The finalists in Pride Films and Plays’ 2014 Great Gay Play and Musical Contest have been named.

The selections, all with LGBT themes, are four plays and one musical.

They are The Book of Andy, by Michael J. Mejia; Gentle Passage, by Paul Elliott; Michelangelo and Tommaso, by James Rosenfield; The View UpStairs, by Max Vernon; and Who Killed Joan Crawford?, by Michael Leeds.

The winner will be named after the festival of readings in May, Zak emailed Windy City Times.

For more information on contests or productions, visit www.pridefilmsandplays.com.

Recent coverage at the link: windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Plays-musicals-with-LGBT-themes-characters-are-semi-finalists/45623.html.