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Patti’s tantrum, shirtless NPH, & Jinkx’s showstopper: 10 wild & queer Broadway moments of the season

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Take Me Out, which offered an up-close (and wet) look at Jesse Williams and the fictional baseball team in Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winning play.

Fans were so excited that the production returned for an encore run. But the 2022-23 Broadway season also saw plenty of new plays and musicals.Some of our favorite queer talent returned to the stage, and while Raoul from The Phantom of the Opera sang “Why Have You Brought Me Here?” for the last time when the show closed after nearly 14,000 performances, we wondered the same thing while sitting through some of the season’s biggest flops.With the Tony Awards on Sunday, Queerty counts down ten of our favorite Broadway moments while already looking ahead to next season’s first big musical — Once Upon a One More Time (inspired by the music of Britney Spears), which opens on June 22.View Full PostIt was only a matter of time before our favorite drag diva Jinkx Monsoon arrived on Broadway.

Stepping into the role of Matron Mama Morton in Chicago, Jinkx revitalized the long-running hit that drew new audiences to Broadway.

It was an old-school process for Jinkx to land the role — auditioning and two months of waiting before booking the gig. Audiences went wild when she debuted in January and extended her run to satisfy drag-craving theatergoers.

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