Conrad Ricamora on Margaret Cho, the “painfully” relatable ‘How To Die Alone’ & more queer culture-shifters
Oh, Mary!So what does he think belongs in the history books one day? What recent LGBTQ+ pop culture does he want queer generations to remember for years and years to come?In The Queer Time Capsule, we ask our our favorite LGBTQ+ icons to hand select five items from the culture that they feel are worthy of being preserved for the future, and Ricamora is the latest to make his picks.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.A star of stage and screen, Ricamora’s credits include the fabulous gay rom-com Fire Island, medical procedural The Resident, and Broadway musicals like The King And I and Here Lies Love.
But most audiences likely first met him on the addictive drama How To Get Away With Murder, where he played the savvy yet self-conscious tech whiz Oliver.A post shared by Conrad Ricamora (@conradricamora)His latest role is on Hulu’s sharply funny and brutally honest How To Die Alone, created by and starring Natasha Rothwell, about an airline employee who begins to question her life choices after a brush with death.
Ricamora plays Rory, the supposed gay “bestie” to Rothwell’s Mel, who he sees as the complete opposite of someone like How To Get Away With Murder‘s buttoned-up Oliver:“[Rory] has many, many opinions and says all of them.