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Torch Song is a 1953 American Technicolor musical drama film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her blind rehearsal pianist.
Torch Song Trilogy is a 1988 American comedy drama film adapted by Harvey Fierstein from his play of the same name. [2] [3] [4]The film was directed by Paul Bogart and stars Fierstein as Arnold, Anne Bancroft as Ma Beckoff, Matthew Broderick as Alan, Brian Kerwin as Ed, and Eddie Castrodad as David.
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.
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (/ ˈ f aɪər ˌ s t iː n / FIRE-steen; born June 6, 1952) [1] is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. [2] [3] [4] He gained notice for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy, winning both the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play.
In 1982, Miller was cast in his most prominent role, that of Ed in the Broadway premiere of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy. That fall, he made his first TV appearance in the television movie Rage of Angels, starring Jaclyn Smith. [23] [24] A year later, he appeared at the 37th Tony Awards.
Torch Song is a 2024 drama film directed and written by Jeroen Houben in his English-language feature debut. Shot on location in Amsterdam, the film stars Carla Juri , Al Weaver and Markoesa Hamer. Noortje Wilschut and Floor Onrust serve as producers for Family Affair Films.
Torch Song (also known as Judith Krantz's Torch Song) is a 1993 made-for-TV movie directed by Michael Miller and starring Raquel Welch, Jack Scalia, and Alicia Silverstone. The film originally premiered on ABC on 23 May 1993.
Torch-singing is more of a niche than a genre and can stray from the traditional jazz-influenced style of singing; the American tradition of the torch song typically relies upon the melodic structure of the blues. [2] Examples of a collection are Billie Holiday's 1955 album Music for Torching and Entre eux deux by Melody Gardot and Philippe Powell.