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Gays on Broadway / by Mordden, Ethan,1947-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This is a chronological review of both the plays and the people that brought the world of homosexuals, bisexuals, transexuals, metrosexuals, and the sexually fluid to the American stage. The plays--which take in a few foreign imports--treat strong gay content (e. g., The Boys in the Band or The Killing of sister George), or minor gay content (Season In the Sun, The Nervous Set), or even a phrase in passing (as in New Faces of 1956's joke about Rome's piazza Di Spagna, so niche that perhaps fifty people got it during the show's six-month run). I have included as well plays that portray gay through dog whistles (such as Bell, Book and Candle, in which the witches are really gay people) and even plays whose sense of parody or outright camp (such as Little Mary Sunshine or Johnny Guitar) are at least gay-adjacent. As for the people in the book--writers, actors, creatives-- I have included profiles of some who, though gay, had little interest in portraying gay lives--Edward Albee, for example, even as his influence not as a writer about gay but rather as a writer who is gay was extremely broad, so conclusive that he takes pride of place at the end of this volume. These so to say pre-Stonewall eminences--actor-manager Eva Le Gallienne is another one--are as much a part of the chronicle as such overtly gay-in-content writers as Terrence McNally"--
Subjects: American drama; Gay men in literature.; Gay theater; Theater; Gay theater.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Rehearsed to death / by Polito, Frank Anthony,author.(CARDINAL)870011;
"Peter's first play is having its world premiere at Pleasant Woods's community theater. His handsome one and only, JP, has the lead. Rehearsals have begun. And New York City's award-winning, hotshot helmer, Xander Sherwood Deva, is directing. Unfortunately the controlling, arrogant, poison-barbed, egomaniacal diva has everyone on edge. No wonder he finally pushes someone over it... Xander is found strangled to death in the same extra-long, imported cashmere scarf he's been brandishing like a boa ever since he arrived. In the name of making art he's burned a lot of bridges and made a lot of enemies but which one wanted to bring down the curtain on him?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Community theater; Gay men; Reality television programs; Murder; Gay men.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The beginning of calamities : a novel / by House, Tom,1962-(CARDINAL)669737;
Subjects: Easter stories.; Bildungsromans.; Fiction.; Catholic schools; School children; Amateur theater; Gay youth; Boys; Gay youth.; Boys.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kate in waiting / by Albertalli, Becky,author.(CARDINAL)408130;
Best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker share a love of theater and crushes on the same guys, but when one of their long-distance crushes shows up at their school, real feelings might end their friendship.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; High school students; Infatuation; Gay teenagers; Theater; Friendship; Friendships.;
Available copies: 67 / Total copies: 73
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Playing a part / by Wilke, Daria,author.(CARDINAL)613958; Schwartz, Marian,1951-translator.(CARDINAL)347229;
Grishka has grown up in the closed world of a puppet theater in Russia, but now that world seems to be falling apart--his best friend needs an operation, financial difficulties are forcing people out, his homosexual friend Sam, the jester, is leaving for Holland and Grishka no longer knows what role he himself is playing.880LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Marionettes; Puppeteers; Puppet theater; Gay people; Identity (Psychology); Puppet theater; Gay people; Identity (Philosophical concept); Homosexuals.; Gay fiction.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Making sweet tea [videorecording] / by Gross, Nora,film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Jackson, John L.,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Johnson, E. Patrick,1967-film producer,screenwriter,onscreen participant.(CARDINAL)349718; Lewis, Stephen,film producer,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)683508; Random Media (Firm),publisher.;
E. Patrick Johnson.The documentary accompanies southern-born, black gay scholar and performer E. Patrick Johnson on his journey back home to the south to confront his past and narrate the lives of several black gay men whose stories he studies and performs.DVD, all regions NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1; [color]
Subjects: Documentaries and Factual Films; Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American gay men; African American theater; Gay people and the performing arts; Homosexuality in the theater;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nate expectations [large print] / by Federle, Tim,author.(CARDINAL)340173;
"Third time's a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face his biggest challenge yet--high school--in this final novel in the Lambda Literary Award-winning Nate trilogy, which The New York Times calls "inspired and inspiring." Whenthe news hits that E.T.: The Musical wasn't nominated for a single Tony Award--not one!--the show closes, leaving Nate both out of luck and out of a job. And while Nate's cast mates are eager to move on (the boy he understudies already landed a role on aTV show!), Nate knows it's back to square one, also known as Jankburg, Pennsylvania. Where horror (read: high school) awaits. Desperate to turn his life from flop to fabulous, Nate takes on a huge freshman English project with his BFF, Libby: he's goingto make a musical out of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. (What could possibly go...right?) But when Nate's New York crush ghosts him, and his grades start to slip, he finds the only thing harder than being on Broadway is being a freshman -- especially when you've got a secret you're desperate to sing out about. This magical conclusion to Tim Federle's beloved Nate series is a love letter to theater kids young and not-so-young--and for anyone who ever wondered if they could truly go home again. Especially when doing so means facing everything you thought you'd left behind"-- Provided by publisher
Subjects: Musicals.; Large print books.; Young adult fiction.; Families; Friendship; Gay people; High schools; Musicals; Theater; Friendships.; Homosexuals.; Gay fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sea elephants / by Akella, Shastri,author.(CARDINAL)872789;
"For fans of Shuggie Bain and A Burning, a queer coming-of-age novel set in 1990s India, about a young man who joins a traveling theater troupe. Shagun knows he will never be the kind of son his father demands. After the sudden deaths of his beloved twin sisters, Shagun flees his own guilt, his mother's grief, and his father's violent disapproval by enrolling at an all-boys boarding school. But he doesn't find true belonging until he encounters a traveling theater troupe performing the Hindu myths of his childhood. Welcomed by the other storytellers, Shagun thrives, easily embodying mortals and gods, men and women, and living on the road, where his father can't catch him. When Shagun meets Marc, a charming photographer, he seems to have found the love he always longed for, too. But not even Marc can save him from his lingering shame, nor his father's ever-present threat to send him to a conversion center. As Shagun's past begins to engulf him once again, he must decide if he is strong enough to face what he fears most, and to boldly claim his own happiness. Utterly immersive and spellbinding, The Sea Elephants is both dark and beautiful, harrowing and triumphant. An ode to the redemptive joys of art, Shastri Akella's debut novel is a celebration of hard-won love--of others and for ourselves"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Historical fiction.; Queer fiction.; Gay men; Boarding schools; Traveling theater; Families; Fathers and sons; Gay men.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Here's to us a What if it's us? novel / by Albertalli, Becky,author.(CARDINAL)408130;
"Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in the rom-com What If It's Us. Ben survived freshman year of college, but he's feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan's been acting weird for weeks. Ben's only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who's been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario's big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger -- and the choices he makes now could be the key to reshaping his future. So why can't he stop thinking about a certain boy from his past? Arthur is back in New York City for the first time in two years, ready to take the theater world by a storm as the world's best... intern to the assistant of an off-off-Broadway director. Of course, it sucks to be spending the summer apart from his sweet, reliable boyfriend, Mikey, but he knows their relationship is strong enough to weather the distance. Which is why it's no big deal when his ex-boyfriend Ben stumbles back into the picture. And it's definitely fine that Ben's blissfully happy with some mystery boy. First loves are special, but it's way too late for what-ifs. Right? Even as the boys try to shake off the past, they keep running into each other in the present. Is this the universe trying to tell them there's a do-over in their future?" --14-199-12Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Theater; Sexual minorities.; Gay people.; Teenage boys; Gay teenagers; Gay people; Sexual minorities; Gay & Lesbian Interest.; Gay couples; First loves; Homosexuality; Dating (Social customs); Fate and fatalism; Young adult fiction.; Gay men; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.; Homosexuals.; Gay couples.; Homosexuality.; Gay men.; Gay fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Never been kissed / by Janovsky, Timothy,author.;
"Wren Roland has never been kissed, let alone been in love, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Feeling nostalgic on the eve of his twenty-first birthday, he sends emails to all the boys he (ahem) loved before he came out. He didn't expect a response from Derick Haverford, Wren's #1 pre-coming-out-crush...but now that they're working together at their hometown's vintage drive-in theater, maybe that perfect-kiss-before-the-credits is finally within reach"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Gay fiction.; Novels.; Coming out (Sexual orientation); Drive-in theaters; Romance films; Infatuation; Young men; Gay men; Gay men.;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 23
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