Tell: An Intimate History of Gay Men the Milary | GQ

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• KEEP IT GAYMEL BROOKSTRACK 8 ON THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) FEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN & 6 MOREPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & 1 MOREIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON… READ MORE MAR. 26, 20011 VIEWER14.3K VIEWS8 CONTRIBUTORSKEEP IT GAY LYRICS[MAX, SPOKEN]LISTEN, ROGER, DID YOU GET A CHANCE YET TO READ SPRGTIME FOR HLER?[ROGER, SPOKEN]READ ? I VOURED . I FOR ONE, FOR STANCE NEVER REALIZED THAT THE THIRD REICH... MEANT GERMANY[MAX, SPOKEN]YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEN YOU'LL DO ?[ROGER, SPOKEN]DO ? OF URSE NOT(SUNG)THE THEATER'S SO OBSSEDWH DRAMA SO PRSEDIT'S HARD TO SELL A TICKET ON BROADWAYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE PRETTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE WTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE...WHAT'S THE WORD?[LEO, SPOKEN]GAY?[ROGER, SPOKEN]EXACTLYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE(SUNG)NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ON THE STAGEKEEP LIGHT, KEEP BRIGHT, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S MURR, MAYHEM OR RAGEDON'T PLA, 'S A PA, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]PEOPLE WANT LGHTER WHEN THEY SEE A SHOWTHE LAST THG THEY'RE AFTER IS A LANY OF WOE[BOTH]A HAPPY ENDG WILL PEP UP YOUR PLAY[ROGER]OEDIP WON'T BOMB[CARMEN]IF HE WDS UP WH MOM![ROGER]KEEP GAY[CARMEN]KEEP GAY[BOTH]KEEP GAY[MAX, SPOKEN]COULDN'T AGREE WH YOU MORE. AND YOU HAVE OUR BLSGS, ROGER, TO MAKE SPRGTIME FOR HLER JT AS "GAY" AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT. SO E ON, DO FOR , PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, I'M SORRY, MAX, BUT 'S SIMPLY NOT MY CUP OF TEA. BUT STILL, FAIR IS FAIR. PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK MY PRODUCTN TEAM WHAT THEY THK. THIS IS MY SET SIGNER, BRIAN[BRIAN ENTERS A LEATHER MASOCHISM OUTF.][BRIAN]KEEP GLADKEEP MADKEEP GAY[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND HERE'S MY STUME SIGNER, KEV[KEV, A TWKISH MAN, ENTERS.][KEVIN]HELLO!KEEP HAPPYKEEP SNAPPYKEEP GAY[BRIAN, KEVIN]WE'RE CLEVER, CREATIVEIT'S OUR JOB TO SEETHAT EVERYTHG'S PERFECTFOR MR. DEBRIS[ROGER, SPOKEN]NEXT, STT, MY CHOREOGRAPHERSTT, A SKTIGHT LEOTARD, WH AN ERECTN, DANC TO THE ROOM.}[SCOTT]HI THERE![[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND AH, FALLY... LAST, AND LEAST, MY LIGHTG SIGNER SHIRLEY MARKOWZ[FALLY, SHIRLEY, A BUTCH LBIAN, ENTERS.][SHIRLEY]KEEP GAYKEEP GAYKEEP GAY[LEO PULLS MAX ASI.][LEO, SPOKEN]I DON'T THK WE'RE GETTG TO THEM. WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW, MAX?[MAX, SPOKEN]WATCH THIS: ROGER, LISTEN. I THK THAT SPRGTIME FOR HLER WOULD BE A MARVELO OPPORTUNY FOR YOU. I MEAN UP TO NOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH IVOLO MILS[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'VE OFTEN FELT AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN THROWG MY LIFE AWAY ON SILLY ENTERTAMENTS. DOPEY SHOWGIRLS GOOEY GOWNS. TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN! TURN, TURN, KICK, TURN![CARMEN, SPOKEN]OH, ROGER[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, 'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU HEAVE. NOHELS, I'M SORRY, MAX. I JT ULDN'T DO SPRGTIME FOR HLER[MAX, SPOKEN]WHY NOT? THK OF THE PRTIGE[ROGER, SPOKEN]NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF THE RPECT![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, NO, NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF... THE TONY![PRODUCTION TEAM]TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY![ROGER]NGAAAAAAHHHHH![MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT'S THE MATTER?{LEO, SPOKEN]IS HE ALL RIGHT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN]HE'S HAVG A STROKE...[MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN].. GENI![ROGER, SPOKEN]I SEE ! I SEE ! AT LAST, THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG IMPORTANT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]OF URSE, THAT WHOLE SEND ACT HAS TO BE REWRTEN. THEY'RE LOSG THE WAR? EXCE ME?! IT'S TOO DOWNBEAT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]BUT MAYBE... OOH, 'S A WILD IA, BUT JT MIGHT WORK...(SUNG)I SEE A LE OF BETIFUL GIRLSDRSED AS STORMTROOPERS, EACH ONE A GEMWH LEATHER BOOTS AND WHIPS ON THEIR HIPSIT'S RISQUE, DARE I SAY, S&M![OTHERS, SPOKEN]LOVE ![ROGER]I SEE GERMAN SOLDIERS DANCG THROUGH FRANCEPLAYED BY CHOS BOYS VERY TIGHT PANTSAND WA, THERE'S MORE! THEY W THE WAR!AND THE DANC THEY DO WILL BE DARG AND NEWTURN, TURN, KICK, TURN, TURN, TURN, KICK, TURNONE, TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN!KEEP SASSYKEEP CLASSYKEEP ... HA HA HA![MAX, SPOKEN]THAT IS BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! ROGER, I SPEAK FOR MR. BLOOM AND MYSELF WHEN I SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN THE WORLD WHO N DO JTICE TO SPRGTIME FOR HLER. WILL YOU DO , PLEASE?[LEO, SPOKEN]PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]WA A MUTE! THIS IS A VERY BIG CISN! IT MIGHT AFFECT THE URSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE! I SHALL HAVE TO THK ABOUT ... I'LL DO !(SUNG)I'LL DO !SABU, CHAMPAGNE![PRODUCTION TEAM]IF AT THE END YOU WANT THEM TO CHEERKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S HAMLET, OTHELLO OR LEARKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]COMEDY'S JOYO, A NSTANT LIGHTDRAMAS ANNOY ...[ROGER, CARMEN].. OUR NIGHT[PRODUCTION TEAM]SO KEEP YOUR STRDBERGS AND IBSENS AT BAY[ROGER]I'LL SIGN[KEVIN]SIGN[BRIAN]SIGN[SCOTT]SIGN[CARMEN]SIGN[SHIRLEY]SIGN[MAX & LEO]SIGN![ROGER, SPOKEN]ROGER ELIZABETH DE BRIS![ALL]KEEP GAY!*TAG*[ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYLA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP -[CARMEN,SPOKEN]CONGA![ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LAAND SO THE LE IS WHEN MOUNTG A PLAYKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON SPRGTIME, BUT MAX AND LEO MANAGE TO NVCE THEM, BY ALLOWG THEM TO MAKE “AS GAY AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT!”EXPAND +3SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?WHEN DID MEL BROOKS RELEASE “KEEP IT GAY”?WHO WROTE “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (2001)VAR ARTISTS1. OVERTURE2. OPENG NIGHT3. THE KG OF BROADWAY4. WE CAN DO IT5. I WANNA BE A PRODUCER6. IN OLD BAVARIA (BROADWAY VERSN)7. DER GUTEN TAG HOP-CLOP8. KEEP IT GAY9. WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT, FLNT IT10. ALONG CAME BIALY11. THAT FACE12. HABEN SIE GEHöRT DAS UTSCHE BAND?13. OPENG NIGHT (REPRISE)14. YOU NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK ON OPENG NIGHT15. SPRGTIME FOR HLER (BROADWAY VERSN)16. WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT?17. BETRAYED18. ’TIL HIM19. PRISONERS OF LOVE (LEO & MAX)20. GOODBYE!THAT FACE (REPRISE)CREDSFEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN, RAY WILLIS, PETER MAROS, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE, ROGER BART & GARY BEACHPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & FRERIC H. MAYERSONWRTEN BYMEL BROOKSORCHTRATNDOUG BTERMANRELEASE DATEMARCH 26, 2001SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE KEEP IT GAYTHIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLSE (2022 TONY AWARDS OPENG NUMBER) BY ARIANA DEBOSE, OVERTURE BY MEL BROOKS (FT. THE PRODUCERS ORCHTRA), BETRAYED BY MEL BROOKS (FT. NATHAN LANE) & ALONG CAME BIALY BY MEL BROOKS (FT. BRAD OSR, CADY HUFFMAN, JENNIFER SMH, KATHY FZGERALD, MALEE DOHERTY, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE & ROGER BART)VIEW KEEP IT GAY SAMPLTAGSPOPMILSEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY
• AM I GAY?
• KEEP IT GAYBG CROSBYTRACK 11 ON SHALL WE DANCE? 1 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSKEEP IT GAY LYRICSWELL I TOOK MY BABY TO THE RNIVALAND I HEARD THAT BARKER YELLCOME ON AND W YOURSELF A PRETTY KEWPIE DOLLALL YOU GOTTA DO IS RG THE BELLWELL I SWUNG THE HAMMER JT AS HARD AS I ULDAND YOU SHOULD'VE HEARD THE WILD APPLSEWHEN BONG WENT THE BELL AND THE MAN SAID WELLI GUS THE KEWPIE DOLL IS YOURSI SAID, GIVE ME A DOGGIE OR A TEDDY BEAROR A HIGH SCHOOL BANNER FOR MY WALLCSE I GOT ME A REAL LIVE KEWPIE DOLLAND SHE'S THE CUTT ONE OF THEM ALLTHEN WE WALKED DOWN THE MIDWAY TILL WE SAW A CROWDAND THE MAN SAID TRY YOUR SKILLFIVE SHOTS FOR A QUARTER, MAKE A DUCK H THE WATERAND GIVE YOUR LTLE BABY A THRILLWELL MY BABY SED AND SHE KISSED ME ONCEAND I FELT I WAS NE FEET TALLOH, FIVE SHOTS CRASHED AND FIVE DUCKS SPLASHEDAND THE MAN GAVE ME A KEWPIE DOLLTHEN MY BABY SAID, HONEY LET ME TRY MY LUCKAND KNOCK THE K BOTTL OFF THE SHELFYOU SHOULD'VE SEEN THIS CHICK, SHE WAS A AD EYE DICKHEY I ULDN'T DO BETTER MYSELFYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEAND THEN MY FACE GOT RED AND MY CHT SWELLED UPAND MY EY BUGGED OUTTA MY HEADCSE WHEN THE PRIZE TURNED OUT TO BE A KEWPIE DOLLTHIS IS WHAT MY BABY SAIDSHE SAID, GIVE ME A DOGGIE OR A TEDDY BEAROR A HIGH SCHOOL BANNER FOR MY WALLCSE I GOT ME A REAL LIVE KEWPIE DOLLAND HE'S THE CUTT ONE OF THEM ALLEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌SHALL WE DANCE? (2010)BG CROSBY1. BEG THE BEGUE3. DON’T LET THE STARS GET YOUR EY4. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHG BUT LOVE7. CHANGG PARTNERS10. WAY DOWN YONR IN NEW ORLEANS11. KEEP IT GAY14. LADY OF SPACREDSTAGSPOPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

KEEP IT GAYMEL BROOKSTRACK 8 ON THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) FEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN & 6 MOREPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & 1 MOREIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON… READ MORE MAR. 26, 20011 VIEWER14.3K VIEWS8 CONTRIBUTORSKEEP IT GAY LYRICS[MAX, SPOKEN]LISTEN, ROGER, DID YOU GET A CHANCE YET TO READ SPRGTIME FOR HLER?[ROGER, SPOKEN]READ ? I VOURED . I FOR ONE, FOR STANCE NEVER REALIZED THAT THE THIRD REICH... MEANT GERMANY[MAX, SPOKEN]YEAH. HOW ABOUT THAT? THEN YOU'LL DO ?[ROGER, SPOKEN]DO ? OF URSE NOT(SUNG)THE THEATER'S SO OBSSEDWH DRAMA SO PRSEDIT'S HARD TO SELL A TICKET ON BROADWAYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE PRETTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE WTYSHOWS SHOULD BE MORE...WHAT'S THE WORD?[LEO, SPOKEN]GAY?[ROGER, SPOKEN]EXACTLYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE(SUNG)NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO ON THE STAGEKEEP LIGHT, KEEP BRIGHT, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S MURR, MAYHEM OR RAGEDON'T PLA, 'S A PA, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]PEOPLE WANT LGHTER WHEN THEY SEE A SHOWTHE LAST THG THEY'RE AFTER IS A LANY OF WOE[BOTH]A HAPPY ENDG WILL PEP UP YOUR PLAY[ROGER]OEDIP WON'T BOMB[CARMEN]IF HE WDS UP WH MOM![ROGER]KEEP GAY[CARMEN]KEEP GAY[BOTH]KEEP GAY[MAX, SPOKEN]COULDN'T AGREE WH YOU MORE. AND YOU HAVE OUR BLSGS, ROGER, TO MAKE SPRGTIME FOR HLER JT AS "GAY" AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT. SO E ON, DO FOR , PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, I'M SORRY, MAX, BUT 'S SIMPLY NOT MY CUP OF TEA. BUT STILL, FAIR IS FAIR. PERHAPS I SHOULD ASK MY PRODUCTN TEAM WHAT THEY THK. THIS IS MY SET SIGNER, BRIAN[BRIAN ENTERS A LEATHER MASOCHISM OUTF.][BRIAN]KEEP GLADKEEP MADKEEP GAY[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND HERE'S MY STUME SIGNER, KEV[KEV, A TWKISH MAN, ENTERS.][KEVIN]HELLO!KEEP HAPPYKEEP SNAPPYKEEP GAY[BRIAN, KEVIN]WE'RE CLEVER, CREATIVEIT'S OUR JOB TO SEETHAT EVERYTHG'S PERFECTFOR MR. DEBRIS[ROGER, SPOKEN]NEXT, STT, MY CHOREOGRAPHERSTT, A SKTIGHT LEOTARD, WH AN ERECTN, DANC TO THE ROOM.}[SCOTT]HI THERE![[ROGER, SPOKEN]AND AH, FALLY... LAST, AND LEAST, MY LIGHTG SIGNER SHIRLEY MARKOWZ[FALLY, SHIRLEY, A BUTCH LBIAN, ENTERS.][SHIRLEY]KEEP GAYKEEP GAYKEEP GAY[LEO PULLS MAX ASI.][LEO, SPOKEN]I DON'T THK WE'RE GETTG TO THEM. WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW, MAX?[MAX, SPOKEN]WATCH THIS: ROGER, LISTEN. I THK THAT SPRGTIME FOR HLER WOULD BE A MARVELO OPPORTUNY FOR YOU. I MEAN UP TO NOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WH IVOLO MILS[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'VE OFTEN FELT AS THOUGH I'VE BEEN THROWG MY LIFE AWAY ON SILLY ENTERTAMENTS. DOPEY SHOWGIRLS GOOEY GOWNS. TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN! TURN, TURN, KICK, TURN![CARMEN, SPOKEN]OH, ROGER[ROGER, SPOKEN]OH, 'S ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU HEAVE. NOHELS, I'M SORRY, MAX. I JT ULDN'T DO SPRGTIME FOR HLER[MAX, SPOKEN]WHY NOT? THK OF THE PRTIGE[ROGER, SPOKEN]NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF THE RPECT![ROGER, SPOKEN]NO, NO, NO![MAX, SPOKEN]THK OF... THE TONY![PRODUCTION TEAM]TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY! TONY![ROGER]NGAAAAAAHHHHH![MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT'S THE MATTER?{LEO, SPOKEN]IS HE ALL RIGHT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN]HE'S HAVG A STROKE...[MAX, SPOKEN]WHAT?[CARMEN, SPOKEN].. GENI![ROGER, SPOKEN]I SEE ! I SEE ! AT LAST, THE CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG IMPORTANT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]OF URSE, THAT WHOLE SEND ACT HAS TO BE REWRTEN. THEY'RE LOSG THE WAR? EXCE ME?! IT'S TOO DOWNBEAT![CARMEN]ROGER DEBRIS PRENTS HISTORY![ROGER, SPOKEN]BUT MAYBE... OOH, 'S A WILD IA, BUT JT MIGHT WORK...(SUNG)I SEE A LE OF BETIFUL GIRLSDRSED AS STORMTROOPERS, EACH ONE A GEMWH LEATHER BOOTS AND WHIPS ON THEIR HIPSIT'S RISQUE, DARE I SAY, S&M![OTHERS, SPOKEN]LOVE ![ROGER]I SEE GERMAN SOLDIERS DANCG THROUGH FRANCEPLAYED BY CHOS BOYS VERY TIGHT PANTSAND WA, THERE'S MORE! THEY W THE WAR!AND THE DANC THEY DO WILL BE DARG AND NEWTURN, TURN, KICK, TURN, TURN, TURN, KICK, TURNONE, TWO, THREE, KICK, TURN!KEEP SASSYKEEP CLASSYKEEP ... HA HA HA![MAX, SPOKEN]THAT IS BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! ROGER, I SPEAK FOR MR. BLOOM AND MYSELF WHEN I SAY THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY MAN THE WORLD WHO N DO JTICE TO SPRGTIME FOR HLER. WILL YOU DO , PLEASE?[LEO, SPOKEN]PLEASE![ROGER, SPOKEN]WA A MUTE! THIS IS A VERY BIG CISN! IT MIGHT AFFECT THE URSE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE! I SHALL HAVE TO THK ABOUT ... I'LL DO !(SUNG)I'LL DO !SABU, CHAMPAGNE![PRODUCTION TEAM]IF AT THE END YOU WANT THEM TO CHEERKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYWHETHER 'S HAMLET, OTHELLO OR LEARKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAY[CARMEN]COMEDY'S JOYO, A NSTANT LIGHTDRAMAS ANNOY ...[ROGER, CARMEN].. OUR NIGHT[PRODUCTION TEAM]SO KEEP YOUR STRDBERGS AND IBSENS AT BAY[ROGER]I'LL SIGN[KEVIN]SIGN[BRIAN]SIGN[SCOTT]SIGN[CARMEN]SIGN[SHIRLEY]SIGN[MAX & LEO]SIGN![ROGER, SPOKEN]ROGER ELIZABETH DE BRIS![ALL]KEEP GAY!*TAG*[ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYLA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAKEEP -[CARMEN,SPOKEN]CONGA![ALL]LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LALA LA LA LA LAAND SO THE LE IS WHEN MOUNTG A PLAYKEEP GAY, KEEP GAY, KEEP GAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORIN THIS SONG, WE ARE TRODUCED TO FLAMBOYANT DIRECTOR ROGER DEBRIS (GARY BEACH) AND THE RT OF HIS PRODUCTN TEAM. THEY ARE AT FIRST RELUCTANT ABOUT PUTTG ON SPRGTIME, BUT MAX AND LEO MANAGE TO NVCE THEM, BY ALLOWG THEM TO MAKE “AS GAY AS ANYONE ULD POSSIBLY WANT!”EXPAND +3SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?WHEN DID MEL BROOKS RELEASE “KEEP IT GAY”?WHO WROTE “KEEP IT GAY” BY MEL BROOKS?THE PRODUCERS (ORIGAL BROADWAY CAST RERDG) (2001)VAR ARTISTS1. OVERTURE2. OPENG NIGHT3. THE KG OF BROADWAY4. WE CAN DO IT5. I WANNA BE A PRODUCER6. IN OLD BAVARIA (BROADWAY VERSN)7. DER GUTEN TAG HOP-CLOP8. KEEP IT GAY9. WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT, FLNT IT10. ALONG CAME BIALY11. THAT FACE12. HABEN SIE GEHöRT DAS UTSCHE BAND?13. OPENG NIGHT (REPRISE)14. YOU NEVER SAY GOOD LUCK ON OPENG NIGHT15. SPRGTIME FOR HLER (BROADWAY VERSN)16. WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT?17. BETRAYED18. ’TIL HIM19. PRISONERS OF LOVE (LEO & MAX)20. GOODBYE!THAT FACE (REPRISE)CREDSFEATURGKATHY FZGERALD, JEFY DENMAN, RAY WILLIS, PETER MAROS, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE, ROGER BART & GARY BEACHPRODUCED BYLYNN LANDIS, RHODA MAYERSON & FRERIC H. MAYERSONWRTEN BYMEL BROOKSORCHTRATNDOUG BTERMANRELEASE DATEMARCH 26, 2001SONGS THAT INTERPOLATE KEEP IT GAYTHIS IS YOUR ROUND OF APPLSE (2022 TONY AWARDS OPENG NUMBER) BY ARIANA DEBOSE, OVERTURE BY MEL BROOKS (FT. THE PRODUCERS ORCHTRA), BETRAYED BY MEL BROOKS (FT. NATHAN LANE) & ALONG CAME BIALY BY MEL BROOKS (FT. BRAD OSR, CADY HUFFMAN, JENNIFER SMH, KATHY FZGERALD, MALEE DOHERTY, MATTHEW BRORICK, NATHAN LANE & ROGER BART)VIEW KEEP IT GAY SAMPLTAGSPOPMILSEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

[LEO, spoken]Gay? [ROGER, spoken]Exactly(sung)No matter what you do on the stageKeep light, keep bright, keep gayWhether 's murr, mayhem or rageDon't pla, 's a pa, keep gay[CARMEN]People want lghter when they see a showThe last thg they're after is a lany of woe[BOTH]A happy endg will pep up your play[ROGER]Oedip won't bomb[CARMEN]If he wds up wh mom! [ROGER]Keep gay[CARMEN]Keep gay[BOTH]Keep gay[MAX, spoken]Couldn't agree wh you more.

And you have our blsgs, Roger, to make Sprgtime for Hler jt as "gay" as anyone uld possibly want.

][BRIAN]Keep gladKeep madKeep gay[ROGER, spoken]And here's my stume signer, Kev[Kev, a twkish man, enters.

TELL: AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF GAY MEN THE MILARY

Keep happyKeep snappyKeep gay[BRIAN, KEVIN]We're clever, creativeIt's our job to seeThat everythg's perfectFor Mr.

AM I GAY?

][SHIRLEY]Keep gayKeep gayKeep gay[Leo pulls Max asi. [PRODUCTION TEAM]If at the end you want them to cheerKeep gay, keep gay, keep gayWhether 's Hamlet, Othello or LearKeep gay, keep gay, keep gay[CARMEN]Comedy's joyo, a nstant lightDramas annoy ... [ALL]Keep gay!

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The are the voic explag what has been like to be a gay man1 the Amerin ary over the prev seventy or so years, om World War II veterans their late eighti to young servicemen on active duty.

Life Today as a Gay ServicemanHow we got here: In 1992, many people thought that the discrimatn was nearly over. "I remember beg the Castro, " says John Forrett (army rerve, 1987–99), "and watchg the TV at a bar wh some iends, watchg Al Gore and Bill Clton swearg that if they beme the tag team for Ameri they were gog to get rid of the harassment of gays and lbians servg the ary.

" Gay people were allowed the ary but only as long as they didn’t reveal their sexualy; to facilate this, all members of the ary were also prohibed om quirg about anyone’s possible orientatn. Gay people were only acceptable, effect, to the gree to which they uld succsfully masquera as nongay. Seventeen years which gay servicemen have existed a paradoxil kd of herworld.