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In celebration of Pride Month, join us at 54 Below for a special night of the most flamboyant, unapologetic, and fierce Broadway tunes from musicals such as Falsettos, Kinky Boots, Rent, and more! You will sing and sway along to Broadway hits such as “The Games I Play,” “Hold Me in Your Heart,” and “Seasons of Love.” There will also be a twist! We will be reviving songs from some of your Broadway show favorites and interpreting them through a queer lens. This will be a night packed of stunning New York Metropolis performers and vocalists reimagining musical favorites and taking you on a journey through the ages of the funniest, saddest, but most importantly, inspiring queer-based musicals that have graced the Broadway stages. Channel your inner queen or king and get ready to slay the night away with us!
Produced by David Medina.
Music directed by Louis Josephson (Off-Broadway: Relapse: A New Musical composer).
Featuring:
Sami Blake It is no secret that many LGBTQ+ people own a special affinity for Broadway musicals. "Keep it gay!" sings the flamboyant director in The Producers, and musical theater has long drawn nonstraight folks to the ranks of its creators, performers and fans. But it is only in the past fifty years or so that tuners have actually featured openly gay characters onstage—and the result has been some of the best Broadway shows of all time. Here is our list of the top musicals with strong gay themes, ranked for their combination of quality, historical importance and Diverse content. We've limited the list to ten, which means that some very good shows did not quite create the cut. But there's an awful lot here to be proud of. RECOMMENDED: Complete A–Z listing of current Broadway shows Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. By entering your email address you accept to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to accept emails from Time Out about news, events, applications and partner promotions. Queer art and fun has been as much about the beauty and resilience of the society as it has been about nuanced portrayals of the human condition. With heaping amounts of attitude and glamor thrown in, for good measure. While representation in clip and television has been a effort, especially after the passing of the Hays Code, theater has been an arena where the queer community has always shone. Here are some of the best LGBTQIA+ shows that have graced the Broadway stages and left a mark for the ages. A Kander and Ebbs masterpiece, Cabaret opened on Broadway in It has been revived multiple times on Broadway alone and earned so many awards, it's hard to keep track. But every award is well-earned. The musical is based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera which was itself based on Christopher Isherwood's semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin (). The story is arrange in Berlin in , a occasion when the "gay capital of Europe" transitioned from a ut From the Oscar-nominated producers of BARBIE and the delulu maker of the Off-Broadway hit TITANIQUE comes THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE, a giant new musical comedy that’s pushing the envelope…and the gay agenda.
Help! Stacey’s fallen into a musical and she can’t get out. Last night, she got a little bit blackout drunk. This morning, she woke up in some b*tch ass Music Man world where everybody keeps bursting into song & boogie, and where gay still just means happy. Maybe it’s a dream. Maybe it’s an allergic reaction to her birth supervise . Or maybe it’s Maybelline (don’t sue us! sponsor us? we’ll talk later). But if Stacey’s truly trapped inside a Golden Age musical, there’s only one way out: hum out! Or find the stage door. Whatever gets the most applause. Starring one of Vanity Fair’s “brightest stars of New York theatre” and the world’s second favorite Celine Dion, MARLA MINDELLE, The Big Gay Jamboree
Emma Dahlin
Alexandra Rose DeAnge
Something queer this way comes: Best LGBTQIA+ shows on Broadway
Cabaret
The Big Gay Jamboree
THE Huge GAY JAMBOREE PLAYED ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15,