Gay Broadway star pays it forward 15 years later

February 7, 2022 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, A & E, ENTERTAINMENT, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY Comments Off on Gay Broadway star pays it forward 15 years later
Mark Howell, left, with Claybourne Elder more than 15 years ago after they separately watched “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” (Photo: Courtesy of Claybourne Elder)

Claybourne Elder was 23 years old and an aspiring actor when he took a trip from his home in Utah to New York City.

Elder went to see a play, and as he stood in the very back of the theater…