Historia LGBTQ+ en Broadway: Los hitos más importantes y los pioneros


El Mes del Orgullo es un momento para celebrar a los innumerables artistas, creadores y narradores LGBTQ+ cuyo talento ha contribuido a convertir a Broadway en la vibrante e inclusiva comunidad que es hoy. 

Durante generaciones, artistas, escritores, compositores, directores, coreógrafos y activistas queer han desafiado las convenciones, roto barreras y ampliado el abanico de historias que se podían contar en los escenarios estadounidenses. 

Algunos hicieron historia con producciones innovadoras o actuaciones inolvidables, mientras que otros transformaron discretamente el arte escénico tras bambalinas, dejando un legado que sigue inspirando tanto al público como a los artistas.

Desde el trabajo pionero de Cole Porter y Jerome Robbins hasta los estrenos emblemáticos de La Cage aux Folles , The Normal Heart , Fun Home y muchos más, la historia de Broadway está repleta de momentos que cambiaron el teatro para siempre. 

Esta cronología repasa muchos de esos hitos, desde artistas pioneros y premios Tony históricos hasta producciones innovadoras que impulsaron la visibilidad y la representación LGBTQ+, celebrando a las personas y las producciones que ayudaron a construir Broadway, un hito inolvidable a la vez.

  1. The Last Night Of The World - Dance Version

    Lea Salonga, Devin Lewis

    02:45
  2. Tear Me Down

    Hedwig And The Angry Inch - Original Broadway Cast

    03:57
  3. And You Don't Even Know It

    Original West End Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, John McCrea, Tamsin Carroll

    04:29
  4. We Are What We Are

    Jerry Herman, Kelsey Grammer

    05:47
  5. God Don't Make No Trash

    Cast Recording, Varios Artistas

    02:47
  6. Wig In A Box

    Hedwig And The Angry Inch - Original Broadway Cast

    05:07
  7. The Acceptance Song

    Christopher Sieber, Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom Ensemble

    03:14
  8. Take Me Or Leave Me

    Idina Menzel, Fredi Walker

    03:43
  9. You & I

    Cast Recording, Varios Artistas

    03:54
  10. The Thrill of First Love

    Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells

    04:12
  11. Ring of Keys

    Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone

    03:07
  12. I Can Make You a Man

    Tom Hewitt, The Rocky Horror Show Ensemble (2000)

    01:50
  13. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)

    Tom Hewitt, The Rocky Horror Show Ensemble (2000)

    01:57
  14. It's Raining Men

    Jacqueline B. Arnold, Anastacia McCleskey, Ashley Spencer, Will Swenson & Company

    03:05
  15. Better with a Man

    Jefferson Mays, Bryce Pinkham

    03:02
  16. Hitchhiking Across America

    Lewis Cleale, Farah Alvin, James Sasser, Kristin Woodbury

    06:35
  17. Keep It Gay

    Gary Beach, Roger Bart, Peter Marinos, Ray Wills, Jeffry Denman, Kathy Fitzgerald, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Original Broadway Cast of The Producers

    05:07
  18. Everybody Say Yeah

    Billy Porter, Stark Sands, Kinky Boots Ensemble

    04:19
  19. Expressing Yourself

    Original Cast of Billy Elliot

    05:13
  20. Spotlight

    Original West End Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Lucie Shorthouse

    02:56
  21. If You Were Gay

    John Tartaglia, Rick Lyon

    02:30
  22. His Name Is Lancelot - From "Spamalot" Original Broadway Cast Recording

    Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Christian Borle, Ensemble, Todd Ellison

    02:11
  23. Not The Boy Next Door - The Boy From Oz/Original Cast Recording/2003

    Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford, Hugh Jackman, Beth Fowler, Colleen Hawks, Tari Kelly, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Patrick Vaccariello

    02:21
  24. The Origin of Love

    Hedwig And The Angry Inch - Original Broadway Cast

    05:35
  25. I'll Cover You

    Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin

    02:28
  26. Unruly Heart

    Caitlin Kinnunen, The Prom Ensemble

    03:57
  27. A Little Bit Less Than

    Sierra Boggess

    03:11
  28. There! Right There!

    Amber Efe, Kate Shindle, Laura Bell Bundy, 'Legally Blonde' Ensemble, Manuel Herrera, Matthew Risch

    03:27
  29. Color My World

    Tony Sheldon, Will Swenson, Nick Adams

    02:57
  30. Unlikely Lovers

    Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Tracie Thoms, Betsy Wolfe

    05:06
  31. Changing My Major

    Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, Emily Skeggs

    04:22
  32. Vision of Nowness

    Peppermint, Head Over Heels - A New Musical Ensemble

    02:08
  33. Man in the Mirror

    Lincoln Center Theater cast of A Man of No Importance, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty

    03:24
  34. An Old-Fashioned Love Story

    Alix Korey

    03:53
  35. Sailing

    William Finn, Norm Lewis, Malcolm Gets, Ted Sperling

    03:06
  36. I Am Harvey Milk - San Francisco

    Andrew Lippa

    06:59
  37. Our Lips Are Sealed

    Alexandra Socha, Andrew Durand, Taylor Iman Jones, Bonnie Milligan, Head Over Heels - A New Musical Ensemble

    02:58
  38. Guttersnipe

    Mark Mcgee, Euan Morton

    03:10
  39. The Word Of Your Body - Original Broadway Cast Recording/2006

    Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff

    02:58
  40. Best Worst Mistake

    EJason Tam, Anthony Rapp

    02:58
  41. Turn It Off

    Scott Barnhardt, Justin Bohon, Jason Michael Snow, Kevin Duda, Josh Gad, Brian Sears, Rory O'Malley, Andrew Rannells, Benjamin Schrader, Clark Johnsen

    05:03
  42. You Could Never Shame Me

    Original Cast Of Kiss Of The Spider Woman

    01:49
  43. Not My Father's Son

    Billy Porter, Stark Sands

    05:57
  44. Like Sally - Original Broadway Cast/2000

    Michael John La Chuisa, Jane Summerhays, Varios Artistas, Todd Ellison

    01:46
  45. Dress to Kill

    Euan Morton

    00:57
  46. The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened

    Stephen Sondheim

    03:11
  47. Love Who You Love

    Lincoln Center Theater cast of A Man of No Importance, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty

    02:47
  48. My Brother Lived in San Francisco

    Elegies - Original London Cast

    03:29
  49. We Belong

    Tony Sheldon, Will Swenson, Nick Adams

    02:14
  50. I Am What I Am

    Jerry Herman, Douglas Hodge

    03:24
  51. Raise You Up / Just Be

    Full Company, Kinky Boots Ensemble