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Trick! The Musical
''Trick! The Musical'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Jason Schafer and music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon. It is based on the 1999 film by Jim Fall, which was also written by Schafer. The musical focuses on two young gay men in New York City, Gabriel, an aspiring musical writer, and Mark, a personal trainer and former go-go boy, who meet and attempt to hook up, only to have every attempt foiled across the city, through a combination of their wacky friends and acquaintances, enemies, and their own neuroses and sordid pasts. Directed by Paul Conroy and choreographed by Jonathan Bryant, the original production of ''Trick! The Musical'' premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Out Front Theater Company in 2025. The show received positive reviews from critics, with a planned run until May 17, 2025. Background After college at UCLA, Schafer moved to New York City and attended the Broadcast Musical Inc. writer's workshop, where he got the idea to write what would become the movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trick (1999 Film)
''Trick'' is a 1999 American gay-themed romantic comedy film directed by Jim Fall and starring Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Miss Coco Peru, and Tori Spelling. Independently produced by Eric d'Arbeloff, Ross Katz, and Fall, the film was written by Jason Schafer. ''Trick'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1999 and was later released theatrically by Fine Line Features that July. The film grossed $2million at the United States box office, which was seen by Fine Line Features as "credible business". Since its release, the film has been considered a gay cult classic. It was later adapted as a stage musical, titled '' Trick! The Musical'', in 2025, with book and lyrics by Schafer and music by Arthur LaFrentz Bacon. Plot Gabriel, an office temp by day and aspiring Broadway composer by night, makes eye contact with Mark, a go-go dancer at a gay bar. The two meet again in the subway the same night, and go back to Gabriel's place to have sex. They are thwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drag Queen
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and have been a part of gay culture. People Drag (clothing), do drag for reasons ranging from self-expression to mainstream performance. Drag shows frequently include lip sync, lip-syncing, live singing, and dancing. They typically occur at gay pride parades, LGBTQ pride parades, drag pageants, cabarets, carnivals, and discotheque, nightclubs. Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals who star in films and spend a lot of their time in their drag personas, to people who do drag only occasionally. Women who dress as men and entertain by imitating them are called drag kings. Those who do occasional drag may be from other backgrounds than the LGBT community. There is a long history of Drag (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musicals Set In Manhattan
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by Edwardian musical comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
