 | Place for Us: Essay on the Broadway Musical by D. A. Miller
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $2.58 growing up gay with show tunes for anthems.
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 | Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture by John M. Clum
Buy used from: $0.41 the gay man's fascination with musicals, divas, and drag.
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 | The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends by David H. Richter
Buy new: $84.38 / Used from: $3.48 text for Literary Criticism course at Queens College (NY); read chapter about gender and queer theory, esp. Cixous' "Laugh of the Medusa".
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 | Manhood in America by Michael Kimmel
Buy used from: $7.03 the harm done by shrinking definitions of manhood in the early and mid-20th century.
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 | Gypsy by Arthur Laurents
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $7.15 probably the most "queerable" of musicals: crossgendered Louise becomes diva Gypsy Rose Lee.
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 | Gypsy - A Musical Fable (1959 Original Broadway Cast) by Jule Styne
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.89 the original 1959 cast album with Ethel Merman.
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 | Gypsy (1962)
Buy used from: $2.36 the "Gypsy" I grew up with, featuring Natalie Wood and Rosalind Russell. Well, I liked it! Watch for Ann Jillian's excellent Dainty June!
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 | Gypsy (1993)
Buy used from: $0.14 the 1994 TV-movie with Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, and Peter Riegert.
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 | Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper by Gypsy Rose Lee
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $13.06 the source of it all, a memoir of Gypsy.
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 | Mame (1966 Original Broadway Cast) by Jerry Herman
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.75 the second most "queerable" musical: a diva teaches her young nephew the bohemian life. "Live, live, live!" Original 1966 cast with Angela Lansbury.
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 | Mame
Buy used from: $2.88 fair-to-tolerable 1974 movie with miscast Lucille Ball. Isn't Streisand supposed to remake this one?
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 | Auntie Mame (Aniv)
Buy used from: $4.06 charming, funny nonmusical film with Rosalind Russell, based upon the play. Also available on widescreen.
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 | Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $7.33 the play upon which the musical is based.
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 | Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.19 novel upon which the play is based.
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 | Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis by Eric Myers
Buy used from: $0.36 no, it wasn't a true story! A word about the author.
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 | The Producers (2001 Original Broadway Cast) by Mel Brooks
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.49 not "Keep It Gay" but "I Wanna Be a Producer": Leo's "inner woman", i.e., his fantasy showgirls, help him Bloom!
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 | The Producers: The Book, Lyrics, and Story Behind the Biggest Hit in Broadway History! by Mel Brooks
Buy new: $29.20 / Used from: $1.09 the story of the 2001 hit musical, that is, "The Producers" the coffee-table book.
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 | Recording "The Producers" - A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
Buy used from: $0.92 the PBS backstage--no, "backstudio"--documentary.
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 | The Producers
Buy used from: $0.01 the zany 1968 Mel Brooks film that was destined for Broadway.
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 | Jeffrey: Tie-In Edition (Plume Drama) by Paul Rudnick
Buy used from: $0.01 Father Dan: "I feel the presence of God during sex and during a great Broadway musical!"
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 | Jeffrey
Buy used from: $0.47 the scene with Nathan Lane as Father Dan is precious, though his sexual harrassment I find, well, yucky.
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 | In & Out
Buy used from: $0.01 if a man loves Streisand, is neat, rides a bicycle...? Satire by screenwriter Paul Rudnick.
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 | In & Out: Selections From The Motion Picture Soundtrack by Marc Shaiman
Buy used from: $0.50 hmm...how might this relate to the spirit of music and a man's "inner woman"?
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 | Broadway Babies Say Goodnight : Musicals Then and Now by Mark Steyn
Buy new: $17.12 / Used from: $2.64 this actually has a chapter titled "The F*gs". As well as "The Jews".
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 | A Problem Like Maria: Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical (Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance) by Stacy Wolf
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $14.95 brand-new for 2002, postdating my Fall 2001 gays-and-musicals term paper.
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