From Bottoms and Problemistas to theatre mps and gay wrtlers, this summer has somethg for everyone — pecially if you're queer.
Contents:
- TORONTO’S BLUE BELL THEATRE (THE GAY)
- THE 5 BEST TORONTO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS TORONTO
- NEW YORK CY GAY SNAS AND BATHHO
TORONTO’S BLUE BELL THEATRE (THE GAY)
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Bluebell Theatre, Gay Theatre. It was renamed the Gay Theatre 1954 and closed for a while the early-1970’s. In September 1954, the theatre was remolled by Murray Sklar, and s named was changed to the Gay.
The Gay was owned by Zelif Unger, who was well known for matag strict ntrol durg children’s Saturday-afternoon mate.
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And Bob Whe at the Playwrights Co-op told me stori about a real life drag queen named John Herbert, who hadn’t seen much succs sce his huge ternatnal gay h Fortune and Men’s Ey (all about how prison life uld lead to gay sex) the 1960s. The gay world that I had imaged my head barely existed theatre and films, and certaly not on TV — surfacg ocsnally, for stance, as a dark unrbelly of Nazi Germany Cabaret, oras a shockgly erotic bisexualy The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I was obssed wh the beat poets (who were kd of gay, but more bisexual) and Patti Smh — so our first plays were about them.
— featured poetry by “gay poet” Frank O’ Hara. By 1986, I was brave enough to classify Buddi as a gay theatre on grant applitns.
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My plays The Drsg Gown and Drag Queens on Trial, created que a splash — the first beg my own crique of the gay muny’s excs, the send beg a celebratn of promiscuy and effemacy. By the late 1980s gay playwright Brad Fraser had had a huge succs wh Unintified Human Remas and the Te Nature of Love.
But his work — though jt as gay as me some rpects — seemed to get away wh beg labeled ‘ntemporary urban edy. Some of my plays alt wh AIDs, and some gay plays our 4-Play Ftival alt wh the issue too.