Playbill Pride41 musicals that brought LGBTQIA+ experiences to the stageFour Playbill Pride with a look at some of the musicals that strengthened LGBTQia+ stories on stage.
Broadway has long been a home for the queer community, both of which offer a space for queer artists to share their work, as well as a place to strengthen queer stories. In celebration of Playbill Pride, look at some of the musicals that brought LGBTQia+ stories to stage.
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41 musicals that brought the LGBTQIA+ experience to stage
41 musicals that brought the LGBTQIA+ experience to stage
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Lachanze and Elisabeth Withers-Mendes in the original Broadway production of The color purple.
Paul Kolnik
Role of Bare
Hugh Jackman in The son of oz
John Marcus
Alan cumming in Cabaret
John Marcus
George Hearn and Gene Barry with the cast of The cage aux folles.
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Isabelle McCalla and Caitlin Kinnunen
Deen of more
Christian Borle and Andrew Rannells
John Marcus
Marcus Neville, André de Shields, John Ellison Conlee, Patrick Wilson, Romain Frugé, and Jason Danieley in The full monty
Craig Schwartz
Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs in Fun house
John Marcus
Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the angry thumb
John Marcus
Stark Sands, Annaleigh Ashford and Billy Porter in Kinky boots
Brent Carver, Chita Rivera, and Anthony Crivello
Jonathan Groff in A new brain John Marcus
Will Swenson, Tony Sheldon and Nick Adams in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
John Marcus
Gary Beach, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, and Roger Bart in The producers
Paul Kolnik
Peppermint and ensemble John Marcus
Alice Ripley and Tom Hewitt in the 2000 Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Carol rosegg
Daniel N. Durant and the company of Spring awakening
Kevin Parry
Tony Roberts and Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria
Carol rosegg
The casting of the Broadway of The view on top
Kurt Sneddon
Christopher Sieber and Lucas Steele in The child Monique Carboni
The company of If pigs fly With director Mark Waldrop.
John McCrea in Everyone talks about Jamie In the Apollo Theater Johan Persson
Idina Menzel and the cast of If/then John Marcus
Alison Fraser, Joanna Green, Mary Testa, and Chip Zien
Susan Cook
Sierra Boggess and David Burtka in That should you have been
Alexander GeMignani and Michael Cerveris in the public theater Road show In 2008 John Marcus
Euan Morton
John Marcus
Etai Benson and Matt Doyle in Company
Jade McLeod and company of Hunting ted small pill
Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade
John-Michael Lyles, Jason Veasey, James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, John-Andrew Morrison, and Antwayn Hopper in A strange loop
Marc J. Franklin
Justin David Sullivan in & Juliet
Matthew Murphy
Kevin del Aguila and J. Harrison Ghee in Some like it is hot
Marc J. Franklin