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The show may be set in the late 1970s, but for new play Torch Song — an abridged version of earlier works by Harvey Fierstein, who also originally starred — the show’s themes are as timely now as ever.
Meet Arnold Beckoff (an outstanding Michael Urie). As a young gay man in the 1970s, his caustic wit and one liners are clearly his armor for a rough world, but peel back the layers and viewers quickly see what Arnold wants: acceptance, and, mostly, love.
In the nearly three-hour run time, theatergoers follow Arnold from nights at a backroom bar (leading to some of the funniest physical comedy I’ve seen recently) to weekends away with his ex, to —finally — the real wallop of emotion: a visit from his mother (the perfect and powerful Mercedes Ruehl). Read more…
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