Director - Paul Bogart

Anne Bancroft
(Ma Beckoff)

Matthew Broderick
(Alan Simon)

Harvey Fierstein
(Arnold Beckoff)

Brian Kerwin
(Ed Reese)

Torch Song Trilogy
1988

Torch Song Trilogy chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. From Arnold's hilarious steps toward domestic bliss with a reluctant school teacher, to his first truly promising love affair with a young fashion model, Arnold's greatest challenge remains his complicated relationship with his mother. But armed with a keenly developed sense of humor and oftentimes piercing wit, Arnold continues to test the commonly accepted terms of endearment--and endurance--in a universally affecting story that confirms that happiness is well worth carrying a torch for.