Author: William M. Hoffman
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Author: Benjamin A. Hodges
Publisher: Alyson Books
ISBN: 9781593500443
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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With a foreword by Harvey Fierstein and a new introduction toThe Boys in the Bandby Mart Crowley, twentieth century theatre is seen as a powerful force in bringing gay and lesbian characters and themes out of the closet and into the spotlight. These dramatic selections share themes of oppression countered by love, fear, anger, and humor–not only gay or lesbian, but universally human. Included are Harvey Fierstein'sTorch Song Trilogy, Tererrence McNally'sThe Ritz, Lanford Wilson'sFifth of July, Paula Vogel'sThe Baltimore Waltz, and many more. Ben Hodgesis an actor, director, theatre and independent film producer, and was executive director of Fat Chance Productions and the Ground Floor Theatre. He is editor ofForbidden Acts: Pioneering Gayand Lesbian Plays from the Twentieth Century, and co-editor ofTheCommercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals.

Author: Mo Gaffney
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822226543
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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THE STORIES: Two little words, and suddenly your whole world changes. An A-list lineup of writers offers unique takes on the moments before, during and after I do. Witty, warm and occasionally wacky, these plays are vows to the blessings of equality, th

Author: Ben Hodges
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 147684836X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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(Applause Books). Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is proud to announce the publication of the first collected anthology of gay and lesbian plays from the entire span of the twentieth century, sure to find wide acceptance by general readers and to be studied on campuses around the world. Among the ten plays, three are completely out of print. Included are The God of Venegeance (1918) by Sholom Ash, the first play to introduce lesbian characters to an English-language audience; Lillian Hellman's classic The Children's Hour (1933), initially banned in London and passed over for the Pulitzer Prize because of its subject matter; and Oscar Wilde (1938) by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, a major award-winning success that starred Robert Morley. More recent plays include Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band (1968), the first hit "out" gay play that was the most realistic and groundbreaking portrayal of gays on stage up to that time; Martin Sherman's Bent (1978), which daringly focused on the love between two Nazi concentration camp inmates and starred Richard Gere; William Hoffman's As Is (1985), which was one of the first plays to deal with the AIDS crisis and earned three Tony Award nominations; and Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion! (1994), which starred Nathan Lane and won the Tony Award for Best Play. The other plays are Edouard Bourdet's The Captive (1926), Ruth and Augustus Goetz's The Immoralist (1954) and Frank Marcus' The Killing of Sister George (1967). Forbidden Acts includes a broad range of theatrical genres: drama, tragedy, romance, comedy and farce. They remain vibrant and relevant today as a testament of art's ability to persevere in the face of oppression.

Author: Tony Kushner
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367695
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes includes Part One, Millennium Approaches and Part Two, Perestroika “Glorious. A monumental, subversive, altogether remarkable masterwork…Details of specific catastrophes may have changed since this Reagan-era AIDS epic won the Pulitzer and the Tony, but the real cosmic and human obsessions—power, religion, sex, responsibility, the future of the world—are as perilous, yet as falling-down funny, as ever.” –Linda Winer, Newsday "A vast, miraculous play... provocative, witty and deeply upsetting... a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama." - Frank Rich, New York Times "A victory for theater, for the transforming power of the imagination to turn devastation into beauty." - John Lahr, New Yorker “An enormously impressive work of the imagination and intellect, a towering example of what theater stretched to its full potential can achieve.” -Philadelphia Inquirer "Angels in America is the finest drama of our time, speaking to us of an entire era of life and death as no other play within memory. It ranks as nothing less than one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century." - John Heilpern, New York Observer “Some playwrights want to change the world. Some want to revolutionize theater. Tony Kushner is that rarity of rarities: a writer who has the promise to do both.” -New York Times This new edition of Tony Kushner's masterpiece is published with the author's recent changes and a new introduction in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of its original production. One of the most honored American plays in history, Angels in America was awarded two Tony Awards for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO film directed by Mike Nichols. This two-part epic, subtitled "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes," has received hundreds of performances worldwide in more than twenty-six languages. Tony Kushner’s plays include Angels in America; Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown; The Illusion, adapted from the play by Pierre Cornelle; Slavs!; A Bright Room Called Day; Homebody/Kabul; Caroline, or Change, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols’s film of Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg’s Munich and Lincoln. His books include The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon. Among many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.

Author: Noreen C. Barnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: Hiram Ed Taylor
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462806295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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A PHOENIX RISING is a play written in 1987 about a fictional Broadway director dealing with his lovers death, his own illness and his up and down career while writing his autobiography. He must confront his past to find courage for his future. MEMBERS is a Bultman Playwriting Award winner from 1972 about four college Freshmen dealing with their homosexuality. Finally, MAN OF MY DREAMS is the Los Angeles hit comedy about three gay teachers on vacation in Orange Beach, Alabama. When one discovers his best friend having sex with his lover all hell breaks loose.

Author: Ken Furtado
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810826892
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Documenting the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, this bibliography provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies, containing listings for more than 700 plays whose primary characters or themes are gay or lesbian. In addition to authors, titles, and synopses, the entries include information about acts, characters, settings, and music. Appendices provide data on how the plays can be obtained, a list of theaters that produce works with gay/lesbian themes, names and addresses of playwrights and agents, a list of related references, and a matrix for the quick location of plays that meet certain criteria. Indispensable for repertory companies, producers, directors, actors, and scholars.

Author: David Demchuk
Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Includes: "Touch "by David Demchuk; 1by Ken Garnhum; "Capote at Yaddo "by Sky Gilbert; "2-2-Tango" by Daniel MacIvor; "Brave Hearts "by Harry Rintoul; and "Flesh and Blood "by Colin Thomas.

Author: Andrew Ramer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725289520
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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