LGBTQ+ Tropes in Musical Theater- Page 2

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 6/6/18 at 5:48pm

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson recently wrote: "I want a gay thing about gay adults who are relatively well-adjusted and aren't dying, that is wistful, hopeful, fun."

He's talking about films but I'll apply it to musicals. I can't define "well-adjusted" but as for the rest of the categories I'd put the following:

Boy Meets Boy (1975)
La Cage Aux Folles (1983)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011)
Tales of the City (2011) 
[title of show] (2008)
A Year With Frog and Toad (2003) (it's canon!)
When Pigs Fly (1996)

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/6/18 at 7:55pm

When I played Farquaad in Shrek, I asked several of my gay friends if they found the way the character (straight and more or less masculine in the film) was portrayed on Broadway as a 1960s queeny stereotype was offensive or tasteless. They were mixed but found it rather tacky. I ended up steering into a less swish, more grotesque camp portrayal (my main inspiration for the vocal mannerisms was Mark Hamill's Joker).

[scarlet721]

Posted: 6/7/18 at 12:21am

"Does the gay dad in Mama Mia have a boyfriend? I know the film paired Colin Firth with a chorus boy.


"

Yes, he has a line about  all families being different and his is him and Nigel.

 

I'm curious about one thing.  Who do you consider to be a Cis female in Holiday Inn?

Also, in Zanna Don't all the major characters end up coupled, although you have 3 heterosexual couples and one gay male couple.  

I also think that in "Bring it On," the trans couple ends up coupled with Campbell's ex-boyfriend.

 

 

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 6/7/18 at 8:47am

Scarlet721: The stage version of Holiday Inn includes the character Louise. She works at the inn, provides comic relief and discusses her crush on film star Lana Turner.

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 6/8/18 at 12:55am

Angel in Rent isn't trans. He's a crossdresser.

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 6/8/18 at 10:13am

mailhandler - I've read that Angel's status is a bone of contention among the Rent fan base so I've included the character in both lists. http://rent.wikia.com/wiki/Angel_Dumott_Schunard