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5 Best LGBTQ Broadway Musicals to Stream This Pride Month

Pride Month is here once again—and for many, celebrating will include watching their favorite Broadway musicals. Thanks to the growing library of filmed Broadway musicals (pro-shots, as many call them), LGBTQ shows can now be watched worldwide and not just from the New York stage.

We've adj the 5 best Broadway and off-Broadway musicals to add to your Pride Month watch list:

 

 

Kinky Boots ()

Can we really have an LGBTQ+ Broadway list without Kinky Boots? The ultimate musical that strives for acceptance. But it's not just the musical itself that is centered across LGBTQ+ characters, it is also the creators themselves. We will never neglect when in  Kinky Boots took a stand and addressed the transgender bathroom rights with their have music video. Check that video out above, and make sure to stream Kinky Boots this Pride Month.

The West End production of Kinky Boots is streaming online now!

 

Falsettos

Filmed by a collaboration between B

It is no secret that many LGBTQ+ people possess a special affinity for Broadway musicals. "Keep it gay!" sings the flamboyant director in The Producers, and musical theater has long drawn nonstraight folks to the ranks of its creators, performers and fans. But it is only in the past fifty years or so that tuners have actually featured openly gay characters onstage—and the result has been some of the best Broadway shows of all time. Here is our list of the top musicals with strong gay themes, ranked for their combination of quality, historical importance and LGBTQ+ content. We've limited the list to ten, which means that some very good shows did not quite create the cut. But there's an awful lot here to be proud of.

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Broadway's Relationship with the LGBTQ+ Community: A History of Representation and Activism

As the curtain lifts, the history of Broadway unveils a colorful tapestry woven with diverse threads that narrate tales of love, heartbreak, triumph, and resilience. Notably, one thread that has always been central to this rich tapestry is Broadway's deep-rooted relationship with the LGBTQ+ community. A symbiotic bond that has stood the test of time, the nexus between the LGBTQ+ community and Broadway has been instrumental in shaping the cultural landscape in the U.S.. 

For the LGBTQ+ community, Broadway has served as a platform for representation, a safe haven for expression, and a catalyst for change. Additionally, the LGBTQ+ community has contributed significantly to the creative drive of Broadway, influencing its evolution and propelling it to the forefront of cultural discourse.

The representation of LGBTQ+ characters dates back to the early 20th century. While the presence of these characters served to acknowledge the existence of the LGBTQ+ community, the portrayal was not al

Something queer this way comes: Best LGBTQIA+ shows on Broadway

Queer art and entertainment has been as much about the beauty and resilience of the community as it has been about nuanced portrayals of the human condition. With heaping amounts of attitude and glamor thrown in, for good measure. While representation in film and television has been a struggle, especially after the passing of the Hays Code, theater has been an arena where the queer community has always shone.

Here are some of the best LGBTQIA+ shows that have graced the Broadway stages and left a mark for the ages.

Cabaret

A Kander and Ebbs masterpiece, Cabaret opened on Broadway in It has been revived multiple times on Broadway alone and earned so many awards, it's hard to retain track. But every award is well-earned. The musical is based on John Van Druten's play I Am a Camera which was itself based on Christopher Isherwood's semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin ().

The story is set in Berlin in , a time when the "gay capital of Europe" transitioned from a ut