The curtain rises on a new Queerties category — meet the Live Theater nominees
Voting is officially open for this year’s nominations, including the new Live Theater category. We headed to Broadway and beyond to see what our favorite queer theater-makers had in store.
Let’s just say it was lit. What happens when Max Martin’s Grammy-winning songbook converges with the Bard? You end up with a pop-rock Broadway confection. & Juliet considers what might have happened if Juliet didn’t die at the end of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Justin David Sullivan (he/she/they) is also delivering the goods as Juliet’s nonbinary bestie May.Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson hit a home run in the revival of Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg’s play about what happens after a major league baseball player comes out.
And that’s not all that made headlines when leaked photos of Williams’ naked shower scene hit the internet. The production won two Tony Awards and returned for an encore run, playing overtime for theater and baseball fans alike.Two-time Grammy winner and 15-time nominee Melissa Etheridge brought the story of her life through song to Off-Broadway for a limited run.
