The snafu over “homophobia row opera” Beached by Billy Elliot creator Lee Hall has been resolved thanks to a small lyric change.
Now, instead of singing “Of course I’m queer/That’s why I left here…” the single father character will sing “Of course I’m gay/That’s why I went away.”
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