The rulers, who set the teens against each other in order to subjugate an impoverished population, are mysteriously epicene, with huge colored wigs.

NEWYORKER: The Hunger Games

In a dystopian society in the future, a group of wealthy, epicene overlords authoritarians with violet hair and the vicious manners of French courtiers threaten and control an impoverished population.

NEWYORKER: Kids at Risk

The musical is a series of truly vivants tableaux part pageant, part puppet show, part parade, with a touch of Las Vegas revue thrown in telling the story of Simba, a princely lion cub who loses his kingdom, goes into exile, and returns to claim his inheritance from his epicene, malevolent Uncle Scar, a pooftah in the pride.

NEWYORKER: The Lion King