5 New Must-See LGBTQ-Inclusive Plays in NYC
Sure, by all means, see as many of this year’s Tony-nominated plays as you can, but keep in mind that some of the queerest nominees—The Boys in the Band, Torch Song, Choir Boy—have already closed.
Check out these five LGBTQ-inclusive plays that recently opened off-Broadway for limited engagements.
BLKS
A clitoral mole found during lesbian sex sparks the raunchy shenanigans in queer poet Aziza Barnes’ weed-hazed comedy about young women of color trying to live their best lives in New York City. Robert O’Hara directs.
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space through June 2.
Continuity
Bess Wohl’s cautionary satire, directed by Rachel Chavkin, is set on the set of a movie about a hunky eco-terrorist combating climate change. Who can save our planet? Maybe trans actor Garcia as the scene-stealing PA.
MTC at New York City Center Stage II through June 9.
Happy Talk
Susan Sarandon steers Jesse Eisenberg’s absorbing dramedy as a tragically delusional community theater stalwart who asks a gay castmate (Superstore’s Nico Santos) to green card-marry her dying mother’s home aide.
The New Group at Pershing Square Signature Center through June 16.
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In S. Asher Gelman’s less-naked follow-up to Afterglow, a provocative and enlightening exploration of power dynamics and emotional boundaries, BDSM tethers a straight couple to a pro dom and his genderqueer partner.
Midnight Theatricals at American Theatre of Actors through July 7.
Socrates
Call Me by Your Name’s Michael Stuhlbarg is a mesmerizing marvel as Socrates, teased by disciples about his obsession with cute boys, in Tim Blake Nelson’s erudite but accessible paean to the executed Greek philosopher.
Public Theater through June 2.