Torch Song Trilogy

by Harvey Fierstein

Book, 1982

Publication

Villard (1983), Edition: 1st, 175 pages

Awards

Tony Award (Winner — Play — 1983)
Drama Desk Award (Winner — 1982-1983)

Content and Summary Info

Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender man) identifies as bisexual.

Intersecting Marginalized Identities: A main character (gay man) is Jewish.

Publisher's Summary: ...The life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish, drag queen living in New York City is dramatized over the span of the late 1970 and 1980s, through Stonewall, and the AIDS crises, and other ground-breaking milestones for the LTGB community. Told with a likable, human voice, Arnold struggles through love, disease, and the challenges of child-rearing...

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