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The Couple That Plays Together

Even before the pandemic, Andrew Rannells and Tuc Watkins spent a lot of time together. Having first met playing boyfriends in the 2018 Broadway revival of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band, it wasn’t until they were doing publicity for the show that they discovered a genuine spark with one another. They went on to play lovers in the Showtime dark comedy series Black Monday, and now they’re revisiting the roles that solidified their “show”mance in Netflix’s film adaption of TBITB.

Speaking this summer from their home, where they live with Watkins’s two children, the couple opened up about their thoughts on LGBTQ+ rights, open relationships, and whether a could work.

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