Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

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Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:25am

I am working on a paper for a class on "how sex is portrayed in the theater" and I am looking of examples of shows worth referencing...(spring awakening, rent, Equus, Closer Than Ever, Hair...)

Can you guys give me some ideas of shows with "sex" in it to a "noteable" degree (something worth referencing in a paper)

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#2

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:27am

HELLO, AGAIN

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When I think about you, I touch myself.

#3

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:29am

Annie

#4

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:33am

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is all about sexual liaisons.

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:34am

Seussical the Musical

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:34am

The Graduate
Boeing-Boeing
Bedroom Farce

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:38am

See What I Wanna See has two somewhat lengthy (but clothed) sex scenes...it's the same two people but one examines it as a rape scene and one examines it as consensual sex. The act 1 and act 2 openers also have to do with sex but the song is sung by a different person each time.

#8

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:17am

In act 1 of Torch Song Trology , Arnold goes into a backroom, bends over and takes it like a man.

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:34am

Conrad Birdie fingerbangs Kim in the Ice House scene.

#10

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:43am

Hahaha!!

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When I think about you, I touch myself.

#11

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:09am

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, maybe.

#12

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:14am

Don't forget:

Nunsense
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

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"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:16am

All theater, like all art, is essentially erotic.

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#14

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:23am

with puppets

#15

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:40am

Might want to look up "Sex" by Mae West, which caused an uproar in its day and was actually banned.

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:48am

I know lots of people who've had sex in theatres. Does that help?

#17

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:27pm

Oh, Calcutta! (probably the worst of the "longest running Broadway shows")

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:31pm

Well it depends on the theater. For example we had a really difficult time getting into a comfortable position in the the Neil Simon, but no trouble at all in the balcony of the Shubert.

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re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:34pm

"Contact" in RENT is a good one.

EVITA also has a couple of mentions, using sex to get ahead.

#20

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:34pm

Closer Than Ever?

#21

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:39pm

Did you mean CLOSER by Patrick Marber? It's more about relationships, but it shows how people view sex and how it affects them.

#22

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:48pm

Pinter's The Homecoming. Brimming with sex.

#23

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 2:43pm

Avenue Q
Company

#24

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 6:30pm

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia by Edward Albee

#25

re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

Posted: 10/19/09 at 6:32pm

Rock Of Ages... sex in a bathroom stall.