabra. The new film, which focuses on the relationship between the flamboyant ...

Liberace performs at Radio City Music Hall in 1985 in New York City. Photograph: L Busacca/WireImage Susan Sontag, in her 1964 essay Notes on Camp, writes that "the hallmark of Camp is the spirit of ...

I rarely cross picket lines. But on July 23, 1985, it would have taken more than than a covey of animal rights activists enraged by Liberace’s very public closet full of furs to keep me from his ...

There is no doubt that the late Liberace was a musical talent. But if it weren't for his voluminous, outrageous costumes, we wouldn't still be talking about him (and making films about him, in the ...

The Liberace beloved by audiences was nothing like the strange, perverse figure portrayed in HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra.” He used television to spread the fame he was already enjoying in live ...