Reviews for the film Love, Simon have commented on the rarity of a "happy ending" for a gay couple on screen. That made me curious to see how LGBTQ+ characters have fared in musical theater (and a few operas for good measure). Once I started counting I couldn't stop. Cis men make up the bulk of representation. Some die tragically. Some are simply comic relief. A surprising number end up in a happy pairing by the curtain.
I'm still tweaking the formatting and may re-upload this if I can make it easier to read. Who did I miss?
I'm looking for a show in which an LGBQ+
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Cis Male Ends Up
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Cis Female ends up
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Trans Character ends up
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Coupled
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Single
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Dead / Widowed
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Coupled
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Single
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Dead
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Coupled
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Single
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Dead / Widowed
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A New Brain
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An American in Paris
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by Murder
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Bad Girls the Musical
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A Letter to Harvey Milk
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Nick and Nora
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Pricilla Queen of the Dessert
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As One (Opera)
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Bombay Dreams (murder)
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All Shook Up (bi man / woman)
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Applause (mentions a date but we never meet him)
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Brokeback Mountain (opera)
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Falsettoland
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Aspects of Love
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Eating Raoul (I think the women's basketball player)
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Splendora
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Bring It On
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Possibly Rent (Angel to AIDS)
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Avenue Q
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Be More Chill
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Candide
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First Lady Suite (on the verge of breaking up)
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Chicago
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Hedwig
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Possibly Rocky Horror (murder)
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Coco (he mentions a partner though I'm not sure if we meet him)
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Book of Mormon
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Carrie
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If Then (though they break up in one timeline)
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Color Purple
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Triassic Parq
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
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Cabaret
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
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It Shoulda Been You
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Fun Home (ambiguous)
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Far From Heaven
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A Catered Affair (broken up with off stage partner)
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Harvey Milk (two operas and a musical about him)
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Loving Repeating
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Grand Hotel
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First Date
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A Chorus Line
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Rent (though they break up twice)
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Hairspray (the coach and the matron)
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Full Monty, The
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Come From Away
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Thrill Me
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The Prom
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Holiday Inn
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Heathers (the fathers possibly)
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Drowsy Chaperone
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Urinetown: The Musical
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What Makes Sammy Run (revision)
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LaChuisa's Wild Party
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La Cage Aux Folles
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Elf - a chorus boy mentions a boyfriend who is never seen.
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by Suicide
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Lippa's Wild Party
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La Chuisa's Wild Party
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Fellow Travelers (opera)
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Bare: A Pop Opera
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Producers, The
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Legally Blonde
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Flower Drum Song (2000?)
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Fun Home
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Zanna Don't (and turned straight by magic!)
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Lysistrata Jones
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Hello Again
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Grey Gardens
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On a Clear Day 2016
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High School Musical
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Yank!
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Pal Joey (revised book)
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Kid Victory
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by AIDS related illness
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Producers, The
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Kinky Boots
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Angels in America Opera - Roy Cohn
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Prom Queen
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Lady in the Dark
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Boy from Oz
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Rock of Ages
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Last Session, The
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Falsettoland
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Spring Awakening
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Lippa's Wild Party
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Rent
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Sugar (Some Like It Hot)
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Little Miss Sunshine
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Taboo (Leigh Bowery)
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The Kid
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Little Fish (abused by his ex)
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Undead
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Victor / Victoria
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Mean Girls
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Dance of the Vampires
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Zanna Don't
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Road Show
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Lestat
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A Year with Frog and Toad (it's canon!)
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School of Rock
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and Married!
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Seesaw
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Boy Meets Boy
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Sherry!
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Company (one of the husbands is bi and married to a woman)
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Something Rotten?
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Dance a Little Closer
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Starlight Express
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If / Then
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Taboo (George)
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In Transit
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title of show
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It Shoulda Been You
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Jerry Springer the Opera
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War Paint
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Spamalot
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Wedding Singer
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When Pigs Fly!
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and Pining for a Straight Man!
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Altar Boyz
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Billy Elliott
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Glory Days
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Hair
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Man of No Importance
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Trevor
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And on film only: Across the Universe, The Big Gay Musical, Were the World Mine and the recent remake of Beauty and the Beast.
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