Last year, Mr. Federle sold the studio apartment and moved a few blocks away to a one-bedroom in a prewar building that he now shares with his boyfriend, David Muto, a copy editor. “I didn’t have the money to be able to say, ‘Hey, Nick, can you do my whole place?’” Mr. Federle added. Evidence includes the turquoise kitchen table and the Finn Juhl armchair that is upholstered in geometric-patterned yellow-and-pink curtains Mr. Federle bought at an estate sale. “I began to realize that shows come and go, unless it’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ or ‘The Lion King,’” Mr. Federle said. “And as a performer, you’re looking at the stack of Playbills on your coffee table, and you feel your life is in the past.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 13:52 UTC