Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed

[DancerGirl16]

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)

[MusicSnob1]

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

HELLO, AGAIN

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

Annie

[ljay889]

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

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is all about sexual liaisons.

[madbrian]

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

Seussical the Musical

[Yankeefan007]

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

The Graduate
Boeing-Boeing
Bedroom Farce

[perfectlymarvelous]

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.

[South Fl Marc]

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.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

Conrad Birdie fingerbangs Kim in the Ice House scene.

[MusicSnob1]

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

Hahaha!!

[dshnookie]

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

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, maybe.

[madbrian]

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

Don't forget:

Nunsense
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

[PalJoey]

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

All theater, like all art, is essentially erotic.

[CyCoSpAz2]

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

with puppets

[Mister Matt]

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.

[devonian.t]

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

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

[Gothampc]

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

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

[tazber]

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.

[desiree armfeldt]

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.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

Closer Than Ever?

[ColorTheHours048]

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.

[CAX]

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

Pinter's The Homecoming. Brimming with sex.

[The White Half-Mask]

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

Avenue Q
Company

[tothestage615]

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

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia by Edward Albee

[snarkywannabedreamer]

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

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