#torchsongtrilogy

[yououghtaknow]

i am such the gay protagonist of a play from the 70s

[josephfrady]

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#torchsongtrilogy #1988 DIR #paulbogart CAST #annebancroft #harveyfierstein #drama #comedy #movie DP #mikaelsalomon (à Denville, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFTx7eookN4/?igshid=1fd6zrf0mj9he

[ritanava]

#harveyfierstein #challenge #michaelurie @theharveyfierstein #torchsongtrilogy #sexy #arnoldddddd

[lgbt-history-archive]

“I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?!” – Arnold Beckoff, “Torch Song Trilogy.” Picture: Harvey Fierstein, “Torch Song Trilogy” float, Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, New York City, June 24, 1984. Photographer unknown, photo c/o @lgbt_history. On January 15, 1982, thirty-five years ago today, “Torch Song Trilogy,” a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein presented in three acts, premiered at the Actors’ Playhouse in Greenwich Village. The four-hour play—made up of “International Stud,” “Fugue in a Nursery,” and “Widows and Children”—follows Arnold Beckoff, a gay Jewish drag queen and torch singer in New York City in the late 1970s and early (pre-AIDS) 1980s. “At the height of the post-Stonewall clone era,” one critic later wrote, “Harvey challenged both gay and straight audiences to champion an effeminate gay man’s longings for love and family.” In the first act, “International Stud,” named after the real-life gay bar, Arnold meets Ed, who is struggling with his bisexuality; the two ultimately separate when Ed is unable to come out. In the second act, Arnold meets the gorgeous Alan and the two settle into an ideal partnership; they even plan to adopt a child. Alan, however, is killed in an act of homophobic violence. In the final act, Arnold is a single father of a gay teenager, David, and a visit from Arnold’s intolerant mother is painful for both. After an initial run in late 1981, “Torch Song” premiered to great acclaim on January 15, 1982. The cast included Fierstein as Arnold, Joel Carothers as Ed, Paul Joynt as Alan, Matthew Broderick as David, and Estelle Getty as Mrs. Beckoff. The show made its Broadway debut in June 1982, and it won Tony Awards for Best Actor (Fierstein) and Best Play. During his acceptance speech for the Best Play Award, producer John Glines made history by thanking his lover, Larry Lane. Estelle Getty later said that her role in “Torch Song Trilogy” brought her to the attention of the producers of what would become “The Golden Girls.” Fierstein adapted “Torch Song” into a film in 1988. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #TorchSongTrilogy #HarveyFierstein (at New York, New York)

[michaelmsuperstar]

#torchsongtrilogy #nyc #broadway #harveyfierstein (at New York, New York)

[waynedidit]

“I think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. It's my biggest problem because I've never been young and beautiful. Oh, I've been beautiful, and God knows I've been young, but never the twain have met”- Harvey Fierstein #tbt #tbthursday #history #throwbackthursday #longago #babyface #lifehappened #homo #lgbtyouth #gay #buzzcut #backintheday #wastedyouth #harveyfierstein #torchsongtrilogy #quote

[podfolio]

#torchsongtrilogy #pigeon #bird #sky #melody 010817

[sunshinecitypodcast-blog]

Happy birthday Mrs Getty #estellegetty #emmys #goldenglobe #razzie #stopormymomwillshoot #goldengirls #torchsongtrilogy #sophia (at New York, New York)

[kannibalkrunch]

This just came in the mail. Published in 2016. I love Charles Pierce. #charlespierce #drag #draghistory #queen #queerhistory #torchsongtrilogy #blanche #dindin #femaleimpersonators #bettedavis #joancrawford #mommiedearest #book https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-SOCEO_ek/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[josephfrady]

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#torchsongtrilogy #1988 #paulbogart #harveyfierstein #drama #comedy #quote #movie DP #mikaelsalomon (à Denville, New Jersey)

[waynedidit]

“I think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. It's my biggest problem because I've never been young and beautiful. Oh, I've been beautiful, and God knows I've been young, but never the twain have met”- Harvey Fierstein #tbt #tbthursday #history #throwbackthursday #longago #babyface #lifehappened #homo #lgbtyouth #gay #buzzcut #backintheday #wastedyouth #harveyfierstein #torchsongtrilogy #quote

[kannibalkrunch]

@theharveyfierstein as Virginia Hamm in 'The International Stud', 1978; a production at LaMama Theatre 📸 Kisch #harveyfierstein #internationalstud #torchsongtrilogy #1978 #1970s #gay #gaytheatre #queen #queertheatre #lamama #offoffbroadway #dragqueen #theinternationalstud https://www.instagram.com/p/CfCbk5Auug6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[azeemes]

Torch Song Trilogy

Arnold: Ma... I miss him.

Ma: Give yourself time, Arnold. It gets better... But, Arnold, it never goes away. You can work longer hours, adopt a son, fight with me, whatever...it'll still be there. But that's alright, it becomes a part of you, like learning to wear a ring or a pair of eyeglasses. You get used to it. And that's good. It's good, because it makes sure you don't forget. You don't want to forget him, do you?"

[phyllistyne]

The World According to David

"At 13 I knew everything. Senility set in sometime after that."

Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy