15 LGBTQ+ Broadway Shows to Celebrate Broadway’s Return

June 26, 2021

(L) Jocasta Almgill and Millie O'Connell as Joanne and Maureen in a recent UK production of "Rent." (R) Jonathan Bailey and Alex Gaumond as Jamie and Paul in the West End revival of "Company." | Photo Credits: Pamela Raith (L), Dan Kennedy (R)

The Prom

Say what you want about Ryan Murphy’s film version of The Prom but if you have not seen it on stage, you have not experienced the true magic of this over-the-top rom-com.

Needing some good PR after a Broadway flop, Barry Glickman (Brooks Ashmanskas) and Dee Dee Allen (Beth Leavel) along with down and out actors Trent Oliver (Christopher Sieber) and Angie Dickinson (Angie Schworer) head to Indiana to protest a high school that won’t let teen Emma (Caitlin Kinnunen) take her girlfriend to the prom.

Now if you were left disappointed by James Corden, you would have loved to see Ashmanskas onstage. An actual gay man, he has the spirit and emotion that Barry needed. The show broke barriers and allowed for a lesbian high school romance, but perhaps its best feat was that it showed the first LGBTQ+ kiss ever on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling around the globe.

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Kevin Studer

Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling…