#26
Posted: 5/3/05 at 8:35am
There was an Off-Broadway musical in the late 1970's called "The Faggot". I don'y kow the plot, but I'm fairly sure it was NOT about a small stick of firewood.
#27
Posted: 5/3/05 at 8:57am
Definately Zanna Don't, Taboo, Q, Bare...
Many shows just have references to homosexuality in them..
:)
Many shows just have references to homosexuality in them..
:)
And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps...
What did she realize, Kitten?
That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs.
What's wrong with that?
Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had...
Where?
On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.
#28
Posted: 5/3/05 at 9:15am
Of course Jerry Herman--who can argue that Mame and Dolly AREN'T drag queens?
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#29
Posted: 5/3/05 at 9:45am
Here's an obscure one "Boy Meets Boy". No not the Bravo series, it's actually a musical. It's set in the 30's London and supposedly parallels the abdication of the King to marry a commoner. A basic premise of this show is that gay marriage was accepted.
Also "Dirty Little Show Tunes" Which is a review with gayed up Broadway standards.
Victor Victoria
Thorougly Modern Millie has a surprise gay twist.
Also "Dirty Little Show Tunes" Which is a review with gayed up Broadway standards.
Victor Victoria
Thorougly Modern Millie has a surprise gay twist.
#30
Posted: 5/3/05 at 10:34am
Yeah...i have some of those cast recordings....but some of the not so famous ones, i dont have, and do u wanna know why? my town is so friggin conservitive...."oh no we cannot have controversial cds on sale" yet they'll go and put parantal advisary cds on sale, but certainly not musicals that deal with "bad things" yeah i hate my town.
#31
Posted: 5/5/05 at 9:38am
Well not exactly a gay musical, but the one that best had a gay sensibility in regard to songs, general feeling, overall concept and sheer sensuousness was Cole Porter's OUT OF THIS WORLD. Unfortunately, this was a case when the cast didn't quite understand the jokes and lines were delivered with complete disregard to their impact. And the audiences and critics also were in the dark! Charlotte Greenwood, a gifted comedienne, was totally wrong for the part, which really begged for an Ina Claire or a Vivienne Segal. Speaking about Segal she was supposed to have said after seeing the male dancers in varous forms of disrobment, "I've got to go home and take a cold shower."
Miriam
Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
Updated On: 5/5/05 at 09:38 AM
#32
Posted: 5/5/05 at 9:57am
Even stranger, Carol Channing was offered the role before Charlotte!
I read that one critic was a little upset by the overall 'lavender' feel of the whole production, saying something like (and I'm paraphrasing from memory here) "The gentlemen of the chorus are as unhampered by raiment as the patrons of a steambath". And it didn't help that leading man William Eythe was busted cruising a subway men's room not long before opening night, an event the producers had to quickly cover up!
I read that one critic was a little upset by the overall 'lavender' feel of the whole production, saying something like (and I'm paraphrasing from memory here) "The gentlemen of the chorus are as unhampered by raiment as the patrons of a steambath". And it didn't help that leading man William Eythe was busted cruising a subway men's room not long before opening night, an event the producers had to quickly cover up!
#33
Posted: 5/5/05 at 10:23am
There are a lot of gay-ish musicals aborning these days.
There's the ubiquitous adaptation of "But I'm a Cheerleader" which is probably going to be performed in NYC soon, as well as at least one gay-themed musical I know of set to premiere at the Fringe Festival this year.
There's the ubiquitous adaptation of "But I'm a Cheerleader" which is probably going to be performed in NYC soon, as well as at least one gay-themed musical I know of set to premiere at the Fringe Festival this year.
#34
Posted: 5/5/05 at 10:36am
Australia is a hotbed of gay musicals, including PRODIGAL, which played a season at the York Theatre Co. featuring Christian Borle.
David Campbell starred in ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS about a teenager finding love with a guy during World War II.
And opening in Sydney next week, BOYBAND, covering ten years in the life of a famous group with at least one gay member.
David Campbell starred in ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS about a teenager finding love with a guy during World War II.
And opening in Sydney next week, BOYBAND, covering ten years in the life of a famous group with at least one gay member.
#35
Posted: 5/5/05 at 10:45am
though it was a horrible horrible HORRIBLE musical that had me singing Into the woods to pass the time, BOUNCE! deffinitely deals with homosexuality. and Derek, it's not taboo here, you don't have to appologize for being queer or wondering about gay plays. this is Broadway after all....
"We ought to make the pie higher."
--George W. Bush, South Carolina Republican Debate; February 15, 2000
#36
Posted: 5/5/05 at 12:06pm
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#40
Posted: 5/5/05 at 2:33pm
Just because a show has a gay character doesn't make it a gay musical or show. Why pigeonhole a production as being "gay" if it doesn't deal with gay issues just because there is a gay character in it?
The truly beautiful should be lawfully restricted from wearing clothing; and the truly butt-ugly should be lawfully mandated from going naked.
#41
Posted: 5/5/05 at 3:29pm
Spamalot
I think it was on Will and Grace that they pointed out the My Fair Lady is a really gay musical. Two confirmed bachelors get excited to dress a woman up in fancy clothes.
I think it was on Will and Grace that they pointed out the My Fair Lady is a really gay musical. Two confirmed bachelors get excited to dress a woman up in fancy clothes.
#43
Posted: 5/5/05 at 5:18pm
my favorite is A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a wonderful little show by McNALLY, FLAHERTY, and AHRENS 
cast recording at amazon
cast recording at amazon
RIP glebby <3
#44
Posted: 5/5/05 at 8:46pm
in one production i've seen of JCS they portayed Judas, Jesus and Mary in this gay love triangle, ergo implying that because Judas was jealous that was why he betrayed Jesus
#45
Posted: 5/5/05 at 9:58pm
The Rocky Horror Show
A Man of No Importance
Zanna, Don't
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
There are also many Musicals with homosexual characters - ranging from Chicago to The Full Monty to Spelling Bee
A Man of No Importance
Zanna, Don't
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
There are also many Musicals with homosexual characters - ranging from Chicago to The Full Monty to Spelling Bee
#46
Posted: 5/6/05 at 7:49am
I know this has nothing to do with the initial question, but I was reading the thread and was outraged that someone would portray Jesus as gay because he was not. A musical about Jesus' life would not (or rather, should not) portray him as being gay. It makes me SO UPSET that someone would do that.
btw, I have nothing against gay people, cuz then I would be prejudice against myself, which doesn't make much sense...
btw, I have nothing against gay people, cuz then I would be prejudice against myself, which doesn't make much sense...
"And I feel it move me
Like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open
Impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying
Flying like a bird
Like electricity
Electricity" - Electricity from Billy Elliot The Musical
#47
Posted: 5/6/05 at 11:19am
you dont know that..maybe he was..maybe he wasnt..he was a man on this earth..you're being terribly naive to think this.
#48
Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:18pm
you know what, I don't feel like fighting about this cuz I'm in a good mood, so I'm just secure in knowing I'm right and I'm no longer posting in this thread
"And I feel it move me
Like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open
Impossible to hide
And suddenly I'm flying
Flying like a bird
Like electricity
Electricity" - Electricity from Billy Elliot The Musical
#49
Posted: 5/8/05 at 2:33pm
How did this thread go two pages without mentioning Company.
And if Jesus was gay, that's news to Mary Magdalene and their daughter Sara in France - oh, wait, this isn't the DaVinci Code message board is it?
And if Jesus was gay, that's news to Mary Magdalene and their daughter Sara in France - oh, wait, this isn't the DaVinci Code message board is it?
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