The cast for Ryan Murphy's "Boys in the Band" is everyone you'd expect it to be

I will happily skip seeing this.

Does Ryan Murphy EVER take a break? Jesus Christ, does he really need money this bad?

[quote]The role of "Cowboy," a hunky hustler presented by one of the guests as a gift to birthday boy Harold (played by Quinto), remains to be cast.

Hold the phone- Quinto is playing Harold? This thing is already at "The Lonely Lady" levels of disaster and it hasn't even finished casting.

I will watch it. Never saw the original but it seems the consensus is it was a sad, pathetic and portrayed based on negative stereotypes. I hope this is better.

Dun dun dun.... it's gonna be fun watch all the DL gays flip their lid haha. How dare they cast gay actors for gay roles? How dare Ryan Murphy do a broadway show about gay men with gay actors?

Very uninteresting cast. So many possibilities with great, underemployed actors who would have loved the work.

Adults back then seemed so much more... adult. These guys still seem like kids.

R3 I'm sure that's just a signal Murphy is sending to Darren Criss that he hasn't done enough for the role....yet.

R5 they're not changing the script.

Is it going to be like that shitty The Women remake?

What’s the point of a word for word remake.

That movie Psycho was terrible because you knew in every scene what was going to happen.

I understand the exercise being used in a film class, but it seems pointless and boring to put out such a predictable production.

R12 Huh? Are you against them reviving Streetcar, or Long Days Journey, or Gypsy?

r12 is shockingly dumb, even by DL standards

Of course Quinto will play the ugly guy,he's aging horribly.

Is Billy Magnussen too old to play the Cowboy? He's 33.

R12 - and I'm not being snarky in asking this - but you are aware this is a Broadway theatrical production, right? It's not a film.

Pointless, shitty, bad casting, actors too old, actors too young. Let's write it off. Let's declare it a disaster. This is DL y'all.

Come on, R14. Don't act like the men in the play!

R12, I'm curious, how old are you?

Yuck. HATE Rannells

[quote] That movie Psycho was terrible because you knew in every scene what was going to happen. I understand the exercise being used in a film class, but it seems pointless and boring to put out such a predictable production.

Hey, stupid, it's going to be on the stage. It's called a revival, you fucking backwoods, knuckle-dragging hillbilly.

R18 I would see it, actually. I've been digging Murphy since OJ, and since he's given us Evan Peters as the leader of a masc gay Aryan cult.

Jesus, R21. Come on.

R12 Don't listen. At one time I wasn't savvy about this stuff either.

I'm just curious, how old are you?

This will be a big box-office smash. Bookmark me.

"Don't act like the men in the play! "

But we are, Blanche. We are the men in the play.

[quote] [R12] Don't listen. At one time I wasn't savvy about this stuff either. I'm just curious, how old are you?

Oh look, Kevin Spacey found the DL.

Jim should be Harold. Zachary isn't ugly enough.

So, who's who? It's hard for me to picture anyone as Harold, but Leonard Frey, but I think the play's worth reviving.

Too bad Kevin Spacey's such an awful person, he would actually be good in this.

Matt Bomer should play all the parts, revealing that all the Boys are facets of a single deranged person's damaged psyche, but white and pretty still

R29 we need to start a crowdfund for that

Thank you r21. None of the idiots seem to realize this is a broadway show.

Ill skip this, says the person posting from flyoverland that has never been to a broadway show.

STINK FEST!

Agree, r28.

i just noticed Quinto's pic in the story. Jesus Christ, he looks... very special.

For R28,

[quote]Each of the four is an alum of Murphy's TV ventures. Parsons (The Normal Heart), Quinto (American Horror Story), Rannells (The New Normal), and Bomer (The Normal Heart, AHS) will take on the roles of Michael, Harold, Larry, and Donald, respectively, on stage.

Wow, Tuc Watkins is in it too.

This actually sounds really interesting.

I would have thought Rannells was playing Emory. Someone else more flaming than him is playing Emory?

I would be hard pressed to think of something I'm less interested in seeing.

I thought they would just use Rannells' face to put the birthday cake on.

Careful, R38. The reminder of the existence of TBitB has gotten our less successful DLers riled up, and they're trying so very, very hard to be witty. You may just get called a hillbilly idiot! And then won't you feel bad?

I wonder how Murphy will do as a theatrical producer. He's notorious for losing interest in his work halfway through, I wonder if theatre will be able to hold his focus.

[quote]Jim should be Harold.

Sheldon just doesn't ring true as an ugly, 32-year-old, pockmarked Jew fairy.

I want Aaron Tveit to play Michael's roommate. Or Michael.

How about Kyle Dean Mason?

And we got it, R44.

Add the Mientus-Ardens to the list.

R12 here. Yes I thought it was a movie. Tar and feather me, why don’t ya?

Bring your choice of feathers, R46. And heat up the tar.

When a play is registered with the Dramatists' Guild, a director can't change the dialogue without permission. Which keeps idiots like r12 from ruining things.

[quote] Sheldon just doesn't ring true as an ugly, 32-year-old, pockmarked Jew fairy.

But he's a dead ringer for an ugly, 40-year-old wasp.

Ben Whishaw as the guy in the park in that phone "episode."

[QUOTE]Add the Mientus-Ardens to the list.

Oh I'd almost forgotten about them. Arden will probably end up directing. I imagine Mientus is still playing Hanschen somewhere.

Oops, wrong thread^

Derek Thaler for the Cowboy!

Don't forget me!

Is there a role for a doughy piss freak?

Where did you mean to post that, R52? I wouldn't mind having Ben Whishaw in BITB at all.

Michael Arden likes piss?

Absolutely not R56, keep Whishaw far away from Murphy's claws, thank you very much

r53, I see why you say that, but he's too old. How about one our American Crime S2 boys?

Garrett Clayton as the Cowboy. James Franco as Harold. Jussie Smollet as Harold

[quote] How about one our American Crime S2 boys?

If they're on a Dick Wolf show, chances are they can't act for shit.

Then again, Andrew Rannells is already in the cast.

It’s upsetiing they cast openly gay men in this.

Shawn Mendes make his Broadway debut as The the Cowboy.

Or maybe Tommy Di Diarrhea?

[quote] It’s upsetiing they cast openly gay men in this.

Totally! At least in the original cast, they had the good sense to cast red blooded, American straight men, every last one of 'em.

Jesus christ it's Ryan Murphy people. You know it's going to end up being Colton Haynes.

I like the Sean Mendes idea. As long as he doesn't sing.

It's not a musical.

Yeah, beautiful. He has unnatural, natural beauty. Not that that means anything.

I was going to say Garrett Clayton for Cowboy but Colton Haynes is an even more predictable choice.

Any chance they will add nudity to the staging? (Not Parsons, thank you).

Playwright Mart Crowley is still alive and kicking. He'll probably be consulted on nudity and other changes.

Oh god, is this how Chris Colfer makes his Broadway debut?

Gay men aren’t real men, so. Pass.

Garrett Clayton should be in, but won't do it. Does he have the chops, anyways? I mean honestly what do you think?

Haynes her (as in Murphy's) way.

I wish they would cast Drew (Hello, I'm Chloe Sevigny) Droege.

Her way? Totally. Fags.

Oh God, what a shit show!

[quote]Never saw the original but it seems the consensus is it was a sad, pathetic and portrayed based on negative stereotypes

Negative stereotypes?!

Bae, I'll just assume this is your first visit to Datalounge.

Drew!

I am posting this a bit too late but its still funny.

"Garrett Clayton should be in, but won't do it. Does he have the chops, anyway(s) [sic]? "

R74, he was in another stage play running around in shorts, so yes. He has the chops, and the 'gams!'

PS: "Anyways" makes you sound like a hick.

Garrett is too tired now, still saying Shawn for the win. I'll bet he sucks Ryan dry for the part.

WHY is Quinto playing Harold?!

[quote]The role of "Cowboy," a hunky hustler presented by one of the guests as a gift to birthday boy Harold (played by Quinto), remains to be cast.

Current DL Fave Bonner Bolton!

Or Cowboy Josh.

[quote]Current DL Fave Bonner Bolton!

I like the way you think, but we need to move Bonner out of his mom's house and get him some acting lessons before he's ready for Broadway.

[quote] I wish they would cast Drew (Hello, I'm Chloe Sevigny) Droege.

Why? it's Broadway, not community theater.

I'm available.

Neil, when they do a revival of "Staircase" I'm sure your name will be at the top of the list.

Robin de Jesus is playing Emory? Hmm...

[quote] Gay men aren’t real men, so. Pass.

I don't know if you're being sarcastic but that is actually true.

[quote] Robin de Jesus is playing Emory? Hmm...

He'll have to butch it up a bit.

Oh please, can we stop talking about :"who will play Cowboy?".....it's the least interesting character in the piece, basically a prop for the other actors to act upon and any attractive, fit and basically competent actor will suffice.

[quote] Adults back then seemed so much more... adult. These guys still seem like kids.

Ryan Murphy's type. Believe it or not that these adults' birthday parties are like the sweet 17's.

Sounds like Glee.

I'm so tired of this idea that's constantly thrown around about how "dated" and "stereotypical" BITB supposedly is.

All one has to do is watch 15 minutes of that wretched "Finding Prince Charming" bullshit to see how actually RELEVANT much of the play still is.

R94, make that STOP.

stop

stop

stop

This is gonna be a hit! can't wait.

Meh. Queens for a day

Is Mario Cantone too old to play Emory?

This is the thread about actors who really are gay.

[quote] Oh please, can we stop talking about :"who will play Cowboy?".....it's the least interesting character in the piece, basically a prop for the other actors to act upon and any attractive, fit and basically competent actor will suffice.

Sounds like the role for Bomer.

How many of them sucked Ryan's tiny dick to get the part?

R103, or Finn Wittrock.

This is how Murphy keeps these guys in his exploitative and embarrassing (but popular) TV shows. As part of his deals with them, he produces a Broadway show for them to do so they can all show off what artistes they are, then Murphy puts them back in rubber masks and thongs in his TV shows. Everybody wins? He did the same for Jessica Lange -- he got her to sign for a couple extra seasons of AHS by agreeing to produce (with Roundabout) Long Day's Journey into Night so she could play Mary Tyrone.

I'm sure it'll be fine -- I'd actually be interested to see Parsons play Michael because it's such a departure for him to play a brittle monster. And he might have the chops for it! I'd pay to see. But Bomer? Come on. He can't project to a camera six feet in front of him, let alone to the cheap seats.

I did notice they've cast a Latino guy for Emory, which is some preemptive damage control. Emory and Bernard, the black character, are close, but Emory calls him a bunch of racist names through the show. This will go down better with a Latino Emory than it would a with a random white guy in the roll. Smart, actually.

Mario Cantone is old enough to play Emory's dad.

Cliff Gorman as Emory was terrific and sort of Hispanic looking. I think he was one of the few straight guys in the show, and he and his wife took in Robert La Tourneaux ("Cowboy") when he was dying and homeless.

Sean Hayes could play Harold

Gosh, surprise, more self loathing from Murphy. At this point he's easily the most homophobic producer in the industry. I'm a little surprised he didn't add his stock 'tranny ex-gay mother has sex with son/son figure) and then sometimes kills him, or crazed bisexual serial killer. He spends too much time in catholic church. What a mess.

Maybe in a sequel where everyone's thirty years older, r109.

Come on, guys. I mean really. Sorry... If we could just not hate ourselves so much. That's it, you know. If we could just learn not to hate ourselves quite so very much.

Give it a rest R110. You're obsessed with this notion. You say it in every single Ryan Murphy thread. I'm sure he has the same complex relationship to his homosexuality that most men who are gay and 52 do. Declaring him "homophobic" over and over is reductive, and not very interesting.

Jim Parsons couldn't give a shit about any "help" from Ryan Murphy.

R114, do think anyone OTHER than Murphy will bother to give a gay, oppressively typecast, non-heartthrob actor who's not pushing 50 a shot at playing roles that will give Parsons his best chance at breaking free from Sheldon?

Sure, Parsons doesn't need the money. But he likes to work and he's gonna want to shake up people's perceptions of him. And that's not easy easy to do coming off of a signature role -- just ask Henry Winkler, Jason Alexander or Jaleel White,

Ryan Murphy, that arrogant young man.

[quote] But Bomer? Come on. He can't project to a camera six feet in front of him, let alone to the cheap seats.

Exactly. Bomer has ZERO stage presence.

Murphy can't escape Bomer without psycho Simon side-eyeing him. I bet money that like usual, Bomer will be given the least significant but most flashy part in attempt to pull maximum impact out of him.

[quote]Oh I'd almost forgotten about them. Arden will probably end up directing.

Read the article. It says Joe Mantello is directing.

[quote]Oh god, is this how Chris Colfer makes his Broadway debut?

If he does, it guaranteed won't be in a Murphy production.

[quote]Never saw the original but it seems the consensus is it was a sad, pathetic and portrayed based on negative stereotypes.

Perfect fodder for Murphy.

Bomer's playing the gentlest character in the play. He's largely a sounding board for the character Jim Parsons is playing, though he's in more of it than most of the characters.

Emory's from the Bronx, making him Latino works in a lot of ways--though changing his name might be a good idea.

Is Edgar Ramirez being cast as the Latino? He does a very good accent.

I assume Sarah Poulson will be playing Harold and Jessica Lange will be playing Michael.

"Maybe in a sequel where everyone's thirty years older," - R111

There is one:

"But you'll always be homosexual as well. Always Michael. Always. Until the day you die."

“The Boys in the Clique” is more like it. And you old theatre queens lament that the U.S. has no great REPERTORY COMPANY!!

Fantastic cast.

Of course tons of openly gay actors, so DL attacks.

the movie sucks. How close is the play to the movie?

It's so close, R128, that it will turn you gay. STAY AWAY!

How about Richard Simmons as Emory. Oh wait, people might think he is gay.

Why is this embarrassing, extremely dated old relic of a period piece being revived?

[quote] Of course tons of openly gay actors, so DL attacks.

Of course, tons of openly gay actors of limited talent, so DL attacks.

Is there a part for me?

Ryan is an impressively creative producer. He should marry me. We could do great things together. Is he taken?

literally like Murphy made all the non-white actors second class citizens

Has Groff finally escaped Ryan's cold, steely grip? He seems to have distanced himself from this clique after Normal Heart.

[quote] Fantastic cast. Of course tons of openly gay actors, so DL attacks.

I wondered how long it would take before the shrieking loon who accuses everyone of tearing people down because they're gay would show up.

R135, that is literally the dumbest statement in this thread.

All these fags. No.

And there you have it. DL at it's most self loathing and homophobes wet dream.

R139, what the hell does that mean?

To adhere to Broadway's new diverse casting, will there be any Lesbians actresses among the cast? Cisgender males? They can't all be gay.

Too many shrieking loon fags R139. I’m sick of fags defending fags. Datalounge is an oasis of making fun of them, that’s what I expect.

[quote] Too many shrieking loon fags [R139]. I’m sick of fags defending fags. Datalounge is an oasis of making fun of them, that’s what I expect.

Well, you certainly make your own point, but that's not what I said.

R137, R143: You're new here, eh, Mary?

TOO many. Way too many.

Why isn't Neil Patrick Harris in the cast?

Jack Donovan as Cowboy.

I eat my own shit right out of my diaper and am proud of it!

Another remake.

It's a play, dear. Do we think they'll do a live TV broadcast or will Murphy try to make a new film version for HBO?

Did anyone see the Brit revival recently? Much less starry cast,as I recall.

[quote]Why is this embarrassing, extremely dated old relic of a period piece being revived?

Are you serious?

Datalounge in 2017 is just one great big, on-going Harold's birthday party.

I’m surprised Jonathan Groff doesn’t have a role.

Groff and his “acting” are well-suited to the role of Lasagna (Spaghetti & Meatballs All Sorta Flattened Out).

It’ll be a real tour de france performance!!

Groff would be a better Donald than Bomer.

R156 Why?

Bomer walks into a room, all eyes are on him. That's not Donald, who's attractive enough but bookish. He's sort of, not a hand maiden exactly, to Michael but... think Lea Michele and her friend Jonathan Groff. Jonathan Groff would be a better Jonathan Groff than Bomer, ya know?

I don’t know, Donald was really hot but kind of gentle and mothering.

I can see Bomer pulling it off.

I saw the movie of Boys In the Band about a decade ago when I was in my mid-20s, and I have to say it was very uncomfortable for me to watch. Such self-loathing and hatred of each other, they were all so fucking miserable. Of course I realize that's how it was for so many gay men of that era and that generation, but it was still depressing AF to see it. I have no interest in watching it again.

R5, The original is brilliant, witty, poignant, and well-acted.

It is a vision of gay urban life that maybe existed and maybe didn't, but which is ultimately human and timeless.

Watch it once at least, if only to pay honor to the cast members who died of AIDS.

I saw the revival a few years ago at the Transport Group and it was fantastic. Some of you do realize that the film is not the play, right? It's similar, but not exactly the same thing.

Some of you sound like real flyover types who obviously won't be able to see this anyway. For New Yorkers this will be one of the theater events of spring, along with Iceman, Angels and Harry Potter.

[quote]Donald was really hot but kind of gentle and mothering.

And a bit of an neurotic mess, which in THIS play is pretty much par for the course.

I see Bomer more as Larry, the happy sensualist, it would be a play against type. He is the kind of guy I can see a character like Hank putting up with a LOT of shit for.

[Quote] Such self-loathing and hatred of each other, they were all so fucking miserable.

You're not alone in that recollection but it's really not accurate. Michael is the only really viperous one. Harold smacks him down, but not out of hatred. That final speech is really rather a loving one. Emory gets into baiting Alan but it's comparitively mild. They were having fun until Alan arrives. Larry and Hank have a nice fuck after some squabbling. Not a case of misery all around.

P.S. Did they dance to Martha and the Vandellas in the show as well?

You have a point, r163.

But he doesn’t bring the heat and sexual urgency AT ALL, which I think is essential to the character motivation of Larry.

Luke Evans would be a good Larry.

Who’s really hot, but also quite sexual that could play Larry?

I can’t think of anyone.

[quote]Who’s really hot, but also quite sexual that could play Larry?

Hugh Jackman lol!

Ha ha, r168!

I've read that Friedkin's direction of BITB gave it a darker tone than the original stage version. The play has a ton of humor in it and R164 is right, the only really destructive self-loathing character is Michael--and even he's trying to fight it.

I actually find the play touching--these men are so isolated because of homophobia and they act out in various ways because of it, but they're also there for one another. At the end, they're all going off in pairs--as friends, lovers, one-night stands--except for Michael and Donald--and it's pretty clear in that last scene that Donald would be there for Michael if Michael didn't keep rejecting him emotionally. Michael doesn't allow himself to love another man. It's not an accident that Hank and Larry, who say they love one another in the play, are the happy couple at the end--accepting one another with all their differences.

It's dated, but it's aged better than a lot of other things--the lack of sentimentality helps and so does the energy of the whole thing. If Alan hadn't shown up with all his weird entitlement, it would have been a hell of a party.

Ok, are there any “straight” actors who could play Larry?

I would have preferred it if they cast straight actors. I’m not into the openly gay stuff.

Tom Hardy

R172

The sex scene between Larry and Hank is going to be triggering. But don't worry, Murphy has stipulated that Lady Gaga as Cher will be present. It will be more of a threeway.

R171 Alas and the eternal yearning gay men have for straight men continues. This thread is a fucking living Boys in the Band.

Jim Parsons. Really? He is so homely.

Some of the original cast members were straight, r175.

The point is that we can’t think of anyone today who’d make a good Larry.

I think this should be cast with Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman.

R168, He stipulated sexual, not asexual.

[quote]Hugh Jackman lol!

Yeah , but they're only casting GAY acto----

Oops!

Nevermind.

I know the word "homosexual" is thrown around a LOT in this play.

The trans and gender queer coalition is NOT gonna like this!

If I were to predict I'd say Tuc Watkins is playing "Hank".

He LOOKS like a Hank.

I know a lot of gay survivors of the dying years in NYC who were around during the time the movie takes place, they use many of the same mannerisms. I don’t think ill of them at all, they’re of their time. I’m honored to even know them and I acknowledge their struggles.

I think Tuc Watkins also resembles a young Larry Luckinbill, too. I feel like that's why he was cast.

Isn't the telephone game scene outdated in this age of Caller ID?

I think this will be a period piece, r185.

[quote] Isn't the telephone game scene outdated in this age of Caller ID?

Yes, Rose. They've updated the play to take place on 7 iPhones. The entire show will be performed via Face Time.

[quote]I think this should be cast with Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman.

Are you posting from 1997?

R173 Tom Hardy straight? He's chowed down on more cocks than Chrissy Metz has had hot dinners.

R189 see r171

r188 you don't get it, do you?

[quote]I think Tuc Watkins also resembles a young Larry Luckinbill, too. I feel like that's why he was cast.

Excuse me, but Larry Luckinbill resembles a young Larry Luckinbill!

So what closet case plays Alan then?

David Addison, r193.

Mullet from Stranger Things should play Cowboy

Laurence Luckinbill as "Hank" is the only man in BITB that I was attracted to. I love the little moment at 3:10 where the other party goers are mercilessly mocking the cowboy and Hank just gives him this sweet, compassionate smile. Strangely romantic.

That's why I greatly prefer film to the theater....it's difficult to convey that level of subtlety.

Donald and Hank were both so hot.

They each had a bit of sweetness to them.

Combs looked odd to me. The eyebrows were almost non existent, like an off duty drag queen. Nice build, though.

I don't think anyone in the cast wad a total knockout. Keith Prentice would probably be my pick.

I wonder if they're considering casting a porn model as The Cowboy. It would kind of pay homage to Robert La Tourneaux. I don't know if he did porn, but until he died of aids, he was working as an escort and ran ads in Frontiers.

R12, disregard the snarky bitches. Given that you thought this was to be a film remake, I think you're right. There was no point to the "Psycho" remake, or re-creation, as there isn't to most (excepting "The Maltese Falcon, "1941, the third version of the novel ). The only reason to remake a movie is that the first version wasn't good enough. That's not usually the case--Manchurian Candidate, Cape Fear.

That's very different from remounting a new production of a play. Maybe because a film is a self-contained entity, with all the camera angles and the edits. A great play allows for a range of interpretations and mise-en-scene.

I believe they attempted an Off- Bway revival years ago. And it didn't do well. (of course, it didn't have a name cast).

Anybody out there remember?

How about "The Girls in the Band?" Or is that "The Women?"

I can’t wait to see the chemistry among these actors, who are all friends irl. I’d like to sit in on rehearsals. Wonder if they’ll all go out to eat somewhere (public). That would be fun to see.

[quote]I believe they attempted an Off- Bway revival years ago. And it didn't do well.

Because modern gay men are completely turned off and embarrassed by this ancient relic of a story.

How many of the announced cast members have ever hooked up with each other?

[quote]It would kind of pay homage to Robert La Tourneaux. I don't know if he did porn, but until he died of aids,

This is about as porny as he got.

He got better as he got older.

London version of the play by the Guardian. Good picture of all the characters.

“Not only is it entertaining, but it's also thought-provoking. In the beginning it truly is the calm before the storm - but as with everything in nature something has to give, and it's fascinating to watch that unfold in a theatrical setting.”

The London cast is a bunch of fuggos. Not a cute one in the bunch.

The American version is going to be fantastic. Award winning stuff I say.

Yeah, look at the London Cowboy. Charles Laughton reborn!

They’ll have to add some transgender characters for it to run in 2018, else the theater be stormed by triggered activists.

[quote] They’ll have to add some transgender characters for it to run in 2018, else the theater be stormed by triggered activists.

As well it should be. Everyone knows Mart Crowley wrote this play about trans characters but was forced to make them gay.

I hope they film one of the performances.

[QUOTE] Everyone knows Mart Crowley wrote this play about trans characters but was forced to make them gay.

How interesting, I didn’t know that. I didn’t even know people were identifying themselves as trans in the late 60s.

Go jump in a lake, r216.

You’re too stupid to live.

Ever heard of sarcasm, frau?

Obviously my own sarcasm didn’t come through in my reply.

R217, untwist your fucking knickers. You don't even know what sarcsam is. And you're a misogynist. Fuck off

Ooh, I didn't know Robert L. did nudies! More, please!

Here's another:

[quote]I think Tuc Watkins also resembles a young Larry Luckinbill, too. I feel like that's why he was cast.

Maybe that's why Dorian loved David so much.

[quote]I believe they attempted an Off- Bway revival years ago. And it didn't do well. (of course, it didn't have a name cast). Anybody out there remember?

R201, those who watched Guiding Light were happy to see Sean McDermott and David Bishins in the 1995 production.

R216 R U Cerius?

Call me maybe 212-555-1212 or email me at dltroll@tmail.com

The Left's Fetish with Islam, Jewish, Trans Hate. OP is Hitler! Israel

Full cast

Stay at home and watch the movie with the original cast.

Hard pass. Save your money & watch the movie. The cast is too obvious. And I’ve never been a fan of Zach Quinto.

Part of the reason the play and the movie worked before is because the cast was not well-known to the general public. Filling it with A-list gays regardless of whether they're right for the part is a recipe for disaster. And Ryan Murphy is one of the worst producers working in show business today. He's proof that gay white gentile liberals are the most privileged members of the gay community; someone that untalented who was either of color, Jewish, or both would never have gotten as far as he did.

Can't we have a production of this show with every race except whites in it?

Well, Parsons and "acerbic wit" are now synonymous, so he must be Michael.

Who are the bitchier bitches, the bitches who bitch when a show doesn't use gay actors to portray gay characters, or the bitches who bitch when a show does? We think the latter.

He cast gay actors playing gay roles. That matters R 229.

It also matters, r233, that you put the r right next to the 229. No space. You don't even need to capitalize.

Since it hasn't be stated here yet, Charlie Carver will play the whore cowboy.

Charlie will be an attractive addition.

This is Datalounge y'all. We hate successful openly gay actors. We like it when they are closeted & discriminated against. Let's boycott this! Ryan Murphy should learn from Luca Guagadino. How dare he hire all out gay actors! Could this thread be more predictable? SMH

He cast the wrong gay actors. What about B.D. Wong? What about Jussie Smollett? Couldn't he have told the usual gay white gentile liberal affirmative action beneficiaries to take a hike for a second or is he too much of a bigot to do that?

Why don't you make Michael a Gaysian since they hate black people just as much as whites?

Ugh they are all wearing black turtlenecks for the photoshoot

Have they updated the new version such that it takes place now?

Why would they do that? The entire play would be a bunch of bitchy texts and a RentMen booking.

God, you're stupid.

Seriously r237. It really is sad.

I'll watch the hidden footage of the casting couch sessions.

[quote]Part of the reason the play and the movie worked before is because the cast was not well-known to the general public. Filling it with A-list gays regardless of whether they're right for the part is a recipe for disaster.

It's a 21st C. Broadway show, Toots. You think it will fare better there with D, E ... X-listers?

I can’t wait to see this! Early ticket sales have begun and I predict they will sell out. There will also be mobs waiting at the stage doors after the shows to get autographs and photos with the stars.

Heh r244. Now that would sell like hotcakes

[quote]Part of the reason the play and the movie worked before is because the cast was not well-known to the general public.

Neither was the play. Neither was the topic. Both no longer true.

[quote] It's a 21st C. Broadway show, Toots. You think it will fare better there with D, E ... X-listers?

The original cast was mostly unknowns when they did it. It's a miracle they got called back for the movie at all.

I'm rewatching the film version right now on the YT. Kenneth Nelson, Federick Combs and and Peter White are the weak links. Combs and White say all their dialogue in the clenched jaw '..and then he stepped on the BALL' way that's very off putting. It kills all of Combs' funny lines, and makes White seem incredibly gay even though he's supposed to be the straight one. Combs isn't a very good actor either. And Nelson just isn't good in the role because you have no sympathy for him. You need a likable actor to play such an unlikable character.

BUT it's a very entertaining movie.

The current version of the play is much better. The characters are appealing and the jokes are funny. It has a different feel than the movie which was mean and depressing.

It's everyone I'd expect it to be and no one I'd want it to be.

It's a ryan murphy project. It will be terrible. I loathe him

Show canceled tonight b/c Jim Parsons fell &hurt his ankle in matinee this afternoon.

[quote]Datalounge in 2017 is just one great big, on-going Harold's birthday party.

THIS is the post of the thread, and ought to be the new DL tagline.

Robin de Jesús is adorable.

girleenas

Saw it Sunday and it was fantastic.

That's odd, Jim Parsons was on Kelly this week and said they are off Sundays, and work Monday instead unlike most Broadway shows.

Hardly a rave from the NYT. Brantley thinks Parsons and Quinto are miscast. Praise for Bomer and De Jesus(especially). He's also not pleased with the cuts to shorten it to one act.

I just hope money whore Ryan films it.

What is De Jesus' height?!

I don't get why people think BITB is a dated, stereotypical play? Bitchy, mean, effeminate gays exist by the plentiful. The so-called SAGs (straight-acting gays) and the heteronormative wannabe couples (i.e., married with 2.5 kids) are a small minority.

When I was a young gayling, Larry was my idea of a gay nightmare. Still is, actually. Hank deserved better. Larry was a major gay cunt from start to finish.

r262 SAG gays are actually very plentiful.

I can see it being “outdated” for some who live in a bit of a bubble of “everything’s fine now”. Good for them.

Bit of a bitchy comedy perhaps, but for those who lived through those situations and recognize themselves or others in those characters it was more of a dramedy, and still relevant and needed representation in today’s age. Glad they made it, happy to have seen it.

The fact you could hear seats cracking as people couldn’t sit still for the quiet “really serious” bits of dialogue tells me there’s still a need to tell those stories.

Can’t compare to the original (I would have been 5 yo) but really curious to see what got axed to make the current version.

[quote]I can see it being “outdated” for some who live in a bit of a bubble of “everything’s fine now”. Good for them.

The popular YouTube channel WatchMojo is like that. A few months ago, they did a list of SEX AND THE CITY storylines that wouldn't work today because we're supposedly more accepting now. One of the episodes they chose was the one where Carrie dates that bisexual and is skeeved out by the whole situation and even questions bisexuality. They called it 'biphobic,' and they seemed to think it's only a straight thing, but many in the gay community even today doubt its existence. They also think it's a gay person trying to have it both ways. Personally, I believe that sexuality is a spectrum, but many gays believe that you're either gay or straight. That's it.

They also thought the storyline where Samantha's black lover's sister disapproved of their interracial relationship was outdated. It makes me worried that the (far) left is getting just as disconnected with reality. Many of the same issues still exist in the world today. Pretending that they don't doesn't make them disappear.

Watkins and Rennalls were great.

They’ve become close(r) friends during this play. It’ll be hard to say good bye.

Would love to see the “curtain call” at the end of tonight’s last performance.

R269 how come?

This play has Everyone

Maybe because I’m a sucker for those types of occasions, where it’s the last time the cast is doing that play, don’t need to save anything for the next performance, where the audience know they’re the last ones to see a limited run of a play or musical. Emotional moments.

2nd curtain call