As my contribution to pride month (for the three people that are going to read this post) I would like to promote and laud Joey Contreras’s musical, In Pieces. (Yes, I have talked about this musical on here before, but I will do it again, as many times as I need to)
This musical tackles several different types of relationships and how those can affect you. Aside from the overt connection to pride month through the story of Charlie and Grey, two teenage boys struggling to understand their sexualities and their feelings for each other (my pookies) and the very queer connotations of the character River, it should also be acknowledged that Joey Contreras is a queer man himself, married to fellow singer and actor, Jared Zirilli, and has stated multiple times to have incorporated many of his own experiences into the musical.
Additionally, as the musical tackles the effects of multiple relationships, it shows multiple intentionally relatable experiences, which can be spread across many different forms of life and stages of it. As an asexual, it is often very difficult for me to find romantic and/or relationship focused media that I, personally, can connect to, but this musical really bridges that gap for me.
In Pieces released an official concert film just this week (still available for another day or two, I think) that you should definitely think about getting if you are into this kind of thing. It’s got a stellar cast, and that’s not even to mention the incredible compositions, not just the musicality itself, but also the lyricism and incredible use of motif.
Anyway, thought I would pop on just to contribute to pride month just a tad, and also plug one of my favorite musicals.
Happy Pride, everyone! Stay safe out there!
