The gay songwrers who secretly led the untry charts are ready for the spotlight

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Toby Oliver Samuel Marlow is a Jewish-English wrer, poser, lyricist, and actor. They posed and -wrote Six the Mil wh Lucy Moss. Toby openly intifi as nonbary and gay. They are the olr siblg of Annabel Marlow, who played Kathere Howard at the Edburgh Frge 2017...

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THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME

Michael R. Jackson's Tony and Pulzer Prize-wng mil is about a young Black gay mil theater wrer named Usher, who works as an her at a Broadway show — jt like Jackson once did. * musical writer gay *

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THE GAY SONGWRERS WHO SECRETLY LED THE UNTRY CHARTS ARE READY FOR THE SPOTLIGHT

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A STRANGE LOOP REVIEW: BLACK, BIG, GAY WRER GETS NAVEL-GAZY AND TUNEFUL

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THE GAY ’90S MIL

“A Strange Loop” is a mil about a big, gay black guy who is stgglg to wre a mil about a big, gay black guy who is stgglg..... Michael R. Jackson, the mil’s talented book wrer, poser, lyricist and vol arranger, scrib himself as a big, gay black guy; he’s been stgglg to wre “A… * musical writer gay *

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Director/wrer David Galligan has filtered much of the gay and lbian experience through this fast-paced mil revue, featurg 22 songs and sketch performed by an outstandg six-member ensemble. Galligan's stagg, gmented by the choreography of Tony Kaye and Kay Cole, is sparse but highly ventive, effectively highlightg the reali and absurdi, humor and pathos of livg an "alternative" liftyle. The mil numbers were provid by many of L.A.'s most gifted wrers, cludg the legendary Billy Barn, whose irreverent openg number, "The Gay '90s," featur the ensemble full turn-of-the-century regalia. The stum are quickly disrd, however, as the sually attired st of three women and three men segue to a seri of illumatg mil and spoken vigt. * musical writer gay *

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