A Stage Revival, And 50 Years Of Survival, For 'The Boys In The Band'
Ever since Mart Crowley's play about a gay male life premiered off-Broadway in 1968, much of the original cast and crew has died of AIDS. A new, star-studded production acknowledges that history.
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It was 1968. But playwright Mart Crowley felt he had to write what he knew.
"Nobody wanted the play," Crowley says. "Not even agents wanted to look at this play. They just thought it was pornographic and it was outrageous."
What he wrote in was a thinly veiled slice of autobiographical fiction. A group of gay friends gather for a raucous birthday party; by the end of the evening, secrets are spilled,
