Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein

Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein

A new edition of the classic drama portraying gay life in New York in the 1970s and 80s-winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, nowback onBroadway in a revival hailed by The New York Times as "irresistibly compelling."

What begins as a chance encounter in a New York nightclub leads drag performer Arnold Beckoff on a hilarious yet touching pursuit of love, happiness, and a life he can be proud of. From a failed affair with a reluctant lover to a committed relationship with the promise of a stable family, Arnold's struggle for acceptance meets its greatest resistance when he faces off against the person whose approval is most important to him- his mother.

This edition contains for the first time ever both the original scripts for the three one-act plays (The International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First!) as they were performed in the 1970s, as well as the revised script for the 2017 revival that condensed all three into Torch Song. It also includes a never-before-published introduction by Harvey Fierstein, as well as photographs from both the original production and the revival starring Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl and directed by Moises Kaufman.

Praise for Torch Song Trilogy

"Harvey Fierstein has created characters so vivid and real that they linger in the mind, talking the night away, long after the lights have been turned out and everyone has left."-Time

"Gorgeously funny . . . a devastatingly comic play with just the right resonances."-New York Post

"Sassy, sweet, and moving."-People

Harvey Fierstein is a Tony Award-winning playwright, actor, and homosexual rights activist who has won four Tony Awards. He won two Tony Awards in 1983 for writing and performing in Torch Song Trilogy, a third Tony in 1984 for writing La Cage aux Folles, and a fourth in 2003 for Best Actor in Hairspray. He is best known to moviegoers for his scene-stealing antics in Mrs. He played Mulan's soldier sidekick in Disney's Mulan, and contributed his signature gravelly voice to Doubtfire and Independence Day. He's appeared in a number of TV shows, including an Emmy-nominated episode of Cheers and a famous episode of The Simpsons as Homer's helper, Karl.

From the Emmy-winning Elmo Saves Christmas, children know him as the Easter Bunny. Harvey also penned the book for Kinky Boots, which received the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2013.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780525618645
ISBN 10	0525618643
Title	Torch Song Trilogy
Author	Harvey Fierstein
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2018-09-25
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.