1812 Productions is preparing for the landmark Philadelphia professional regional premiere of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, running for an exclusive engagement April 25 through May 19 at Plays & ...

"There's nothing I need from anyone except for love and respect. And anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life." This resounding assertion of self-worth was first made by ...

Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl head the cast of 'Torch Song,' Harvey Fierstein's landmark serio-comedy that gave a voice to gay men searching for love, respect and family in the pre-equality era. By ...

Ever since the November 2022 elections, politicians in over a dozen Republican-controlled states have seemed to compete with each other in attacking parts of the LGBTQ community: banning or ...

Patrick Andrew Jones, Kina Kantor, Dean Linnard and Edric Young. Based on torch songs from the 1920’s, Arnold seems to be living in a fantasy world of emotional dramas. In act one we see his comical ...

On the eve of the Broadway revival's opening, the collaborators share their thoughts on how the play connects with audiences today and reflects the LGBTQ community's history. By Suzy Evans Michael ...

Until Harvey Fierstein changed the tenor of queer theatre in 1982 with the Broadway debut of his Torch Song Trilogy, gay figures in media typically came in three flavors: depressed, bitter, and ...

Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song will end its Broadway run on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the Hayes Theater before embarking on a national tour next fall with star Michael Urie reprising his Broadway role ...

The show may be set in the late 1970s, but for new play Torch Song — an abridged version of earlier works by Harvey Fierstein, who also originally starred — the show’s themes are as timely now as ever ...

Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award-winning "Torch Song Trilogy" is back on Broadway. Renamed "Torch Song" (@TorchSongBway) and rewritten into two acts, the play follows Arnold Beckoff's struggle to be ...