Making its debut off-Broadway in 1968, “The Boys in the Band” proved to be a defining statement for the burgeoning gay rights movement of the era.
The play, surrounding a group of gay men in New York City who gather for a birthday party that takes an unexpected turn when a surprise guest shows up, was adapted for the screen in 1970, and revived on Broadway in 2018 to mark the groundbreaking play’s 50th anniversary.
That production featured an all-star cast including Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannels, Michael Benjamin Washington, Robin de Jesus, Charles Carver and Brian Hutchison, all of whom are reuniting for a new Netflix film adaptation from Ryan Murphy (“The Politician”, “American Horror Story”, “Hollywood”, “Pose”,
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