The Inheritance (play, Broadway)

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The Inheritance (play, Broadway) is a two-part, Tony Award–winning drama by Matthew López that reimagines E.M. Forster’s "Howards End" through the lives of gay men in contemporary New York.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway play
LGBT-related play
drama
stage play
author Matthew López
awardReceived Tony Award
Tony Award for Best Play
basedOn Howards End
basedOnWorkBy E. M. Forster
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticForm epic drama
genre drama
hasLGBTTheme true
hasLiterarySource Howards End
hasPart The Inheritance Part 1
The Inheritance Part 1
surface form: The Inheritance Part 2
intendedAudience adult
language English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Broadway
New York
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainTheme intergenerational legacy of the AIDS crisis
lives of gay men
medium live theatre
notableFor reimagining of Howards End through lives of gay men in contemporary New York
notableSubject AIDS crisis legacy
chosen family
class and privilege
numberOfParts 2
originalBroadwayTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre
premiereLocation Ethel Barrymore Theatre
productionType two-part play
setting contemporary New York City
subjectMatter friendship
gay community in New York City
grief
love
queer history
timePeriodOfSetting 21st century
writer Matthew López

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