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The Gay Radicalism of ‘Torch Song’ Begins and Ends at Home

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A new version of Harvey Fierstein’s late 1970s play stars Michael Urie as wisecracking drag queen Arnold Beckoff, confronting the meaning of love and a fearsome mother.

Tim Teeman
Tim Teeman 

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Tim Teeman

Tim Teeman

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