1988

Torch Song Trilogy is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Harvey Fierstein from Harvey Fierstein's play of the same name.

on June 10, 1982, where it enjoyed a groundbreaking run

Torch Song Trilogy opened on Broadway at the Little Theater (now the Hayes Theater) on June 10, 1982, where it enjoyed a groundbreaking run, earning Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play (Mr. Fierstein) and running for 1,222 performances, closing on May 19, 1985.

in 1982

Torch Song Trilogy first premiered on Broadway in 1982 at the Little Theatre, now the Hayes Theater, where now the Hayes Theater ran for three years.

on Broadway at the Little Theatre (now the Hayes Theater, where the revival is set to play) on June 10, 1982, where June ran for 1,222 performances until May 19, 1985

Torch Song Trilogy originally opened on Broadway at the Little Theatre (now the Hayes Theater, where the revival is set to play) on June 10, 1982, where June ran for 1,222 performances until May 19, 1985.

on June 10, 1982, where June enjoyed a groundbreaking run, earning Tony Awards for Best Play and in a Play (Fierstein) and running for 1,222 performances, closing on May 19, 1985

, Torch Song Trilogy opened on Broadway at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes) on June 10, 1982, where June enjoyed a groundbreaking run, earning Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play (Fierstein) and running for 1,222 performances, closing on May 19, 1985.

in June 1982

After an acclaimed Off-Broadway debut, the original production of Torch Song Trilogy opened on Broadway in June 1982 and played an award-winning three-year engagement at the Little Theatre (now the Hayes Theatre).

1989

Torch Song Trilogy was released on VHS in 1989, and on DVD in May 2004.

After an acclaimed Off-Broadway debut on Broadway

After an acclaimed Off-Broadway debut, the original production of Torch Song Trilogy opened on Broadway in June 1982 and played an award-winning three-year engagement at the Little Theatre (now the Hayes Theatre).

on June 10, 1982, where (now the Helen Hayes Theatre ran for 1,222 performances until May 19, 1985

Torch Song Trilogy originally opened on Broadway at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes Theatre) on June 10, 1982, where (now the Helen Hayes Theatre ran for 1,222 performances until May 19, 1985.

1981

Torch Song Trilogy first opened at the uptown Richard Allen Center in October 1981, produced by The Glines.

in the 1980s

Torch Song Trilogy is a powerful and moving film about AIDS in the 1980s, and the 1980s is one of the best movies about AIDS in the '80s.

2017

The sequel, entitled A Torch Against the Night, was released in August 2017.

Off-Off-Broadway

Torch Song trilogy premiered off-off-Broadway in 1978, and introduced audiences to Arnold Beckoff, a gay Jewish drag queen and torch singer living in New York through the ’70s and ’80s.

1972

Released in July 1972, Trilogy reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 5 in the US.

the life of a NYC drag queen/torch singer

Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy (1988) recorded the life and travails of a NYC drag queen/torch singer on and off stage.

2012

Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein 30 May to 12 August 2012 Without You by Anthony Rapp August 2012 Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas starring Mathew Horne and Jane Asher 20 September – 10 Nov 2013

2011

The first novel of the trilogy, The Clockwork Rocket, was published in 2011, the second, The Eternal Flame, in 2012, and the third, The Arrows of Time, in 2013.

the life of a NYC drag queen/ torch singer

Torch Song Trilogy (1988) recorded the life and travails of a NYC drag queen/ torch singer on and off stage.

1970

First published in omnibus form in 1970, the trilogy was originally published individually as Captives of the Flame (1963, rewritten as Out of the Dead City in 1968), The Towers of Toron (1964), and City of a Thousand Suns (1965).

in theaters with Matthew Broderick playing the role of Harvey Fierstein's young lover

1988 - 6-1/2 years after opening on Broadway, the movie version of Torch Song Trilogy opens in theaters, with Matthew Broderick playing the role of Harvey Fierstein's young lover.