Out Front: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Plays

by Robert Chesley, Harvey Fierstein, William M. Hoffman

Gathers eleven plays, that deal with the social, psychological, and emotional aspects of homosexual life

Genres: Plays, Drama, LGBT, Theatre, Anthologies

564 pages, Paperback

First published May 3, 1988

Reviews

[Yooperprof]

These are all plays from the early and mid 1980s. I think William Hoffman's "As Is" is the best play in the collection - it's held up remarkably well over the last 30+ years and is still a very good introduction to raw terror experienced by the initial HIV/AIDS generation.

I also was very impressed with Robert Chesney's "Jerker," set in San Francisco, also in the early stages of the epidemic.

Only a few of the plays deal with lesbian themes.

[Kathleen]

Great collection