Elliot Page is just one of the boys in steamy bathhouse spread

Where is "the hottest party in the East Village" of New York City? And who will you find there?

How about New York's newest resident pop star, Troye Sivan? He's there with playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris, award-winning author Marlon James, and actor Elliot Page, just to name a few of the LGBTQ+ celebrities hanging out and sweating together.

And all of them were wearing next to nothing.

That's how a writer for New York Magazine's online style publication, The Cut, summed up his visit to the Russian & Turkish Baths on East 10th Street. NYC's oldest bathhouse is over a mile east of the Stonewall Inn in a neighborhood famous for LGBTQ+ nightlife, culture and community.

But Matthew Schneier — the magazine's out gay chief restaurant critic, who is married to comedian and Straightiolab podcast host, George Civerisf — didn't just pen a piece about the bathhouse. He brought along a famous out gay photographer, some high-fashion items from Gucci, Hermès, and Dior, and they put together a steamy spread of the hottest queer and straight guys to ever bare their chests.

The result is "The Boys in the Baths," a rare look at some of the coolest stars of today as they shvitz and kibitz.

"Around Labor Day, we invited a mix of Baths regulars and a few first-timers — Troye Sivan, who’d just moved to the city; Marlon James, days after getting the book review of a lifetime," wrote Schneier, "to wear some fashion. But hardly any."

Page — who's still waiting for offers for new roles coming off his star turn in Christopher Nolan's megahit movie, The Odyssey — hasn't been shy about baring his chest since recovering from top surgery. In the photo by photographer Ryan McGinley, Page is rocking a strong six-pack, and those abs don't lie.

The out trans man revealed he's a newcomer to bathhouses and that, if you were to hear him singing in the shower, you're likely to hear either songs by Cher or Julie Andrews.

"I went to a bathhouse recently. I’ve only in the past couple of years been like, 'Yeah, that sounds nice, to like go somewhere and sit around in your body like that,'" said Page. "I do sing in the shower sometimes. The same songs and lyrics will get stuck in my head, and I don’t know why. Like 'Do you believe in life after love?' That’s one I’ll belt out. Or 'The Sound of Music:' I’ve never seen the movie, which seems crazy, but for some reason I find myself belting out that song in the shower. I can’t explain it."

Page was photographed wearing Saint Laurent shorts by Anthony Vaccarello and a Miansai necklace.

Sivan spoke to Schneier about his forthcoming album, She's the Best, as the singer of the new single "Party" perspired his way through four photographs.

"I would say, in general, my new album is not coming from a place of peace. I think it’s coming from a place of longing," said Sivan. "There’s a lot of manifestation on the album, where I write these love songs to this guy I don’t know. And a lot of the time, I was able to kind of sit in that and have these very vivid visualizations of what life is gonna be like."

One little thing we're waiting on the magazine to fix: Someone misspelled Sivan's first name as "Troy" in one caption. Oops.

Also featured is Jeremy O. Harris, the out gay playwright and actor, who called out homophobes among others in the bathhouse.

"Can I say what I’ve seen in a steam room that needs to stop? Young men who are obviously sort of like on a no-homo tip, very much in finance, wearing full socks and shoes in the steam room with their gym shorts," said Harris. "Also people wearing headphones in there. Like, actually take in the sounds. There are really interesting sounds in a steam room."

In addition to posing in a way that really turns up the heat, heralded writer Marlon James shared the unexpected result of a glowing review in the newspaper of record.

"When I saw The New York Times review of my book, I think I was in sleep paralysis for, like, two hours because I figured if I get out of this bed, I’m gonna wake up, so let’s just stay here for a while. I get a lot more AI junk mail now. It’s funny, there’s some people who I kind of based characters in the book on, and they come out of the woodwork and say, 'Hi. Remember me?' I’m like, 'Dude, we’re not friends.'"

See all the photographs and read about the history of the Russian & Turkish Baths at this link.