Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. From Arnold's hilarious steps toward domestic bliss with a reluctant school teacher, to his first truly promising love affair with a young fashion model, Arnold's greatest challenge remains his complicated relationship with his mother. But armed with a keenly developed sense of humor and oftentimes piercing wit, Arnold continues to test the commonly accepted terms of endearment--and endurance--in a universally affecting story that confirms that happiness is well worth carrying a torch for.

Esta película narra la historia de Arnold Beckoff, un drag queen profesional a lo largo de diez años de su vida: desde 1971 hasta 1980. Cuando su novio bisexual le abandona por una mujer, Arnold mostrará su inquietud por encontrar el amor. 

Luego vendrá Alan, un chapero callejero del cual se enamora. Las cosas parecen irles bien: hacen planes juntos, se trasladan a una casa grande y se plantean adoptar un hijo. Sin embargo, Alan muere trágicamente al intentar salvar a un anciano maltratado en la calle.