Torch Song Trilogy: Plays

Torch Song Trilogy: Plays

A new edition of the classic drama portraying gay life in New York in the 1970s and 80sâ€”winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, nowÂ back onÂ Broadway in a revival hailed by The New York Times as â€œirresistibly compelling.â€

What begins as a chance encounter in a New York nightclub leads drag performer Arnold Beckoff on a hilarious yet touching pursuit of love, happiness, and a life he can be proud of. From a failed affair with a reluctant lover to a committed relationship with the promise of a stable family, Arnoldâ€™s struggle for acceptance meets its greatest resistance when he faces off against the person whose approval is most important to him: his mother.

This edition contains for the first time ever both the original scripts for the three one-act plays (The International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First!) as they were performed in the 1970s, as well as the revised script for the 2017 revival that condensed all three into Torch Song. It also includes a never-before-published introduction by Harvey Fierstein, as well as photographs from both the original production and the revival starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl and directed by MoisÃ©s Kaufman.

Praise for Torch Song Trilogy

â€œHarvey Fierstein has created characters so vivid and real that they linger in the mind, talking the night away, long after the lights have been turned out and everyone has left.â€â€”Time

â€œGorgeously funny . . . a devastatingly comic play with just the right resonances.â€â€”New York PostÂ

â€œSassy, sweet, and moving.â€â€”People
Country USA
Brand BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0525618643_used
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2018-09-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780525618645

Country	USA
Brand	BALLANTINE GROUP
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0525618643_used
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2018-09-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780525618645

Torch Song Trilogy: Plays

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