2016
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Hace 5 días · More than four decades after its New York premiere, Harvey Fierstein’s streamlined 2017 revision of "Torch Song Trilogy," retitled simply "Torch Song," makes its Bay Area debut at the Marin Theatre Company beginning May 9.
Hace 5 días · When Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” hit Broadway in 1982, audiences had never met anyone quite like Arnold Beckoff. Here was a 20-something gay man, a drag queen who sometimes ...
Hace 1 día · If that weren’t enough of a commitment to LGBTQ+ lives, Lauper wrote the music and lyrics while Harvey Fierstein wrote the book for the musical adaptation of Kinky Boots Kinky Boots (inspired by ...
Hace 5 días · Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song is coming to Philly for the first time, in a poignant new staging from 1812 Productions. Built from three one-act plays, the original work premiered on Broadway in 1982, winning the Tony for Best Play and running for more than 1,000 performances.
Hace 5 días · By one definition, it’s the song a performer sings that’s often sad (and romantic) about their love for another person. It’s the idea of carrying a torch for someone, keeping that flame bold and bright even when the other person’s feelings are not mutual. Or not yet anyway. Admit it, we’ve all been there.
Hace 3 días · MTC closes its 23-24 season with Torch Song, bringing the Bay Area its first look at Harvey Fierstein’s acclaimed, newly revised two-act version of his Tony-winning Torch Song Trilogy. This fast-paced play follows Arnold Beckoff, a lovelorn Jewish drag queen wielding the pithy wit of a Fran Lebowitz, looking for love in New York City.
Hace 5 días · At the beginning of Harvey Fierstein’s play — cut in 2017 from its 1982 version, “Torch Song Trilogy,” but still covering multiple phases in Arnold’s relationship with a bisexual lover — our hero is backstage getting into drag for a performance, and the witticisms don’t waste any time.
