Take Me Out
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Take Me Out is a Tony Award–winning play by Richard Greenberg that explores homophobia and racism in professional baseball after a star player comes out as gay.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Take Me Out (Of Myself) | 1 |
| Take Me Out (revival) | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | play ⓘ |
| 2022RevivalCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2022RevivalNotableCastMember |
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesse Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2022RevivalTheatre | Hayes Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Richard Greenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
NERFINISHED
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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (revival production) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutTheatre | Walter Kerr Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | locker-room tensions after a player comes out as gay ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
masculinity
ⓘ
prejudice in sports culture ⓘ public image versus private identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformanceCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Donmar Warehouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Darren Lemming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kippy Sunderstrom NERFINISHED ⓘ Mason Marzac NERFINISHED ⓘ Shane Mungitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
homophobia
ⓘ
professional baseball ⓘ racism ⓘ sexual orientation ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a star baseball player who comes out as gay ⓘ |
| notableRevival | 2022 Broadway revival ⓘ |
| setting |
Major League Baseball-style professional team
ⓘ
contemporary United States ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic analysis on race and sexuality in American theatre
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critical discussions of LGBTQ+ representation in sports ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
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this entity surface form:
Take Me Out (revival)