The Broadway revival of “Take Me Out” shines a spotlight on LGBTQ inclusion in major league sports.
the following week and was showered with support from the league, team and players. He played in 13 games in the 2021 season and was released on March 17, 2022.
“Take Me Out” tells the story of a professional baseball team, The New York Empires, and their star player, Darren Lemming. “Coming off of their second World Series championship and on pace for a third, the Empires are taken by surprise when Darren, the best player in baseball, comes out as gay,” said cast member Eduardo Ramos, who plays baseball player Rodriguez. “This action is motivated by his best friend on an opposing team, who tells Darren to live his truth and ‘make your whole self known.
Why did Director Scott Ellis and the rest of the TMO crew decide to revitalize the 2002 play two decades later?“These topics – racism, homophobia, and the evolution of masculinity – are even more prevalent now than when this play was written 20 years ago,” said Ramos. “As a society, we see the constant swinging of the pendulum between advancement and regression of these topics in our 24-hour news cycle.
The incident illustrated how the themes of “Take Me Out” continue to resonate 20 years later in this Second Stage Theater production.
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