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Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
onceadancer2
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#25re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 8:57am
I forget the character's name, but one of the females in Sartre's NO EXIT. There was also a play in the 1940s, TRO, which dealt with lesbian characters.
Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#26re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:20am
Other "out" lesbians who have worked on Broadway include Rosie O'Donnell and Lily Tomlin.
Now, if you want to get into lighting designers, stage managers, etc..., the list is huge.
As far as lesbian characters - can we asume that "Anybodys" in West Side Story might at least be a little ambivalent?
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 11:20 AM
#27re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 11:25amRose and Giulietta have an affair in Aspects of Love. Then again, I think every character has an affair with every other character in that show. Ha.
"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace)
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AbzugFan
Chorus Member Joined: 2/2/05
#28re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:45pmCan I just say, I am in AWE of the collective knowledge on this board. This has given me a huge jump start on my research project.
#29re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:50pmJo March in "Little Women." :P I know she ends up with the guy, but COME ON!
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
#30re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:18pmElphaba in Wicked
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
#31re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:26pmLesbians are so under represented in plays and musicals. I still think Jo from Little Women is a giant lesbo.
pooryorick
Understudy Joined: 1/25/05
#32re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:28pm
I thought the thread was about "characters," not actresses, whether they're out or not.
Come to think of it there have been more drag queen characters than lesbian characters on Broadway. What about one of those "Steel Magnolias?" No gay magnolias?
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 01:28 PM
#33re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:28pm
Marmee is clearly the lesbian in that show. Personal opinion of course.
And Rosie was not an "out" lesbian when she was actually on Broadway. She was dating a female co-star while she was in GREASE but was publicly in the closet.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
KindnessofStrangers
Stand-by Joined: 2/11/05
#34re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:29pm
MEF writes: "In MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE, there were several lesbian characters, including Mlle. Lea (the part Emily Skinner played). It also insinuates that Albertine had a lesbian affair. "
Ah, that's the title of Proust play I mentioned, right? Couldn't remember it for the life of me. Did you see it?
#35re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:30pm
Lesbians don't have kids, Rath. Nor are they called Marmee.
Updated On: 4/28/05 at 01:30 PM
#36re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 1:31pmLesbians don't have kids?? I believe Kelli might be known as Marmee in the O'Donnell household. You don't know EVERYTHING, Fishgirl.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#37re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 2:00pm
not sure if htis counts so I don't want EVERYONE saying "that wasn't on broadway" or "that's a play"
BUT
the children's hour
I know that it was like htey weren't supposed to e lesbians and it was a rumor but then the one woman got confused (before she shot herself) so I thought ti counted
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#38re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:07pm
Yes - in THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, the two women are NOT having an affair, but the one (Karen) realizes she actually is in love with the other, and kills herself.
That was written back in the 1930's, when killing yourself because you're gay didn't seem like such a bad idea.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#39re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:14pm
do lesbian characyers OFF stage on Broadway count?
*starts to tabulate list of lighting and set designers*+
ianacts
Swing Joined: 10/21/03
#40re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:16pm
Lisa Kron, who wrote Well is a lesbian and performs with the Five Lesbian Brothers
Cynthia Nixon is dating a woman right now, I believe.
And the director, Leigh Silverman
I'm all Lesbianed out
#41re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/28/05 at 3:20pm
"Ah, that's the title of Proust play I mentioned, right? Couldn't remember it for the life of me. Did you see it?"
Yes, I saw it. I liked it very much; most didn't.
onceadancer2
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/03
#42re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/29/05 at 8:01am
We all forgot THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE. Sholem Ash's play GOD OF VENGENACE also features a lesbian seduction scene.
Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
#43re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/29/05 at 8:45am
Littlefish...
Melissa Etrheridge and Jodie Foster have kids.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
Gooch
Understudy Joined: 3/15/05
#44re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 4/30/05 at 10:05amWhat about Vera, Mame's "bosom buddy" in MAME? Bea Arthur was amazing in that role thirty years ago.
Maz3
Swing Joined: 10/5/08
#45re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 3/15/14 at 8:24pm
Diana Son's STOP KISS is a beautiful story of two women unexpectedly falling in love. It ran off-broadway.
Also, melissa errico fan, I love your profile picture. Who is it?!
#46re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 3/15/14 at 8:27pmHopefully FUN HOME will make its way to Broadway and add to this list!
#47re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 3/15/14 at 8:29pm"If/Then" features a lesbian couple. Kate and Anne, played by LaChanze & Jenn Colella.
Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#49re: Lesbian Characters in Broadway Shows?
Posted: 3/15/14 at 9:05pm
For characters I can think of:
- Kate and her Girlfriend (If/Then)
For Actresses I can think of:
- Jenn Coella
I will add more if I think of them.
