Jeff Buhrman Quotes on Performance Arts (3 Quotes)

When you think about musical theater, the influence of gays and lesbians is profound.

Our audiences want to be entertained. They want us to do all different types of music in all different styles while affirming gay people in our society. So when we pick material like this, it's not only an affirmation of Broadway, but an affirmation of gay people.

We decided to take the one art form that was created in this country -- the Broadway musical -- and celebrate the fact that there have been many gay men who have moved the art form forward since the beginning of the 20th century.