![]() Three of the eight characters are LGBT in this 2022 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, including the central character, Juicy (Marcel Spears) and on the play’s main concerns is the struggle against hostile attitudes in the Black community towards same-sex love and identity. One could argue that the musical number “Turn It Off” is an allusion to being in the closet, especially since the chorus boys performing the number are wearing red-sequined satin vests.) Marcel Spears as Juicy and Calvin Leon Smith as Larry in Fat Ham May (portrayed by Justin David Sullivan), who lives outside gender binary labels, launches into Britney Spears’ hit “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman,” which of course was about her age May makes it about gender transition. May and Francois (Philippe Arroyo) kiss, realize their attraction, and sing the NSYNC hit “It’s Going to Be Me” (pronounced May - get it?) Philippe Arroyo as Francois Justin David Sullivan as May in & Juliet Below is an alphabetical listing of the 8 Broadway plays or musicals currently running (two of them only until next week!) that feature LGBTQ+ characters - some centrally, some peripherally two arguably - which, taken together, feels like a record.
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