Bill Goldste reviews book Somethg for the Boys: Mil Theater and Gay Culture by John M Clum (M)
Contents:
- THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
- WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE GREAT GAY PLAY? EVERYTHG.
- FOTTEN GAY MILS: “BOY MEETS BOY” ( 1975) – READ VO RSO’S ORIGAL REVIEW
- THE GAY WHE WAY
- DID YOU THK EVAN HANSEN WAS GAY? YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- IS TROYE SIVAN’S ‘RH’ SEXY FUN OR GAY DETR?
THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
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However, when me to the stori we were tellg, the narrative often shifted back to the heteronormative the begng, gay them were all the subtext and packed away as double entendr by lyricists such as Cole Porter. Now regard as a Broadway classic, A Chos Le tells the stori of 17 Broadway dancers as they dn for plac a chos le of a fictnal Broadway you may not thk of A Chos Le as a gay mil the same way you thk of shows like Rent or Everybody's Talkg About Jamie was ground-breakg for s time as openly discsed gay stori on a Broadway stage.
At the KKat Klub we meet a llectn of eccentric characters where the l of genr inty and sexualy are blurred the cy once nsired the gay pal of Europe. The story troduc to some of the whacky characters they meet along the way along wh some of the homophobia and transphobia that they suffer.
The story is based on Alison's graphic memoir based on the same name and explor her disvery of her own sexualy as well as her relatnship wh her gay father.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE GREAT GAY PLAY? EVERYTHG.
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The mil als wh topics such as Jewish inty as well as beg gay the 1970s and 80s which clus how the AIDS crisis impacted the gay mil was nomated for seven Tony Awards where won Bt Book and Bt Sre.
When Alb stggl to play the role of macho 'uncle Al' he cis to fd more creative ways to f wh the Cage opened 1983 and was one of the first Broadway mils to foc on a gay uple. The Tony awards have always been a gay affair, plete wh out hosts like Neil Patrick Harris and wners like David Hy Pierce famoly thankg their partners at the podium. The story revolv around a group of gay iends g together for a iend's birthday party Manhattan, and ends wh stori about long-lost lovers, and one character g out to his wife.
Created by out playwright John Cameron Mchell, Hedwig spired a feature film and a Broadway revival, wh gay actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Andrew Rannells takg on the Home This crilly-acclaimed Broadway mil was adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeane Tori om Alison Bechl's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The story follows the life of Alison, cludg a g-out that's plited by her father's own secret gay life.
FOTTEN GAY MILS: “BOY MEETS BOY” ( 1975) – READ VO RSO’S ORIGAL REVIEW
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Each act foc on a different time Arnold's life, om his relatnship wh a bisexual man, to adoptg a child wh his partner, to beg a sgle dad raisg a gay son. The storyle was a darg productn for the time -- even though alt wh a lbian romance, was weled by the public and beme a huge Sex Another award-wng play by Harvey Fierste, Safe Sex premiered on Broadway 1987 and took dienc to the life of a gay man rg for his lover as he succumbs to AIDS-related illns. After his partner's ath, the protagonist mt meet his lover's wife and Pri Set both the 1950s and 2008, The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell, parallels two gay love stori two very different eras.
THE GAY WHE WAY
Boy Meets Boy wh mic and lyrics by Bill Solly, and book by Bill Solly and Donald Ward. The gay mil edy was origally produced at the Actor’s Playhoe NYC 1975, and rerd 1978. The mil self viss a world of that 1936, same-sex relatnships are nsired as normal as heterosexual on. * book gay musical *
The play foc on gay uple Ge and Alb, and the adventur that ensue when Ge's son brgs home his fiancee's ultra-nservative parents for the first time. As most know, the stage productns were adapted for numero French films and a very famo Amerin remake, starrg Rob Williams and Nathan This 1979 play, wrten by Mart Sherman, revolv around the persecutn of gays Nazi Germany, and tak place durg and after the Night of the Long Kniv, the vlent 1934 uprisg that brought Hilter to power. Bent was dark and horrifyg, featurg performanc by Ian McKellen and Richard Gere as the gay protagonist.
Fun Home n bt be scribed as a “memory play” that s non-lear plot piec together var moments om Alison’s life, particularly focg around her relatnship wh her gay father.
Peter later falls love wh Judy’s dghter, Liza Mnelli, but he later to terms wh his sexualy, embracg the fact that he is gay.
DID YOU THK EVAN HANSEN WAS GAY? YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTCric’s NotebookIn recent shows, ias of gayns are expandg, bg and disappearg all at WisemanI don’t know whether was bee my parents were jt generally open-md, or bee they had a specific, kdly yet mortifyg agenda, but one of the first Broadway plays they took me to, June of 1977, was way too gay for fort. The first phas of the gay play, ccial their moment, which broadly speakg enpassed the send half of the 20th century, are over.
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At Lycm Theatre, a productn of 'A Strange Loop' pulls dienc as tackl g to your own as a Black gay man. * book gay musical *
Some, like “A Strange Loop” and “Fat Ham, ” dramatize how the experience of racism amplifi that of homophobia, and vice fy expectatns by makg sexual orientatn a distctly sendary ncern among characters who “happen to be” gay or lbian, as “A Case for the Existence of God” and “At the Weddg. When a (male) love tert enters the picture, and they sg Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” as a duet, you feel somethg new has happened, as ntroversy melts to a blissful cloud of nonbary bubble is the equalizg, homogenizg fluence of pop culture at work — an fluence that some queer people unrstandably mistst.
Jackson’s “A Strange Loop” go further, makg the cross-pollatn of inty the prime source of s nflict, as the ma character nonts both the homophobia of his Black fay and the racism of his queer one.
) Its body, race and orientatn issu are left a kd of stalemate that suggts what might happen if a foundatnal gay play like “The Boys the Band” (which had only one Black character) were multiplied fun hoe mirrors ad fum.
IS TROYE SIVAN’S ‘RH’ SEXY FUN OR GAY DETR?
That the Hamlet figure, lled Juicy, is Black and gay, wh an termtent csh on a Laert-like iend, suggts that the queer theme will domate, yet don’t; “Fat Ham” is really a play about Black masculy and, even more broadly, the vlent herance all men mt renounce. ” Beltran portrays a gay Black man hopg to adopt the young girl he’s been Klwich/The New York TimMy other favore queer plays of the past year likewise offer no bands; their gay characters (there are still far too few lbian on) operate as if their gayns were mostly ternal and pletely irrelevant.
Hunter’s heartbreakg “A Case for the Existence of God, ” that turns out to be an illn, as a gay Black man, after fosterg a ltle girl for more than three years, fds his plan to adopt her undone at the last mute. If there are subtle ways which their sexual inti affect their character or behavr, they were too subtle for me; miss a le or two and you may not even know that gayns is a part of their makp at mak sense plays about cris that threaten to oblerate a person entirely: genr, race, orientatn and all. Francis, the closeted llege stunt “Gemi, ” probably did; if he lived through AIDS, I expect he achieved full five-star gay privilege, plete wh marriage, children and Crate & Barrel chee boards.