Hypothetically, you might ask another poster for their perspective’s origins in order to decide whether or not to carry forward with a debate.
The other poster may already have their opinion set in concrete, and it may prove fruitless to try to engage in a debate, and maybe even inadvisable depending on the potential emotional baggage present.
Someone involved in Broadway productions may get a bit emotionally defensive (manifesting as a heated post) than other posters. Not saying that’s what happened here, but in the interest of fully understanding someones position on this topic, the question is not out of bounds.
I’m sorry but coming across as gay has nothing to do with Broadway or Broadway subcultures. Most Broadway stories have at least one romance in the tale, and possibly more than one, and I’ve never had any particular hardship in buying the love interest angle.
I don’t know whether you’re trying to imply that all male Broadway actors are gay, whether you think that the style of Broadway acting can lead some to think that the actors are gay, or whether you’re saying that Broadway producers can seem gay. Regardless of any of those, the point remains that Nathan Lane always comes across as a gay man, which worked for him in Birdcage, but says something less than spectacular about his acting abilities.