Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
#1Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:25am
I am working on a paper for a class on "how sex is portrayed in the theater" and I am looking of examples of shows worth referencing...(spring awakening, rent, Equus, Closer Than Ever, Hair...)
Can you guys give me some ideas of shows with "sex" in it to a "noteable" degree (something worth referencing in a paper)
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
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#2re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:27amHELLO, AGAIN
When I think about you, I touch myself.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#3re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:33amA LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is all about sexual liaisons.
#4re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:34amSeussical the Musical
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#5re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:34am
The Graduate
Boeing-Boeing
Bedroom Farce
#6re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 9:38amSee What I Wanna See has two somewhat lengthy (but clothed) sex scenes...it's the same two people but one examines it as a rape scene and one examines it as consensual sex. The act 1 and act 2 openers also have to do with sex but the song is sung by a different person each time.
#7re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:17amIn act 1 of Torch Song Trology , Arnold goes into a backroom, bends over and takes it like a man.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#8re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:34amConrad Birdie fingerbangs Kim in the Ice House scene.
MusicSnob1
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/09
#9re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 10:43amHahaha!!
When I think about you, I touch myself.
#10re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:09amLes Liaisons Dangereuses, maybe.
#11re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:14am
Don't forget:
Nunsense
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#12re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:16amAll theater, like all art, is essentially erotic.
#14re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:40amMight want to look up "Sex" by Mae West, which caused an uproar in its day and was actually banned.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#15re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 11:48amI know lots of people who've had sex in theatres. Does that help?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#16re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:27pmOh, Calcutta! (probably the worst of the "longest running Broadway shows")
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#17re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:31pmWell it depends on the theater. For example we had a really difficult time getting into a comfortable position in the the Neil Simon, but no trouble at all in the balcony of the Shubert.
....but the world goes 'round
desiree armfeldt
Broadway Star Joined: 1/8/07
#18re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:34pm
"Contact" in RENT is a good one.
EVITA also has a couple of mentions, using sex to get ahead.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#20re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:39pmDid you mean CLOSER by Patrick Marber? It's more about relationships, but it shows how people view sex and how it affects them.
CAX
Featured Actor Joined: 8/12/09
#21re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:48pmPinter's The Homecoming. Brimming with sex.
tothestage615
Swing Joined: 5/19/09
#23re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 6:30pm
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia by Edward Albee
snarkywannabedreamer
Leading Actor Joined: 2/12/09
#24re: Sex in Theater Paper - Examples Needed
Posted: 10/19/09 at 6:32pmRock Of Ages... sex in a bathroom stall.
