The all gay cast of "Boys in the Band" speaks about the revival

No, it's the director who is miscast.

I love boys in the band. I think the movie is HILARIOUS. I have the original cast recording and its not so good. This cast and director is TRASH. BORING. I don't like any of these actors in anything. i support openly gay everything by the way.

I support everything gay that's well-made.

I dislike that photo. I don't know how the show will be, but I would like to be a fly on the wall.

Tuc Watkins still looks yummy. I miss One Life To Live so much. David and Dorian forevah!

All-gay casts need to become a regular feature for every show.

I thought the whole point of "acting" is that you don't have to be something to act it.

Is that why they cast a str8-as-an-arrow WASP like Leonard Frey as a gay Jew, R7?

I don't care about them being gay or not. I met Tuc Watkins years ago at B Bar and he was not very nice. We didn't even know him and he started talking shit about us to this girl who was with us from out of town. She came and told us. I thought he was cute up until that moment. We were like 24 at the time and he was older. But he was being nice to our face. This was like 10 years ago.

Interesting cast but I don't watch anything with Ryan Murphy's name attached to it so I'll have to give this one a miss.

[quote] Interesting cast but I don't watch anything with Ryan Murphy's name attached to it so I'll have to give this one a miss.

Him and Rob Marshall are the two gay directors I whose work I just can't stand. The latter especially since he's said nothing about Weinstein who helped him get a film career in the first place after that dishwater-dull [italic]Annie[/italic] remake almost killed it before it began (it wasn't better than the movie, just cheaper). Murphy cannot sustain an idea long enough for a series though he tries and tries, and the fact that he's a transcult sympathizer makes him suspect on those grounds alone; he's contributing to gay erasure.

R11 whats gay erasure?

What they would do to Emory if he were a boy today.

[quote]We didn't even know him and he started talking shit about us to this girl who was with us from out of town.

The story requires more detail. He just randomly started talking shit about strangers in a bar...? What was he saying...?

[quote]I thought the whole point of "acting" is that you don't have to be something to act it.

Yes, being part of the cultural group doesn't matter at all. That is why we still allow black roles to be done by white actors in blackface!

[quote] Him and Rob Marshall are the two gay directors I whose work I just can't stand

You can also add Bill Condon to that list. Gods and Monsters was very good but it hardly makes up for all the crap he's done since then.

Gayface is blackface.

Is it just me or is Andrew Rannells really fucking weird looking?

[quote]You can also add Bill Condon to that list. Gods and Monsters was very good but it hardly makes up for all the crap he's done since then.

Condon is a better director than Marshall but his talents are wasted on substandard material that would still be substandard in anyone's hands (this means you, [italic]Twilight[/italic], which is only for those not old enough for [italic]True Blood[/italic]). Marshall and Murphy can spin gold into straw.

"This cast and director is TRASH'

Rip 'em girls. By the time DL is done with them, they'll be Boys in the Band-Aids.

The cast could be good with a good director.

R14 we met him. I can't remember and then my friend and I moved away. Tuc started talking to the girl. We were talking to other people. She came back to us visibly upset and said he was making fun of us. Calling us names or something. Long time ago. Maybe he started the conversation with how do you know these assholes? Haha. It was something like that and went on from there. It didn't stay with me like that. But whenever i see him pop up which is very rare. I don't think I've seen him really since actually but it definitely killed the crush i had. I believe her. She was so upset and wanted to get away from him and we did.

We want to see it!

"Tuc started talking to the girl... Calling us names or something."

Mother-Tuc-er!

R18 i agree. I think he looks Very weird. I don't get when they cast him in very goodlooking roles. What are they all talking about in that video clip? I never took boys in the band that seriously. I thought it was just a funny psycho thriller with gay guys. I thought that was the breakthrough. I didn't know it was meant to be a statement and i never felt offended by it. Whats really going on? This version looks boring as hell.

Yeah you probably earned his scorn but you would be oblivious to that.

Yeah I'm guessing that poster and his friends were doing something to draw this negative attention to themselves, there are two sides to every story.

The movie is awful. I never want to see this play of it's anything like the movie

The movie is a classic and it's William Friedkin's best work. [italic]The Exorcist[/italic] sucked.

How do you update a trite melodrama--especially the "phone call" game? I couldn't get through the original....I'm not a big fan of William Friedkin, but he wasn't the problem.

You don't. You set it in the era i which it was originally set. This was gay life at the cusp of Stonewall. This was right before we started taking the rage we direct at each other and started directing it at our enemies. We need to start doing that again in real life.

R26 R27 oh please. I didn't know who he was and didn't care. I don't even know how or why we even talked to him. I thought he was a goodlooking older guy and then....BUT you arebprobably right. It was all us. I am sure tuc watkins is nothing but an angel. 😆

R15 And why we should allow only real astrophysics to be cast as astrophysicists! And real MDs to play doctors.

False equivalence, R33.

Yes, being gay is the same as the character's job.

It is odd to me. Trans people are so insistent that trans characters should be played by trans actors.

Say you are happy about gay characters being played by gay guys on a gay board...and you get attacked for it.

[quote]Say you are happy about gay characters being played by gay guys on a gay board...and you get attacked for it.

What we are not happy about is the choice of director.

The camera is very flattering to everyone in this photo. They all look so precious and dewey.

Heaven forbid Ryan Murphy shouldn't claim every gay milestone as his own.

The casting could be worse. It could have turned into a star vehicle for NPH and David Burtka as Michael and Donald. Worse yet, they could have cast Danny Pintauro, who isn't even good enough for the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater.

I like how the photographer captures just a hint of minxish insouciance in each of them r37!

I'm looking forward to seeing this. The cast is a terrific ensemble. Great mix of OUT GAY MEN. Finally!

I saw the movie and it made me cringe. I realize that it's an important period piece, but they were all so hateful and self-loathing, it made me sad. Maybe it's a generational thing, I don't know. BITB was long before my time. Personally, I think it should stay as a period piece. It's like reviving Amos and Andy, imho.

I had a gay roommate who hated the film, R42. He also turned out to be a misogynist.

Not a misogynist, watching the film just made me uncomfortable. I hated all the characters. Again, it's an important historical piece but I didn't like it at all.

It's basically like DataLounge if it were a real-world place.

Was Alan closeted or was Michael wrong about him? A nagging doubt I've never been able to solve.

Gender is a social construct, so misogyny can't exist.

[quote]It's basically like DataLounge if it were a real-world place.

Because a lot of DLers are from the same fucked-up generation depicted in the film.

[quote] Gender is a social construct, so misogyny can't exist.

Misogyny is hatred of the female SEX. Try again.

Gay actors? Gay director? Gay drama? No way in hell!!!!!!

Wow this thread is predictable. If only these actors were straight or better still closeted ones. WE love 'em here!

"Misogyny is hatred of the female SEX."

Hardly.

Like I said, R50, it is not the casting or the show I object to. Far from it.

[quote]"Misogyny is hatred of the female SEX." Hardly.

Hardly? That is literally the definition of it.

[quote]It's like reviving Amos and Andy, imho.

I'd rather watch that than sWill & disGrace, honestly.

It needs 100% fewer white people.

WHERE ARE THE TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

R56, you are responsible for the physical emasculation of gay men of color.

R53 Maybe you don't but you have to agree so far the reasons given here are so trivial & petty that it's hard to ignore the underlying homophobia & yes misogyny which btw isn't just hatred of the female sex but hatred of anything feminine. Gay men are equated with femininity. Ryan Murphy is a competent director. He may lose focus sometimes as his series goes on but this isn't a series. This revival is so timely honestly. There is much potential here to make this a superlative play. Don't get the dismissal here.

[quote]Ryan Murphy is a competent director.

This show deserves better than that. It deserves a great director.

[quote]Gay men are equated with femininity.

A false equation made by bigots. Femininity is a form of degradation whether it is applied to women or men.

If femininity is so damn great, then why do so many actual women reject it?

I know Tuc and he's not an especially nice guy. Vain, egocentric and quite full of himself. Age has not mellowed him now whit.

"I know Tuc and he's not an especially nice guy. Vain, egocentric and quite full of himself."

That sounds like perfect casting then.

Don't tell me there are no gay theatre directors better than Murphy or Marshall.

I heard the super talented theater veteran Joe Montello was directing. Btw what's the problem with Ryan Murphy? He did a good job directing the Emmy nominated The Normal Heart. He has a few misses but considering the number of shows he creates he is very good.

Mantello I could live with.

Is this going to be set in the same time period as the original? That would be difficult to watch.

Can't wait to not watch this! Thanks for the reminder OP

Movie made me cringe as a young gay guy in early 80s. Not enough distance from the stereotypes.... Then by the 90's I thought the movie was pretty good! Not I actually enjoy the social commentary of it.

A few of those guys are handsome, by the way. The picture is revealing with all those gay faces together. Quinto, Bomer, and the latino(?) I don't know, bottom center.

I've got my ticket. For anyone who plans to go this will be playing for a limited time in a small theater. Now is the time to grab a ticket. I'm seeing it the night before it opens. I got one of the few remaining close center orchestra seats.

"We'll reserve judgment until we see it."

Michael Matthews comes to mind R 64.

Yes, Joe Mantello is directing. Ryan Murphy is producing, and presumably was a major factor in the casting, even if Mantello's rep in the theatre world was probably also a big help.

I hate that movie. All the self-loathing, all the unwarranted bitchiness and vitriol. Who the hell wants to spend two hours watching that?

[quote]All the self-loathing, all the unwarranted bitchiness and vitriol. Who the hell wants to spend two hours watching that?

Yet you hang out here...

R45 phew you took the words right out of my mouth

R46 I do believe Alan was closeted, and that he was coming to tell Michael that he had feelings for him. Because he’s very specific about wanting to speak to Michael and only Michael, and it must be something important for him to cry and show up uninvited. But when he sees how bitter and angry Michael has become, he changes his mind and stays closeted.

I have used the block button with impunity. Once you do that, DL becomes a much pleasanter place.

Imagine being a DLer and complaining about unwarranted bitchiness and vitriol.

Isn’t Tuc Watkins a bit long in the tooth for this? It’s the boys in the band not their grandfathers.

Who is Rannells playing?

The fact that the play/movie elicits such visceral reactions after all these years is a testament to its importance. R70, do you think it’s going to be so popular that performances will be sold out? I was expecting to find it on TKTS about midway through its run.

R79 making fun of people’s ages is straight out of the dialogue of the play! DATALOUNGE REALLY IS THE BOYS IN THE BAND

I fucking hate Ryan Murphy. He and James Franco both feel the need to get their grubby hands and become proprietary over every gay idea or property. Can someone else have a turn?

R83 - Exactly.

This show will have strong box office mostly because of the names in the cast. Jim Parsons alone will bring in lots of audiences. This is also a pre-Stonewall historical drama. Stereotypes exist because the stereotypic behavior exists in real life. Almost all the men in this cast are from an era where being gay was a crime in many places and a grounds for firing almost everywhere. It's a play. If you don't like it, write your own.

I'm also thrilled to find out that Mart Crowley is still alive.

[quote]I fucking hate Ryan Murphy. He and James Franco both feel the need to get their grubby hands and become proprietary over every gay idea or property. Can someone else have a turn?

I'd do it but I'm on the other side of the country.

Just wait till Murphy remakes Milk. And adds pop songs. Or a slasher killer.

The best film about Harvey Milk is still that 1980s documentary.

Not all of the characters in this play are self-loathing.

At [R81]. [R70] here. I don't think it's going to sell out before it's officially opens on May 31. But I'd be surprised if most if not all of the best seats (in this theater the first 6 rows or so) aren't gone by then. It's scheduled for slightly less than 11 weeks. Take a look at the seating chart. It's a small theater. If the reviews are good (on June 1st) for a show with this many popular actors I would expect the rest of the tickets to sell out very quickly.

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R87 - I can't wait to see how Murphy incorporates a GLEE-esque cover of this.

[quote] Not all of the characters in this play are self-loathing.

It's about how the lack of openly gay characters on screen contributes to internalized homophobia, and how other gay men get hurt when it is externalized.

R70, R90. Thanks for the information. I don’t get into the City much any more but having seen it the first time around, I really want to catch this version.

Will these Ryan Murphy interns please stop posting on this thread? Jesus fucking christ.

At [R90]. [R70] here. You're welcome. And wow, I just checked to see what's available for a random midweek date in June, July and August. More than half the seats are already gone. Less than 20% of the premium seats remain. Buy now and good luck !

R94 Paranoid much? Seriously, get help. Paranoia is very treatable these days.

This show won't be easy to watch just as the movie isn't. It's a socially relevant play even after all these years. As someone said above Datalounge IS BITB. We don't like to see ourselves in the mirror. Is it a surprise?

I got my ticket already with a group of friends. Second row

[quote]As someone said above Datalounge IS BITB.

And I'm Harold after three bong hits.

im flyin in from Frisco to see this one.

all them hot actors, yay matt!!!!

i will be there front and center.....

(wonder who is fukin who backstage shhhhhh

who of em has biggest cocks and assholes?

mmmmm the smell of it.

The elephant in the room left unmentioned here is nebbishy Jim Parsons who is totally miscast as the piss-elegant, cashmere-wearing, mean-spirited Michael, the host of the party. I can't believe I'm the first poster to bring this up.

Although maybe he'll be so different from traditional casting that it will bring something fresh and quirky to the proceedings.

He should be Donald, not Michael.

It's like a revival of "The Women", but with girls.

I'd much rather see this cast do The Women!

Hi I'm Ryan Murphy and I rely on super on-the-nose music cues and musical montages to tell the story.

And it'll only get worse when Disney starts writing his paychecks.

When I heard Matt Boner was in the cast I just assumed he was playing Larry since everyone talks about how gorgeous Larry is (and, Keith Prentice who originated the role in the play and movie was HOT). Imagine my shock when I found out Andy 'Jerry Mahoney' Rannels would be Larry. I also don't get Jim Parsons as Michael. Too weird looking. NPH would have been better but I guess then they would have had to cast David Burtka as an older fat Cowboy or something.

Ryan Murphy gets lost in style and floaty camera work sometimes, but maybe he'll do right by this one.

"Minxish insouciance" made me howl, r40.

And Andrew Rannells is very weird looking. He has plastic doll face. Should not play the hot one.

Will this still be running at Christmas time? I know my fag hags would love to see it with me and it would make a lovely Christmas gift.

If I were Rannells I would feel awkward about playing the handsome one with Matt Bomer in the cast. But, Donald is a much better part and I'm sure Matt will do just fine. Parsons should be playing Emory.

I applaud everyone involved. That's one jarring cast photo. Because we never see anything like it outside porn. It's a labour of love and respect to bring this to the stage. Professional critics got nothing on the critical mass anymore. The movie was a mess of stereotypes, self pity and pointed bitchery. I guess it was honest for the time, but it's not very funny. I hope they will preface it in some way because the audience will be young and like me, find little to relate to. It is not a great work, it needs context. All the "long day's journey into night" plays, where all is revealed in one evening on a single set are tiring even in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or O'Neil. Not sure how successful the Boys in the Bar will be critically. But good on them for trying. I guess the stereotypes are real but I would kill myself if that's what gay life looked like.

[quote] Ryan Murphy gets lost in style and floaty camera work sometimes, but maybe he'll do right by this one.

It's not a movie, so the "floaty" camera work (I especially hate it in the musical numbers because it's overused so much that by now it's just so fucking generic) won't be an issue unless they tape it for TV.

I'm pretty show they show will be adapted to the current politico-social environment. That where lies the challenge. I'm curious how this will be adapted. Who is writing the script.

Love the movie....we have come a long way since it was made but the dynamics, stereotypes, and emotions and self hatred are still alive and kicking.

Forget the cast. Who's designing the set? (And how much does the gig pay?)

Since R98 calls it 'Frisco," no airline should sell him a return ticket.

The people saying Jim Parsons is miscast are nuts. He is a great actor & the role is tailor made for him (a bitchy Southerner quick with a cutting line? he basically already played a slightly softer version of this character in A NORMAL HEART to much acclaim).

You’ll be eating crow when he’s nominated for a Tony

[quote] Since [R98] calls it 'Frisco," no airline should sell him a return ticket.

They should send him to Frisco, Texas.

Also, the text of the play does not talk about Larry being hot, only him being promiscuous. It talks about Hank being attractive & Donald having classically chiseled features. All of that fits.

I hope it gets taped for PBS or Netflix or some other service.

Something updated, but with a nod to Warhol.

That young cowboy guy is from Desperate Housewives no? Matt Bomer is forever handsome. He's not beautiful anymore and he's better for that IMO. I have no idea who plays who because the movie is a BAD memory. Quinto must play someone bitchy and ugly inside. I assume. Some fine actors are in this ensemble. The cast feels right and looks important. NPH would only ruin all that. Some y'all want 55 year old Ricky Martin as the trade?

R9, I'm so sorry that happened. It's possible that the girl was lying or got it wrong; It's possible she was telling the truth.

Actors can be jerks.

It's hard to admire anyone in the celebrity world because they're rarely what we hope they are.

In fact, in some cases, they can turn out to be horrible people.

^shocking!^

R121 Quinto does in fact play the (almost) heartless bitchy character, lol. He will be great at it.

Lol, how many fucking hair dryers do you think they went through blowing out the boys' hair for that promo photo? Even Jim Parsons' toupee looks like a microwaved hot dog someone forgot to poke with a fork

[quote] It's hard to admire anyone in the celebrity world because they're rarely what we hope they are. In fact, in some cases, they can turn out to be horrible people.

That's not unique to show business.

In the original movie, beefcakey porn star Robert Letourneaux played Cowboy. In this production they made him into a handsome pocket gay twink. as played by Charlie Carver.

I always thought it was funny that the most effeminate flamboyantly 'gay' character in the play 'Emory' was played so well by heterosexual actor Cliff Gorman in the film. Dark hair with bangs, ecru colored shirt with tan trim.

Some thought that there was no way that Gorman couldn't have been gay; he was that convincing in the part. The cast & he got along well.

When handsome Robert LaTourneaux became deathly ill with AIDS, Gorman and his wife moved LaTourrneaux into their home and nursed him until his death.

BELOW

LaTourneaux (L) & Gorman (R)

R127 LeTournaux hadn’t done porn yet when he was cast in BOYS. He was just a hot guy they spotted on Fire Island. Sadly he got into porn & escorting later because he had developed a drug problem.

"It's like a revival of "The Women", but with girls. "

LOL!

Cliff Gorman was a brilliant actor who left us too soon. Much too soon. And he never achieved the success he deserved. It's a shame he didn't get to recreate his Tony award winning performance as Lenny Bruce in the film version but Fosse did cast him in All That Jazz as an actor playing a Lenny Bruce type comic in a film. There's an interesting documentary about the making of Boys in the Band and I'm sure you can find it online somewhere. When I first saw the movie I wanted Larry Luckinbill sooooooooo badly.

Frisco?

Crisco?

Crisco Disco?

Can Ryan Murphy top this!

As long as the acting is good, who cares which hole they put their dick into. Now that I know Ryan Murphy is directing it, and at least a quarter of actors in OP's pics are atrocious actor, the hate is well deserved.

[quote]In the original movie, beefcakey porn star Robert Letourneaux played Cowboy. In this production they made him into a handsome pocket gay twink. as played by Charlie Carver.

Yeah I like Charlie but he isn't exactly a sexy slab of beefcake like the Cowboy was.

I think Charlie Carver can do beefcake just fine.

I don't think charlie has beauty like the script describes. Cliff Gorman was a brilliant actor. It's a crime he didn't win an oscar for Emory. At least nominated. His career was robbed. And a nice guy too. They finish last. Only the scumbags get praised. Especially back then. Fuck hollyweird.

Sticking with the openly gay actors theme, Dino Fetscher's sexy self would be a cool pic. Give him a nice introduction to American audiences.

Andrew is playing the hot one?! lulz

This reminds me of Barbra playing a high class hooker in 'Nuts' or corpse-like Hurd Hatfield playing Dorian Gray.

As someone else said, Larry was slutty, but I don't remember dialog about how hot he is.

The only character who is textually supposed to be gorgeous was The Cowboy from what I remember.

I love Andrew's body.

One of my bitchy fag hags once said Andrew reminds her of Caroline Rhea (who played one of the witch aunts on Sabrina). I think she was spot on.

What a special friend. I bet you two are HILARIOUS out in the bars.

R143 YES. TOTALLY. LMAO..

I think we always assume Larry is the gorgeous one because the role was originated on stage and screen by a hunk and always seems to be played by a hot actor. Donald and Hank are also played by good looking men. The rest are usually fugly.

Isn't there a scene in the early part of the film where the actor playing Donald (Frederic.....something?) takes a shower in Michael's apartment, or changes his shirt for some reason.....or something? We see him shirtless in any case. Is that in the play? Will Ryan Murphy be sure it's inserted into the play, if not, for Matt Bomer?

For an all male gay play, it's rather shocking to realize there's no nudity!

Was Colton Haynes too busy to be in this?

Donald changes his shirt. Maybe he changes into one of Michael's shirts? Can't remember. The implication is he and Michael are fuck buddies. Though it would be hard to picture Jim Parsons getting pounded by Bomer.

It’s a sweater.

The one on the floor is vicuña. .

R147 In the movie, Donald (Frederick Combs) steps into the shower and you see his naked ass.

I hope they do a TV version— for posterity's sake.

They could release the play on dvd/blu-ray, maybe.

More Broadway shows need to record the show and release them on digital or video.

[quote]Was Colton Haynes too busy to be in this?

It does feel like he should be there.

flying in from west coast to see this awesome production.

all that talented cock in one play!!!

bomer git ur hole ready fer me.....

haynes is not a stage actor~!

barely can do tv....

R154 Definitely! It is a massive untapped market which just needs some director strong and sensible enough to realise there's needs to be some editing for tis medium.

Some actors believe that you can't really capture the live experience when you record a show, that it's detrimental and thus shouldn't be done.

to the haters

tix are selling out fast !!!!

ha!

But not everyone can make it to the theater, and it's better than nothing.

Did anyone see the sequel? Men from the Boys or something like that. Any good?

i saw the original play

can anyone else say they did???

it was breathtakiing...

You know Ryan Murphy wants to make it a movie. He is no doubt counting on good reviews and box office to secure a deal to make a film version.

The play isn't good enough to do film version. It is of historical interest only.

The Hollywood Winsteins will says it's like that last Agatha Christies movie. It needs car crashes and 30% Negro cast. Because Badd-Ass equals cash.

Will it get good reviews tho? I fear that many journalists and a lot of the younger audience won't be so welcoming. The play was shown in London in 2016 and it was deemed 'outdated' by a few reviewers. I know that New York isn't London, but still...

Let me clarify that I love the movie and I'd go see the play if I lived nearby.

R147, that's a nice body; I think I could have something close to that if I toned up. and dropped 15 lbs.

How about presenting a live performance in movie theaters like the NT does? Isn't it about time broadway moved in that direction?

ide blow rannells in a heartbeat!!!!

the movie is a classic

on many lists as one of the top 100 flix....

The movie is very dated, cringe-worthy and stereotypical, but like others have said it's an historical document of a time and place.

I hate the movie. It is a gay minstrel show. I doubt the revival of the play will rise above it.

R148 Colton Haynes would have been a little too young, given the ages of the rest of the cast.

Colton Haynes makes more sense as the Cowboy than Charlie Carver does.

Wouldn't that make him the most suitable Cowboy R173 ? If he could act, of course.

colton is just too gay...face

R173 Colton and Charlie are the same age though

Ryan Murphy can do anything.

But can he do anything WELL, R178

R179 - Ryan Murphy pisses champagne and cums honey.

There's nothing compelling about the portrait at R37. No intensity, insight or provocation. Just unconvincing, insipidly wan homogeneity.

The original cast photo with it's deep contrasts PENETRATED.

I don't know, I can smell the penetration coming from the pic at r37.

They're staring at the camera, which also makes for a more impressive image.

I only hear about this Colton Haynes creature on DL. I don't think I've ever heard of his existence in the real world.

We would have posed in the nude.

Didn't the original cast also open the show in London? And Kenneth Nelson loved it so much he stayed? Between originating the show off broadway then London (?) and the movie they must have been burned out before they moved on. I remember there were several touring companies of the play out at once and MGM's own Carlton Carpenter took over as Michael in NYC at one point.

R162,I did see the "sequel" (called "The Men From the Boys") in San Francisco years ago. The play got mixed to negative reviews and I believe didn't go anywhere else.

I was always curious about the fate of the characters after the fateful birthday party. Did Micheal change for the better? Did anyone die? The play takes place in the present day, and we find out:

Michael is in AA, lives in the same apartment, and has make progress in being "nicer" and more accepting of himself. Still single.

Donald is an alcoholic realtor living in the Hamptons. He's single.

Emory is still Emory, witty and out. Single.

Bernard has settled into a heterosexual marriage.

Larry and Hank made it work and were still a couple when (spoiler) Larry dies of pancreatic cancer.

Harold is still the acerbic, wiity man he was in the film. At the end of the play we find out he is HIV positive.

No mention of Larry or Cowboy.

They are gathered at Michael's apartment following Larry's funeral. There's a selection of younger men (friends of the group) around reflecting the mindset of today's gay men. One goes off to trick with Donald, one goes off to start something with Hank.

Colton would have been a fine Cowboy but Charlie Carver will bring more to the role.

Colton was so ten replies ago. Move on, honey.

Wish I could watch this. I think it will be a big hit, what with these popular hollywood actors. I hope they will film it

"what with these popular hollywood actors."

I got a big chuckle out of that one.

Just this morning bought a Front Row ticket for a July matinee.

(I was considering adding an evening performance of "The Iceman Cometh" starring Denzel, but it's over 4 hours!)

R191 they’re more popular in Hollywood than almost any other out gay actors

Colton is better looking than the entire rest of the cast.

[bold]A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts[/bold]

[quote]On the return of ‘The Boys in the Band’ and why it matters more than ever.

That is one long-ass article.

Money shot.

The one big thing about the play (and movie) which stood out to me like a sore thumb is that it's highly unlikely, if not impossible, that this particular group of gay men would ever be close friends, not even in the late 60's.