Gay theater
Literary Theory and Criticism
By NASRULLAH MAMBROLon •
The definition of what exactly constitutes “gay and lesbian theater” determines where one begins an examination of its place in American drama. Gay and lesbian drama is generally regarded as a contemporary phenomenon, denoting those plays specifically written or performed by homosexuals for a largely homosexual audience and therefore concerned with the social, political, and personal ramifications of being a member of the sexual minority; as such, it is deemed to have enter into fruition as a specific genre in the tardy s as a result of the increasing freedom derived from the gay liberation movement. However, if one counts those plays and characterizations depicting any aspect of homosexual life, one needs to look back as far as the late s. Once the concept itself developed through the work of early psychologists such as Richard Krafft-Ebing, Havelock Ellis, and Sigmund Freud and became part of public consciousness, homosexuality began appearing onstage, albeit usually covertly.
Initial depictions ne
These are our picks of the leading gay theater festivals from around the world.
‘The theatre's so obsessed
With dramas so depressed
It's hard to sell a ticket on Broadway
Shows should be more pretty
Shows should be more witty
Shows should be more…
What's the word?
Gay…?'
These words were sung by the character of Roger in the Broadway show, ‘The Producers', and we couldn't agree more. When it comes to seeing a exhibit, it needs a dash of campy flair that only gay people can bring.
What is it about the theatre that gay people love? Is it the costumes? The actors? The stories?
With both of us being enormous drama fanatics (both inside and outside the theatre house), we've particularly create theatre to be a much more inclusive and open-minded mode of entertainment than film or TV.
“Gay stories were allowed to be told on stage years before the ‘big dogs of Hollywood' would even hint at queer peoples' existence.”
With the pink wave riding across the world, and more countries polishing up their LGBTQ rights records, queer representatio
Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies
Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance
ByJames F. Wilson
Subjects:Theater and Performance, African American Studies, Sexuality Studies, American Studies
Series:Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance
Gay and lesbians in Harlem nightclubs, speakeasies, rent parties, and on Broadway stages
Butch Queens Up in Pumps
Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit
ByMarlon M. Bailey
Subjects:Sexuality Studies, American Studies, African American Studies, Theater and Performance, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Dance
Series:Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance
20 years after Paris Is Burning, a infrequent look at Ballroom culture—from the inside
Risque II Theatre
The Risque II Theatre was opened as an adult theatre on July 11, with “Come Dream with Me” & “Strictly Beaver”. It was closed in the mid’s.
There was another Risque Theatre located at Smith Street, Honolulu which has its own page on Cinema Treasures.
This section of downtown Honolulu was a hotbed of red-light activity, until its massive clean-up coinciding with the restoration of the nearby Hawaii Theatre in the late’s. Next to where the Hawaii Theatre is now where the Lido and Lido II adult theatres were.
Back in World War II, Hotel Street, so named because of the 2-story hotels which lined it, would have ladies of the evening endorsed by the military(!!!) - whom were ignored by the Honolulu Police and allowed to verb their trade! It was so engaged with lines around the corner that each soldier had only 15 minutes with their woman.
In the late’s/early’s, there were newspaper advertisements for live sex shows, a first ever total nude male waiter bar, Club Hubba Hubba’s live strippers, and a line of magazin