Torch Song (2018)
by Harvey Fierstein

Name: Torch Song (2018)
Brand: Harvey Fierstein
SKU: 9780573708015
Rating: 4.73 (11 reviews)

Torch Song (2018) Book Cover — Torch Song (2018) Cover

Highlights

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120 mins 1980s Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Winner! 1983 Tony® Award for Best Play for Torch Song Trilogy

Synopsis

In Torch Song – the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy – 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 1970s and 1980s.

Told with a likable, human voice, Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey to find happiness in New York.

All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more: respect.

Press Reviews

"Torch Song brings laughter and tears simultaneously. It's impossible not to feel electricity in the theater."
— Entertainment Weekly

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ed A Brooklyn school teacher, older than Arnold, handsome, charming, claims he is bisexual.	male	—	A Brooklyn school teacher, older than Arnold, handsome, charming, claims he is bisexual.
Laurel A woman Ed meets while in a relationship with Arnold. Later becomes Ed's lover.	female	—	A woman Ed meets while in a relationship with Arnold. Later becomes Ed's lover.
Alan A handsome man, younger than Arnold, who models and aspires to be an actor.	—	—	A handsome man, younger than Arnold, who models and aspires to be an actor.
David Arnold's fifteen-year-old foster child (played by an adult).	—	—	Arnold's fifteen-year-old foster child (played by an adult).
Mrs. Beckoff Arnold's widowed mother.	female	—	Arnold's widowed mother.
Arnold A drag queen, Jewish, and gay.	female	—	A drag queen, Jewish, and gay.