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Jt bee pri weekend is past don’t mean the celebratns of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people on and off Broadway are over.

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THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME

Gay-themed Broadway mils have e a long way the past fifty years. The on are the bt. * gay musical theatre roles *

The Tony awards have always been a gay affair, plete wh out hosts like Neil Patrick Harris and wners like David Hy Pierce famoly thankg their partners at the podium. The story revolv around a group of gay iends g together for a iend's birthday party Manhattan, and ends wh stori about long-lost lovers, and one character g out to his wife. Created by out playwright John Cameron Mchell, Hedwig spired a feature film and a Broadway revival, wh gay actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Andrew Rannells takg on the role.Fun Home This crilly-acclaimed Broadway mil was adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeane Tori om Alison Bechl's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name.

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The story follows the life of Alison, cludg a g-out that's plited by her father's own secret gay life. Each act foc on a different time Arnold's life, om his relatnship wh a bisexual man, to adoptg a child wh his partner, to beg a sgle dad raisg a gay son. The storyle was a darg productn for the time -- even though alt wh a lbian romance, was weled by the public and beme a huge succs.Safe Sex Another award-wng play by Harvey Fierste, Safe Sex premiered on Broadway 1987 and took dienc to the life of a gay man rg for his lover as he succumbs to AIDS-related illns.

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After his partner's ath, the protagonist mt meet his lover's wife and son.The Pri Set both the 1950s and 2008, The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell, parallels two gay love stori two very different eras.

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The play foc on gay uple Ge and Alb, and the adventur that ensue when Ge's son brgs home his fiancee's ultra-nservative parents for the first time. As most know, the stage productns were adapted for numero French films and a very famo Amerin remake, starrg Rob Williams and Nathan Lane.Bent This 1979 play, wrten by Mart Sherman, revolv around the persecutn of gays Nazi Germany, and tak place durg and after the Night of the Long Kniv, the vlent 1934 uprisg that brought Hilter to power. Bent was dark and horrifyg, featurg performanc by Ian McKellen and Richard Gere as the gay protagonist.

In this chronologil list of semal events and selected theatril landmarks, you’ll fd a wi variety of gay, lbian and transgenr characters and stori – om gay men New York stgglg wh self-loathg The Boys the Band to a young lbian North Carola proudly facg her fay The Cake. Subsequently ma to a feature film wh the origal st, The Boys the Band was sthg and unapologetic s ank portrayal of gay men New York.

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