Michael Musto

Michael Musto is an American writer who began his professional career at The Village Voice, where he writes the weekly La Dolce Musto celebrity and gossip column. He is an Italian American and a graduate of Columbia University, where he was a theater critic for the Columbia Spectator. He is the author of Downtown and Manhattan on the Rocks. A selection of his columns has been published as La Dolce Musto. Musto was born in Brooklyn, New York on De... more

Michael Musto is an American writer who began his professional career at The Village Voice, where he writes the weekly La Dolce Musto celebrity and gossip column. He is an Italian American and a graduate of Columbia University, where he was a theater critic for the Columbia Spectator. He is the author of Downtown and Manhattan on the Rocks. A selection of his columns has been published as La Dolce Musto. Musto was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 3, 1955. He wrote movie reviews as a child, and acted in plays as a way to overcome his shyness. He graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn in 1972 and from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1976, where he performed with the Barnard Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Musto began his Village Voice column in 1984, after having already written some feature stories for the publication. He is a recurring guest on several TV shows including Countdown with Keith Olbermann and others on the E! channel. He is openly gay and is... less