The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told

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The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told is a satirical stage play by Paul Rudnick that queers and parodies biblical narratives and Western religious traditions.

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The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBT-related play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Paul Rudnick ⓘ
controversy criticized by some religious groups for blasphemy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adam ⓘ
Jane ⓘ
Mabel ⓘ
Steve ⓘ
firstProducedAt New York City ⓘ
firstProducedBy New York Theatre Workshop ⓘ
firstProductionDate 1998 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
religious parody ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasLGBTContent yes ⓘ
hasSubject LGBT rights ⓘ
creation myths ⓘ
faith and doubt ⓘ
organized religion ⓘ
hasTone comic ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
influencedBy biblical stories ⓘ
camp aesthetics ⓘ
queer theory ⓘ
intendedAudience adult ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme critique of Western religious traditions ⓘ
parody of biblical narratives ⓘ
queer reinterpretation of religious stories ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice retelling of the Book of Genesis with gay protagonists ⓘ
notableElement controversial depiction of religious figures ⓘ
explicitly gay reinterpretation of Adam and Eve as Adam and Steve ⓘ
use of camp and queer humor ⓘ
partOf contemporary American theatre ⓘ
performedIn regional theatres in the United States ⓘ
university theatres ⓘ
setting Garden of Eden ⓘ
contemporary New York City ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subjectMatter Bible ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted biblical era ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
writer Paul Rudnick ⓘ

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Paul Rudnick → notableWork → The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told ⓘ
Christopher Ashley → directed → The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told ⓘ
Christopher Ashley → notableWork → The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told ⓘ