Stage to PageLook Back at Past Productions of The Boys in the BandMart Crowley鈥檚 groundbreaking 1968 play will come to Broadway in 2018.
By
Hannah Vine
November 01, 2017
Cast in the 1968 production of The Boys in the BandFriedman-Abeles/漏NYPL for the Performing Arts
Mart Crowley鈥檚 groundbreaking 1968 play, The Boys in the Band, will come to Broadway for a limited engagement in 2018.Originally scheduled to run for five performances at a small Off-Broadway venue, the play became an overnight sensation, and鈥攁fter transferring to a bigger theatre鈥攔an for over 1,000 performances. The show went on to have an acclaimed run in London and was adapted into a film by William Friedkin in 1970.
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Look Back at Past Productions of The Boys in the Band
Look Back at Past Productions of The Boys in the Band
Mart Crowley鈥檚 groundbreaking 1968 play will come to Broadway in 2018.
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Cast in the 1968 production of The Boys in the Band
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Kenneth Nelson and Frederick Combs in the 1968 production of The Boys in the Band
Cast in the 1968 production of The Boys in the Band
Reuben Greene, Cliff Gorman, and Frederick Combs in the 1968 production of The Boys in the Band
Cast in the 1968 production of The Boys in the Band
In The Boys in the Band, a group of gay men gather in a New York City apartment for a friend鈥檚 birthday party. As the evening continues, the cracks beneath their friendships begin to show, exposing the self-inflicted heartache that threatens their solidarity.
Ticketing information and complete design team will be announced in the coming weeks.
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