LGBTQ+ Tropes in Musical Theater — Page 2

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)

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


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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.