Ludlam was raised in Greenlawn, New York, on Long Island, and received a degree in dramatic literature from Hofstra University in 1964, by which time he had come out as gay.
Ludlam was raised in Greenlawn, New York, on Long Island. Ludlam received a degree in dramatic literature from Hofstra University in 1964. He had come out as gay by Hofstra University in 1964.