<b>A new edition of the classic drama portraying gay life in New York in the 1970s and 80s—winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, now <b>back on </b>Broadway in a revival hailed by <i>The New York Times</i> as “irresistibly compelling.”</b><br><br> What begins as a chance encounter in a New York nightclub leads drag performer Arnold Beckoff on a hilarious yet touching pursuit of love, happiness, and a life he can be proud of. From a failed affair with a reluctant lover to a committed relationship with the promise of a stable family, Arnold’s struggle for acceptance meets its greatest resistance when he faces off against the person whose approval is most important to him: his mother.<br><br> This edition contains for the first time ever both the original scripts for the three one-act plays (<i>The</i><i>International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery,</i> and <i>Widows and Children First!</i>) as they were performed in the 1970s, as well as the revised script f