Following the success of its Broadway predecessor, the landmark gay drama 'The Boys in the Band' is making its film debut on Netflix. - NBCOUT
It's not lost on Carver that revealing his sexuality wasn't an option for the gay actors who appeared in the 1968 Off Broadway production of"The Boys in the Band," Mart Crowley's landmark play about a group of gay men who gather to celebrate their friend Harold's birthday.
"The Boys in the Band" has always been polarizing, first during its original stage run and then when William Friedkin directed a film adaptation in 1970. Fans hail it as a courageous work of art that is unapologetically gay, warts and all. Critics dismiss it as applying a narrow lens that portrays gay men as bitchy queens who languish in misery and self-hatred.
Love them or hate them, Crowley's"Boys" have resonated for half a century."We know those guys," says Quinto, who plays Harold."The circumstances around them have changed somewhat, externally — socially and politically for the most part — but the internalized feelings that they are wrestling with, are those that different? I don't know."
"This film premiering on Netflix upends the presumption that LGBTQ narratives should be limited or niche — or worse, restricted," Mantello says."There is an undeniable appetite for these stories that surpasses the wildest imaginings of the brave men who starred in the original film."The film drops on the streamer on Sept. 30 — five weeks before the presidential election."A lot can change right now for the worse," says de Jesus.
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