![]() ![]() As you might have guessed Torch Song Trilogy had its beginnings in the gay cabaret scene and through the persistence of Harvey Fierstein it got to Broadway. Beckoff and her son have the real meat of the play. Of course by his mid thirties you'd think she would have a clue. Like so many of her generation, Bancroft just thinks being gay is a phase that her son will grow out of. I saw Estelle Getty do this on Broadway and I wouldn't want to split hairs on the differences between the two actresses. In fact he became a drag entertainer of note and seems to be doing quite well at it, making a living, much to the consternation of his mother Anne Bancroft. ![]() Fierstein is Arnold Beckoff who knew from early childhood he was a gay kid and took life as it came. And we know how formidable those folks can be. Sad to say Torch Song Trilogy was tragically dated when it got to the screen because the AIDS epidemic had not occurred when Fierstein wrote this bittersweet tale of a gay life, and a man who refuses to conform to anyone else's ideas including his all powerful Jewish mother. I was fortunate enough to see one of the 1222 performances of Torch Song Trilogy when it was on Broadway, a show written and starring Harvey Fierstein who with this success becomes a Brooklyn Jewish version of Noel Coward. ![]()
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