Publication
Villard (1983), Edition: 1st, 175 pages
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Awards
Tony Award (Winner — Play — 1983)
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Runners Up — 1982)
Drama Desk Award (Winner — 1982-1983)
Hull-Warriner Award (1982)
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...