Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein
Friday, June 6, 2025 - Sunday, June 15, 2025
Stoner Theater - Des Moines Civic Center
221 Walnut St Des Moines, IA 50309
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(515) 309-0251 (515) 309-0251
221 Walnut St Des Moines, IA 50309
Des Moines | Map It Capital Country Website
(515) 309-0251 (515) 309-0251
In Torch Song – the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy – the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970s and 1980s. Told with wit and an emotionally honest perspective, Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more: respect. Nine chances to catch our production! June 6, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 7, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 8, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. June 11, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 12, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 13, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 14, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. June 14, 2025 - 7:30 p.m. June 15, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. "Torch Song brings laughter and tears simultaneously. It's impossible not to feel electricity in the theater." - Entertainment Weekly "Spectacular! A Grade-A energizing joy!" - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
