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Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:46am

The only musicals I can think of with lesbian characters in it are Rent and Falsettoland.

Anyone know of others?

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re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:47am

The Producers...

And does Mama Morton count?

eta: Oh yeah -- and The Color Purple, of course.

Updated On: 5/22/06 at 10:47 AM

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:50am

Mama Morton is implied, but I still think it counts because it's impossible not to see what is being implied.

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:50am

And The Wild Party...

Emma Goldman might have been a lesbian, so that would also include Ragtime and Assassins.

Updated On: 5/22/06 at 10:50 AM

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:50am

Zanna Don't.

I've always had suspicions about Elphaba and Glinda as well as Daisy and Violet.

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:52am

Madeline True in Lippa's Wild Party - "An Old-Fashioned Love Story" is a hoot.

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re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:54am

There's lesbians in The Producers?

...oh, right! The lighting technician in "Keep it Gay". Heh. :)

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re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:56am

I forgot about Madeline... "Old-Fashioned Love Story" is hysterical

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#10

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 10:58am

I was going to say Avenue Q but those are male puppets that are gay, not female.

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#11

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:03am

But I'm A Cheerleader

#12

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:15am

Hairspray, if you count the gym teacher in the dodgeball scene.

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#13

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:41am

Triumph of Love

#14

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:43am

There's a lesbian song in the revue "Personals".

#15

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:48am

ANNIE

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#16

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:49am

Mame.

She & Vera are just like an old married couple!

#17

Re: Personals: You mean "I Could Always Go To You", which is also featured on Emily Skinner's self titled solo album, accompanied by none other than the lovely Alice Ripley.

Re: Daisy and Violet: incestual relations are for another thread, but since you brought it up, wouldn't that just be considered masturbation?

My Life With Albertine is full of lesbians.

Emma Goldman gives Evelyn Nesbit a very sexual backrub in the book, that leads into (implied) sex. So, yes, even though that's not explored in the musical (because how could they fit every plot line into 2 1/2- 3 hours... it's already long enough as is), she would still be considered a lesbian, I suppose. Or at least she has some very strong tendencies...

Updated On: 5/22/06 at 11:50 AM

#18

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 3:26pm

ASPECTS OF LOVE has a hinted lesbian relationship.

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#19

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 3:45pm

Shouldn't the thread title be, Lesbian characters in musicals, as opposed to Lesbian musicals. I have yet to come across something touted as, "a lesbian musical".

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#20

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 3:55pm

Dottie, there was actually a musical running here in LA recently called "The Break-Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical".

Here is a link to a review:
http://www.reviewplays.com/break.htm

Re: Daisy and Violet: incestual relations are for another thread, but since you brought it up, wouldn't that just be considered masturbation?

Zing! Good point.

#21

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 3:55pm

Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.

nuff said (even though it's not a musical)

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#22

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 4:01pm

Thanks, Caroline and Patronus, I stand corrected. I saw Vampire Lesbians when it played in NYC, and honestly, I don't remember any lesbians!!

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Updated On: 5/22/06 at 04:01 PM

#23

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 4:05pm

they were crouching and hiding with the tigers and dragons.

ok. i'll stop.

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#24

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 4:07pm

who is a lesbian in Cabaret?

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#25

re: Lesbian musicals?

Posted: 5/22/06 at 4:09pm

Cowgirls has a lesbian character.

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