Productions1 on Broadway
| 2018 | Original Theatre not recorded. · Casey Nicholaw | 309 performances |
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Licensing 1 entry
| US | Theatrical Rights Worldwide | not stated by this source |
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In the literature3 passages
Broadway musicals self-referentially reclaimed stereotypes about gay men and musicals in Mean Girls and The Prom (2018). There are more musicals that practice this brand of self-reflexivity than those that grapple with the AIDS crisis, and this speaks to how musicals and US culture more broadly viewed gay men: as camp… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p164
Lesbians received comic but stereotypical depictions in musicals like Nick & Nora (1991) and Legally Blonde (2007). While lesbian representation has demonstrably increased, only a handful of musicals with lesbian protagonists remain, and they are all variations on coming out: The Color Purple, Fun Home (2015), It Shou… book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p165
An example that may be worth keeping an eye on is The Prom, a tale about a lesbian high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the school prom in a small town. book:the-musical-a-concise-history-second-edition-ga-nzl-kurt-findlay-jamie-2-2022010#p486
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