"Blood, Sweat and Queers" is inspired by the true story of a Czech sprinter who broke world records at the 1934 Women's World Games in London,  and gained world-wide fame when the female athlete whom the Czechs knew as Zdena Koubková became Zdeněk Koubek and began living as a man. Czech playwright Tomáš Dianiška's riff on Koubek's life,...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:12AM on May 30, 2025