Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
#1Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:41pm
Can you name some musicals with The lead character/s being lesbian?
Most plays deal with the gay male characters but rarely do I see lesbians...much more on the transgender, bisexual, intersex... Gender- non conforming characters.
In the theme of equal pay and equality in general... We should see more LBTIQQ's characters
Rent have LGBTs
Falsettos have LG
And the prominent musicals with gay male characters would be :
Priscilla
Kinky Boots
Birdcage
Producers
Jersey Boys
And more
So
If #PriscillaQueenOfTheDesert #TheBirdcage #TheProducers #KinkyBoots were
#GayMusicals...
Then #HeadOverHeelsMusical @HOHmusical would be the
#LesbianMusical
#TransgenderMusical
#BisexualMusical that we are missing
#HeadOverHills #OurLipsAreSealed #MadAboutYou #WeGotTheBeat #BayGotTheBeat
Support
Lesbian Musicals
Trans Musical
Bi Musicals
:)
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
vanbrig
Stand-by Joined: 10/16/17
#4Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 7:49pm
There's The Color Purple, to an extent.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
DaveyG
Leading Actor Joined: 8/11/05
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#7Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 8:35pmIt Shoulda Been You though that’s more of an ensemble show.
#8Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 8:38pmIs Hedwig trans? I don't they ever explicitly identify whether Hedwig wanted to actually transition or just did it for the visa
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#9Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 9:15pm
Valentina3 said: "Is Hedwig trans? I don't they ever explicitly identify whether Hedwig wanted to actually transition or just did it for the visa"
JCM has said Hedwig is gender fluid, not explicitly trans.
Chicago, if you count it, and The Wild Party have lesbian characters.
whatdoesntkillme
Featured Actor Joined: 8/15/16
Rainah
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/16
#11Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 9:40pm
Hedwig is often though not always portrayed as either transgender or nonbinary
Maureen in Rent and Lucas in If/Then are bisexual main characters.
If/Then also has the lesbian couple, Kate and Ann, who are main(Kate much moreso)
MrsSallyAdams
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
#12Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:09pm
I was researching this very topic a while back and found some obscure ones.
Bad Girls The Musical - based on a British prison TV drama. http://www.bigbroad.co.uk/productions/bad-girls-the-musical/
Aspects of Love - the bisexual leading ladies abandon their men briefly for an affair.
Zanna Don't! - an off Broadway riff on "Midsummer Nights Dream" in which characters switch between gay and straight via magic. Problematic but cute with several lesbian characters.
More info here:
http://www.afterellen.com/more/24247-the-problematic-history-of-lesbians-in-musical-theater
threepanelmusicals.blogspot.com
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#14Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/11/18 at 11:49pm
I would personally count The Color Purple, but I'm also allowing the novel to influence my thoughts and Celie is more clearly a lesbian in that, as opposed to the musical.
Jonathan Larson always said that Maureen was a lesbian, even though she had a relationship with Mark, so there you go.
If you're looking for ones where the lead of the show is a lesbian, however, I can only think of The Color Purple and Fun Home. The rest have supporting lesbian characters, but that's it.
#15Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 3:45amWow! I didn't realize how many more there are....and I also wanna add Rocky Horror Show with Characters in the Gender Fluid category...
#16Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 8:48am
Oklahoma! (Aunt Eller anyone?)
Mame (Vera Charles?)
prouvaire
Chorus Member Joined: 6/5/14
#18Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:09pmGuys, other LGBT rep in musicals is wonderful, but the OP specifically asked about lesbian leads, not bi or gender fluid.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#19Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:14pm
Elsa in Frozen is definitely being portrayed in a gay light in the musical. Her second act constuming definitely gives off a butch vibe. She’s the only woman in the show who chooses to wear pants.....
Yes this is a sterotype, but its not as if her being a lesbian has anything to do with the plot.
#20Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:16pm
"Elsa in Frozen is definitely being portrayed in a gay light in the musical. Her second act constuming [sic] definitely gives off a butch vibe. She’s the only woman in the show who chooses to wear pants....."
Wrong. Anna pulls on pants during the search for Elsa.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#21Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:30pm
Grand Hotel - Rafaela (Elizaveta Grushinskaya's deeply devoted companion).
#22Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:32pm
newintown said: ""Elsa in Frozen is definitely being portrayed in a gay light in the musical. Her second act constuming [sic] definitely gives off a butch vibe. She’s the only woman in the show who chooses to wear pants....."
Wrong. Anna pulls on pants during the search for Elsa."
Those aren't by choice....its all Christophe has in his bag, and later changes into a dress when she gets to the Wandering Oaken's Trading Post.
#23Musicals with Lesbian Character lead
Posted: 4/12/18 at 12:37pm
She could choose not to wear the pants; she already has a dress on at that point (just continuing a ridiculous discussion here - as ridiculous as equating trousers with Sapphism...).
