Editing Armistead Maupin (section)

===''Tales of the City''===
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''Tales of the City'' is a series of novels, the first portions of which were published initially as a newspaper serial starting on August 8, 1974, in a [[Marin County, California|Marin County]] newspaper, ''The Pacific Sun'', picked up in 1976 by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', and later reworked into the series of books published by [[HarperCollins]] (then [[Harper and Row]]). The first of Maupin's novels, entitled ''[[Tales of the City (novel)|Tales of the City]]'', was published in 1978. Five more followed in the 1980s, ending with the last book, ''[[Sure of You]]'', in 1989.<ref name=time>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/totc_04_timeline_01.html |title=''Tales of the City'' graphic timeline |date=May 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515202422/http://www.literarybent.com/totc_04_timeline_01.html |archive-date=May 15, 2006 }}</ref>

A seventh novel published in 2007, ''[[Michael Tolliver Lives]]'', continues the story of some of the characters. It was followed by an eighth volume, ''[[Mary Ann in Autumn]]'', published in 2010 and a ninth volume, ''[[The Days of Anna Madrigal]]'', in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/books/the-days-of-anna-madrigal-concluding-tales-of-the-city.html?_r=0 |title=Saying Goodbye to a City and Its Characters: 'The Days of Anna Madrigal,' Concluding 'Tales of the City' |author=Charles Isherwood |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=13 February 2014 |publisher=The New York Times, Books of the Times}}</ref> In ''[[Babycakes]]'', published in 1984, Maupin was one of the first writers to address the subject of AIDS.<ref name=EW/> Of the autobiographical nature of the characters, he says "I've always been all of the characters in one way or another."<ref name="pub">{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Kemble |date=April 23, 2007 |title=Armistead Maupin's Family Ties |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435454.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429031921/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435454.html |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |work=Publishers Weekly}}</ref>

The ''Tales of the City'' books have been translated into ten languages, and there are more than six million copies in print. Several of the books have been adapted and broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="BBC Radio 4">{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qffmr |title= Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website= [[BBC Online]] | access-date= 21 May 2016}}</ref>

====Television miniseries====
{{main|Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)|Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)}}

The first three books in the series have also been adapted into three television [[miniseries]] starring [[Olympia Dukakis]] and [[Laura Linney]]. A co-production with the UK's [[Channel 4]], the first miniseries was on [[PBS]]; subsequent miniseries appeared on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_taleofthe70s.html |title=A Tale of the Seventies |access-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041228044112/http://www.literarybent.com/am_04_also_by_taleofthe70s.html |archive-date=December 28, 2004 }} ''[[TV Guide]]'', January 1994. Article by Maupin about the difficult process of getting the ''Tales'' series into TV production.</ref> Dukakis, Linney, and various other cast members from the original series, reunited for the [[Tales of the City (2019 miniseries)|2019 ''Tales'' miniseries on Netflix]] which was not based directly on one of Maupin's novels but used elements from several, including the latter three.

====Musical projects====
He collaborated on ''Anna Madrigal Remembers'', a musical work written by [[Jake Heggie]] and performed by choir [[Chanticleer (ensemble)|Chanticleer]] and [[mezzo-soprano]] [[Frederica von Stade]] on August 6, 1999, for which Maupin provided a new [[libretto]]. He also participated in a concert series with the Seattle Men's Chorus entitled ''Tunes From Tales (Music for Mouse)'', which included readings from his books and music from the era.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sgn.org/Archives/sgn.3.5.99/Arts/ |title=Seattle Men's Chorus welcomes Armistead Maupin to Benaroya Hall |date=October 6, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031006120910/http://www.sgn.org/Archives/sgn.3.5.99/Arts/ |archive-date=October 6, 2003 }}</ref>

In May 2011, a theatrical musical version of ''Tales of the City'' had its premiere at [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco. The musical has a score and lyrics by [[Jake Shears]] and John Garden of the rock band [[Scissor Sisters]], and a book by [[Jeff Whitty]]. It was directed by [[Jason Moore (director)|Jason Moore]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/theater/03arts-DEBUTISANNOU_BRF.html | work=The New York Times | title=Debut Is Announced for 'Tales of the City' | first=Patrick | last=Healy | date=April 3, 2010 | access-date=2010-04-25}}</ref>