LGBT Plays during June Pride NYC
June 21, 2018 Leave a comment
Brandon Haagenson and David Merten in Afterglow at Davenport Loft
Phillip James Brannon and Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Log Cabin at Playwrights Horizons
Eli Gelb, Idina Menzel and Will Brittain in Skintight at Laura Tells Theatre
Cast of Le Blanc, at The Pit
Andrew Garfield as Prior and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as his former lover and current caretaker.
Sheldon Best and Chinaza Uche in Sugar in Our Wounds at MTC
Sean Hudock and Daniel Burn in “She Calls Me Firefly” at SoHo Playhouse
Michael Rosen and Michael Urie in Torch Song, transferring to Broadway
Jim Parsons and Matt Boman in Boys in the Band on Broadway
Neptune, written and performed by Timothy DuWhite, is one of the offerings of the 27th annual Hot Festival, celebrating queer culture
To judge only from Broadway, New York theater is experiencing a Renaissance of old gay plays, with starry revivals of three landmark dramas that are now period pieces: The Boys in the Band from the 1960s, the soon-to-open Torch Song from the 1980s and Angels in America from the 1990s.
But, as I make clear in a round-up piece on TDF Stages, Pride Month Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway tells a much broader story.
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Read full article: Dramatists are exploring LGBTQ life in uncharted ways
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For the 18th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows on Thursdays in July and August between 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. This year’s offerings include Tony-sweeper The Band’s Visit on July 26 and an all-Disney Broadway program on August 2.
The new Broadway season is shaping up into something familiar — lavish revivals, jukebox musicals, musical adaptations of movies, a musical about a diva and about a giant ape — but also some serious plays – two about racism, two that involve homophobia, two about journalism – and some eclectic offerings not as easily classified
The Tonys also went big for a little show. The day after, three different people told me that they had never heard of The Band’s Visit. Here are 
The American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, with hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2017 from 8:00 to 11:00 PM, Eastern Time. Here’s a preview guide..
How to Watch
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the annual three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the Tony Awards broadcast.
