Gay Theater in Denver, Part III

After a couple of conversations and email exchanges with Steve Tangedal, I realized that I saw Ten Percent Review and even The Boys in the Band at Theater on Broadway's first venue, 135 S. Broadway. That was likely 1991, the first year I lived in Denver.

In addition, I got in on the first gay play in the new venue, 13 S. Broadway, Breeze From the Gulf by The Boys in the Band creator, Mart Crowley.

I was also there from the start of their "coming out" first gay season with the following productions:

Six Degrees of Separation
Raft of the Medusa
Jeffrey
The Boys in the Band

Obviously, I got hooked and made TOB a regular visit whenever a new production was mounted in the following years:

Love, Valour and Compasion
Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly
Howard Crabtree's Whoop Dee Doo
Poor Superman
Party
Execution of Justice
Cabaret
A Perfect Genesh

Steve informed me that he flew to Howard Crabtree's farm in Buck's County, PA, to load up the original off-Broadway costumes designed by Crabtree himself for TOB's production of Whoop Dee Doo. For When Pigs Fly, TOB had three different revivals.

That was the '90's. Unfortunately, and I cannot explain why, I never attended any performances after the late 1990's. In my next post, I will list the many productions that I missed, as well as finally explaining the "Bingo!" reverence.

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