The Torch Song Trilogy
plays by Fierstein
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Broderick
- In Matthew Broderick: Early roles
>Torch Song Trilogy, in which he played the adopted gay son of a drag queen. In a review that year The New York Times wrote, “Matthew Broderick brings a naturalness and a spontaneity to the role of the teen-ager.” The next year he had a…
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direction by Kaufman
- In Moisés Kaufman
…Square; and a revival of Torch Song (2018–19), which was written by Harvey Fierstein. In 2016 Kaufman received the National Medal of Arts.
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discussed in biography
- In Harvey Fierstein
…known as the author of The Torch Song Trilogy, which centres on gay families. He often spoke out about gay rights issues.
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Western theatre
- In Western theatre: Women’s companies and gay and lesbian theatre
…the mainstream with Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy (1982) and Tony Kushner’s Angels in America (1991–92), both multipart epics that rank among the most celebrated plays of the late 20th century.
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