Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy
Broadway promotional poster
Written by	Harvey Fierstein
Characters	Arnold Beckoff Ed Lady Blues Mrs. Beckoff Alan David Laurel
Date premiered	January 15, 1982 (1982-01-15)
Place premiered	Actors' Playhouse, Greenwich Village, New York City
Original language	English
Genre	Drama
Setting	1970s, 1980s New York City

Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The four-hour play begins with a soliloquy in which he explains his cynical disillusionment with love.