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 & ...

Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his mother reminds him that he needs one ...

"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 ...

Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Review: Torch Song packs a wallop of dramatic and comedic punches ...

When Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy” hit Broadway in 1982, audiences had never met anyone quite like Arnold Beckoff. Here was a 20-something gay man, a drag queen who sometimes visited the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- This week marks a theatrical first and major historical moment in Philadelphia. More than 40 years since it premiered on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song" is being ...

Following a successful run Off-Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song officially opens on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre November 1. Directed by Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project), the ...

Before Troy Nickerson and Chris Jensen founded Theater on the Verge last year, the duo imagined bringing Harvey Fierstein's queer classic Torch Song to Spokane. The Tony-award-winning show, which was ...

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 ...