AIDS activist Larry Kramer arrives on the red carpet for the New York premiere of ââ¬ÅThe Normal Heart, ââ¬Å at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on May 12, 2014. The HBO premium cable tv company produced the drama based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway play of the same name. The setting takes place in New York in the 1980ââ¬â¢s during the HIV-AIDS epidemic and deals with sexual politics and gay activists protesting government inaction.