History HoYay / Theater

*** In the 2013 US touring company, the main actors who played Enjolras and Grantaire were dating, and are now engaged. The Ho Yay was ''strong'' in that production.

---->Or maybe not so unintentionally. It's a European piece by a young Tim Rice developed in the 60's and 70's.

* Vladimir and Estragon of ''WaitingForGodot'' act so much like an old married couple.

* Mark and Roger from ''{{Rent}}'' probably have more shippers than the canonical Roger/Mimi. There is a reason for this. Mark is the only character without a love interest and, in the film version especially, he spends a lot of time giving Roger lingering, meaningful glances.

* ''Cats'': The rather fawning descriptions that the [[LoveableSexManiac Rum Tum Tugger]] lay on [[FrozenFlower Mr Mistoffelees]] were rather... interesting. Especially when offset by the less than complimentary tone that Mistoffelees uses in Tugger's own song.

* Lance and Herbert in {{Spamalot}}.

** Also, anything involving Enjolras and Grantaire is popular among the more hardcore fans, as it's practically canon: In the Brick, Grantaire's admiration for Enjolras is the only reason he's really involved in LaResistance to begin with. This is, however, not as common due to its absence from TheMusical, which is ''far'' more popular among teenage girls than the the book is.

* Judas and Christ from ''JesusChristSuperstar''. One recent revival played up the homoerotic tension between Jesus and Judas deliberately and all the Apostles looked and acted as though they had just come straight from a gay club.

* In ''AmericanIdiot'', St. Jimmy serenades Jesus of Suburbia with "Last Night On Earth".

* Death ("Der Tod") from German musical {{Elisabeth}} is in love with the title heroine, but still manages to be rather ...suggestive... with her son. As in, most productions have Death taking the guy's life with a kiss that can be anything from a small peck on the lips to something that approaches a full-out snog.

* Lin Manuel Miranda, the creator of ''Theatre/Hamilton'', has [[{{WordOfGod}} confirmed]] that there are several "nods" through the show to the title character's bisexuality. Especially during his interactions with John Laurens.

* Elder Price and Elder McKinley have their moments in The Book of Mormon.

* In ''StarlightExpress'', Electra's IAmSong "AC/DC" includes the lyrics "[[BiTheWay AC/DC, it's okay by me. I can switch and change my frequency.]]". His equal-opportunity entourage doesn't do anything to discourage the HoYay, either. (The 2012 UK tour increases this even further, as Electra and Greaseball [[spoiler:[[AccidentalKiss almost kiss]]]] in "One Rock N' Roll Too Many"!)

* Melchior/Moritz from ''SpringAwakening''. Melchior teaching Moritz how to touch himself in "Touch Me"? Oh, yes.

** Onegin/Lensky. And it ends in a duel because Onegin is an asshole and flirts with Olga.
** Amfortas/Klingsor before they lost their, um, instruments.

* Operas are good in this. See Don Carlo and Rodrigo. If that's not Ho Yay, nothing is.
** Geez, it's the 16-century Catholic Spain we're talking about, man. Plus, Carlo is in love with Elizabeth, his own stepmother, and Rodrigo is a Knight of Malta. He probably didn't even know such things existed!
** Well, let's just say that the least homoerotic production of Don Carlo this troper has seen had them lying on the floor together, clasping each other's faces.
* Also, depending on the singers, but in Il Trovatore, the rivalling over Leonora might be just an excuse to cover up the incestuous Foe Yay.
* Don Giovanni/Leporello. Especially in modern productions. Apparently, 1003 women are not enough...

* Onegin/Lensky. And it ends in a duel because Onegin is an asshole and flirts with Olga.
* Amfortas/Klingsor before they lost their, um, instruments.
* Titus/Sextus in Mozart's ''La Clemenza di Tito'' (Tito's Clemency). [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFmvp8Duc_M It's just not possible to interpret this otherwise.]]
* Pick a Britten opera. ANY Britten opera.
** Grimes has no adult Ho Yay but there's the possibility he's a pedophile. Eek.
** Billy Budd. It takes place on a 18th century warship, with an all-male cast. You can pair up anyone with anyone.
** Quint/Miles. Jessel/Flora. Jessel/Governess. If you are evil, even Mrs. Grose/Governess.
** Aschenbach/Tadzio is canon, althoguh nothing ever happens, but the tension! It needs more love.

* The OBC of ''NextToNormal'', and the tension between [[ParentalIncest Gabe and Dan]] is ridiculous. Especially in the reprise of "I Am the One", where [[spoiler: Gabe is trying to get Dan to acknowledge he's real]], with all the touching and the emotion going on.

* "MyFairLady" has stuffy Victorian gentlemen Higgins and Pickering singing a song about how they much favour each others' company to that of a woman. As it's never stated Higgins's feelings for Liza are romantic, the musical often has a [[HasTwoMommies Liza Has Two Daddies]] feel to it.

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* This is pretty much inevitable in ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', given that the show is structured much like a boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl romance that substitutes "musical group" for "girl", but a few instances stand out:
** The tensions between Frankie, Tommy, and Bob pretty much play out like a jealous ex upset that his ex found someone new.

* {{Lestat}}. Unsurprisingly, given [[TheVampireChronicles the source material.]] Seriously, just listen to [[http://www.4shared.com/file/88077168/c744768d/1_11_-_Right_Before_My_Eyes.html "Right Before My Eyes"]]. Lestat and Nicki had an intense love affair in the book, and the lyrics make no attempt to disguise this.

* TheRockyHorrorPictureShow. Nuff said.

* In the obscure Marvin Hamlisch/Howard Ashman musical ''Smile'' there is some fairly heavy lesyay between the two female leads, Robin and Doria, most notably during the song Dressing Room and at the end when [[spoiler: Robin decides not to join Doria at the next pageant]].

*** And to top things off, it ''really'' doesn't help that the actors playing the pair on the US tour are a real life couple.