Gayplay fun
It is no secret that many LGBTQ+ people include 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 form the cut. But there's an awful lot here to be proud of.
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The Big Gay Jamboree
THE Large GAY JAMBOREE PLAYED ITS FINAL PERFORMANCE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15,
From the Oscar-nominated producers of BARBIE and the delulu designer of the Off-Broadway hit TITANIQUE comes THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE, a great 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 & twirl, and where gay still just means happy. Maybe it’s a dream. Maybe it’s an allergic reaction to her birth manage. 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: perform 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
The Multiverse is Gay!
A wild rollercoaster journey through school, the Multiverse, and conclusion yourself, over and over and over again…
It's the last day of academy, and Amber bunks off to proceed partying with a raggle-taggle group of friends: the geeks, the queer kids, the school dropouts.
But even in this group, it can be a strife to fit in. Accidentally stumbling through a portal that launches them across the Multiverse, Amber embarks on a journey that will force them to question who they are and who they want to become. As they tumble through day and space, will they finally detect somewhere they belong?
Lewis Hetherington's play The Multiverse is Gay! was first performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in a performance by the Lyceum Young Company.
Content Guidance: This play contains powerful language.
A free downloadable extract of the play is accessible from this page.
The Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series features large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people. For more information, attend
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Best LGBTQ+ Gay Theatre In London July
The best LGBTQIA+ lgbtq+ theatre shows and gay plays in London can be initiate at the following venues and if you&#;d like to purchase theatre tickets then please click on the link to the Theatre where you&#;ll find theatre tickets.
Best Gay LGBTQ+ Queer Theatre in London for July onwards
This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre, 18 June &#; 26 July
Directed by Billy Porter and written by Harrison David Rivers, This Bitter Earth is an intimate and compelling story about a young Black writer and his white activist partner. As their passions and priorities collide, the couple confronts issues of race and class, as good as the courage required to love openly.
Tickets:
Soho Theatre Dean Avenue, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE, United Kingdom.
Bold Mellon Collective presents: Queer Migrations Festival, 9 July &#; 9 August
The Queer Migrations Festival is a community arts event that highlights the intricate connections between queerness and migration—exploring how bodies, identities, and stories traverse borders, seas, and generations. This festiv