Opened on June 10, 1982. Closed May 19, 1985 after 1,230 performances — 2.9 years. 2 Tony Awards in 1983, including Best Play; 2 Drama Desk Awards in 1983, including Outstanding Play Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a Jewish homosexual, drag queen, and torch singer who lives in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The four-hour play begins with a soliloquy in which he explains his cynical disillusionment with love. Wiki link