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Mart Crowley-Playwright
"Mart Crowley (1935-2020) was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and educated at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. After graduating from the drama department, he went to New York to pursue a career in the theatre and landed jobs as production assistant to the directors Sidney Lumet and Elia Kazan". (concordtheatricals.com) He produced Boys in the Band in 1968. -
Tommy Tune
"Thomas James Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame". (m.famousfix.com) -
Diana Son-Playwright
"Diana Son is a television writer and producer whose credits include The West Wing, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Southland, Dirty John, Blue Bloods and Thirteen Reasons Why, where she served as showrunner. She first came to fame as a young playwright in 1998 with the acclaimed play Stop Kiss, which premiered at the Public Theatre and starred an unknown Sandra Oh". (koreanamericanstory.org) -
The Boys in the Band
This was a ground-breaking off-Broadway play produced by Mart Crowley. Opening night was on April 24, 2968. It was honest, brash, and unapologetic portrayal of gay men in New York. The scene was set at a birthday party that was fueled by drugs and alcohol; and went wrong after a game of "Truth". -
The Stonewall Riots
"The Stonewall Riots began in the early hours of June 28, 1969 when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village in New York City. The raid sparked a riot among bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police roughly hauled employees and patrons out of the bar, leading to six days of protests and violent clashes with law enforcement. The Stonewall Riots served as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world". (history.com) -
Billy Porter
"He graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, released four albums, wrote a play, and starred in TV shows like American Horror Story, but the gay actor has also been in a variety of productions such as Kinky Boots and Jesus Christ Superstar". (rentickets.org) -
La Cage aux Folles
This play was based on a hit French play from 1973. It was produced by Harvey Fierstein with lyrics by Jerry Herman. It debuted on stage on August 21, 1983. This play was ground-breaking musical comedy. For the first time in history a man sang a love song to another man on stage. It also introduced what many consider the gay anthem "I Am What I Am" for generations in the LGBTQ community (breakingcharacter.com). -
Stop Kiss
This play was produced by Diana Son; and opened in The Public Theater on December 6, 1998. It is a story of two heterosexual women that become friends and later develop a more intimate relationship. When they share their first kiss a gay bashing onlooker attacks one of them causing her to fall into a coma. During the time she is in a coma her friend struggles to face her demons inside and out (playbill.com). -
Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots is a musical written by Harvey Fierstein with music by Cyndi Lauper. The musical is about a man, Charlie Price, inheriting his father's shoe factory, trying to avoid bankruptcy, and finds what he never knew he was missing. (playbill.com) -
Miss Peppermint
"Peppermint (AKA Miss Peppermint) is a transgender actress, singer, and activist. Apart from her run on RuPaul’s Drag Race, she is also the first out trans woman in a leading role on Broadway: in 2018, she played Pythio in Head Over Heels. Fun fact—for a while, she went by “Angel,” which is a nod to the Rent character of the same name". (rentickets.org) -
Triangle Rainbow Theatre LGBTQ Short Play Festival
Triangle Rainbow Theater creative director Anthony Fusco will be presenting its first annual LGBTQ Short Play Festival of one-acts live-streaming via Zoom. There will be 18-20 short plays competing for the title of best play.(theatermania.com)