Hail to the Queens: Priscilla on Broadway Is a Global Culture Girl's Best Friend
Posted: 9/18/11 08:40 PM ET
E. Nina Rothe
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Just what makes the "Great American Musical"? If you're looking for an analytical piece written by a respected theater critic, you are reading the wrong writer. There may be dozens of theoretical essays written about it and probably as many technical classes taught at prestigious universities discussing the perfect proportions. For any of those, I am not your girl.
Instead, what I do best is write about what I love. In the case of a Broadway musical it's what immediately appeals to me as a human being, but also inspires my fashion sense, lullabies my inner need for beautiful music and indulges the incurable romantic in me. Watching Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theater in NYC for the second time this past week made me believe the world can indeed be a better place, one where sequins, feathers and great men (albeit ones dressed as women) lead us on a journey towards love and acceptance. Now tell me, what is there not to love about that?!