An up-and-coming pop-rock musical, “Starry,” tells the story of the lesser-known van Gogh brother, Theo. The concept album shows that the groundwork exists for it to grow into a great full show.

Delving beyond the heterosexual male perspective that has dominated the art world since antiquity, Andrew Lear’s “Gay Secrets of the MFA” tours show visitors the hidden homoerotica behind works at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.