 | Place for Us: Essay on the Broadway Musical by D. A. Miller
Buy used from: $13.31 growing up gay with show tunes for anthems.
|
 | Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture by John M. Clum
Buy new: $20.48 / Used from: $1.28 the gay man's fascination with musicals, divas, and drag.
|
 | The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends by David H. Richter
Buy new: $84.38 / Used from: $3.37 text for Literary Criticism course at Queens College (NY); read chapter about gender and queer theory, esp. Cixous' "Laugh of the Medusa".
|
 | Manhood in America by Michael Kimmel
Buy used from: $5.34 the harm done by shrinking definitions of manhood in the early and mid-20th century.
|
 | Gypsy by Arthur Laurents
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $7.00 probably the most "queerable" of musicals: crossgendered Louise becomes diva Gypsy Rose Lee.
|
 | Gypsy - A Musical Fable (1959 Original Broadway Cast) by Jule Styne
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.75 the original 1959 cast album with Ethel Merman.
|
![Gypsy (1962) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BGGTSFM6L._SL75_.jpg) | Gypsy (1962) [VHS]
Buy used from: $3.50 the "Gypsy" I grew up with, featuring Natalie Wood and Rosalind Russell. Well, I liked it! Watch for Ann Jillian's excellent Dainty June!
|
![Gypsy (1993) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71R6F7BFZQL._SL75_.gif) | Gypsy (1993) [VHS]
Buy used from: $4.00 the 1994 TV-movie with Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, and Peter Riegert.
|
 | Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper by Gypsy Rose Lee
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $5.45 the source of it all, a memoir of Gypsy.
|
 | Mame (1966 Original Broadway Cast) by Jerry Herman
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.85 the second most "queerable" musical: a diva teaches her young nephew the bohemian life. "Live, live, live!" Original 1966 cast with Angela Lansbury.
|
![Mame [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BJW0E3HCL._SL75_.jpg) | Mame [VHS]
Buy used from: $1.50 fair-to-tolerable 1974 movie with miscast Lucille Ball. Isn't Streisand supposed to remake this one?
|
![Auntie Mame (Aniv) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q6RVXFXGL._SL75_.jpg) | Auntie Mame (Aniv) [VHS]
Buy used from: $1.95 charming, funny nonmusical film with Rosalind Russell, based upon the play. Also available on widescreen.
|
 | Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $2.70 the play upon which the musical is based.
|
 | Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 novel upon which the play is based.
|
 | Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis by Eric Myers
Buy used from: $0.13 no, it wasn't a true story! A word about the author.
|
 | The Producers (2001 Original Broadway Cast) by Mel Brooks
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.97 not "Keep It Gay" but "I Wanna Be a Producer": Leo's "inner woman", i.e., his fantasy showgirls, help him Bloom!
|
 | Producers, The by Mel Brooks
Buy new: $40.00 / Used from: $4.99 the story of the 2001 hit musical, that is, "The Producers" the coffee-table book.
|
![Recording "The Producers" - A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51427H4JQEL._SL75_.jpg) | Recording "The Producers" - A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.98 the PBS backstage--no, "backstudio"--documentary.
|
![The Producers [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y9M143VBL._SL75_.jpg) | The Producers [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.13 the zany 1968 Mel Brooks film that was destined for Broadway.
|
 | Jeffrey: Tie-In Edition (Plume Drama) by Paul Rudnick
Buy used from: $0.49 Father Dan: "I feel the presence of God during sex and during a great Broadway musical!"
|
![Jeffrey [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N4YQ91S0L._SL75_.jpg) | Jeffrey [VHS]
Buy used from: $1.20 the scene with Nathan Lane as Father Dan is precious, though his sexual harrassment I find, well, yucky.
|
![In & Out [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EBB2TT1KL._SL75_.jpg) | In & Out [VHS]
Buy used from: $0.01 if a man loves Streisand, is neat, rides a bicycle...? Satire by screenwriter Paul Rudnick.
|
 | In & Out: Selections From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Buy used from: $0.01 hmm...how might this relate to the spirit of music and a man's "inner woman"?
|
 | Broadway Babies Say Goodnight : Musicals Then and Now by Mark Steyn
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $4.46 this actually has a chapter titled "The F*gs". As well as "The Jews".
|
 | 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: $19.51 brand-new for 2002, postdating my Fall 2001 gays-and-musicals term paper.
|
Listmania!
