World-renowned, four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s pioneering five decades in the theater and the parallel decades-long struggle for LGBT rights are examined in this compelling documentary. If you love Broadway theater and are a little bit star struck, you’ll love the fascinating reminiscences from Broadway luminaries like Angela Lansbury, F. Murray Abraham, Larry Kramer, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci and many more. The film is loaded with clips from performances of boundary-breaking hit after hit, such as Love! Valor! Compassion!, Master Class and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The Shorts preceding the feature are:
Lenny (U.S. Premiere)
Dir. Camille Beglin, 2017, France, 14 min, in French with English subtitles. Leonard escapes from his daily routine by secretly cross-dressing. One day, his wife comes home earlier than he expected.
Fishy (Connecticut Premiere)
Dir. Joe Sulsenti, 2017, USA, 7 min. After a father and son experience a life-threatening situation, the father sees his son for who he is after walking in his shoes … or heels.
Elwood Takes a Lover (Northeast Premiere)
Dir. John Palmer, 2018, USA, 16 min. A dying woman suspects her husband is secretly gay and decides to track down the man she thinks was his first true love.
