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The Boys in the Band is a 2020 American drama film directed by Joe Mantello, based on the 1968 play of the same name by Mart Crowley, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Ned Martel. Crowley had previously adapted The Boys in the Band for a 1970 film version directed by William Friedkin [1] and starring the original 1968 Off-Broadway cast. [2] The film stars the full roster of players from ...
Sep 25, 2020 · How Joe Mantello Renewed ‘The Boys in the Band’, a Once-Reviled Gay Classic, for a New Generation. Gay actors Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, and Matt Bomer — along with the ...
- Jerry Portwood
Sep 28, 2020 · Much has changed in the two years since director Joe Mantello was readying his revival of The Boys in the Band, Mart Crawley’s 1968 landmark of gay theater, for a 2018 Broadway audience. The all ...
Sep 30, 2020 · The Boys in the Band: Directed by Joe Mantello. With Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells. At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
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- Joe Mantello
- 2020-09-30
Oct 7, 2020 · Director Joe Mantello has enormous respect and reverence for playwright Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band. As someone who was living in New York City in the early 1980s, Mantello identified with the group of men who have an explosive evening of drunken truths. The original film, directed by William Friedkin, featured the original Off-Broadway cast was not tossed
If you missed the Tony-winning revival (or even if you didn’t), director Joe Mantello honors Mart Crowley’s work with an indelible film adaptation for a culture continuing to grapple with ...
The Boys in the Band is a 2020 American drama film directed by Joe Mantello, based on the 1968 play of the same name by Mart Crowley, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Ned Martel. Crowley had previously adapted The Boys in the Band for a 1970 film version directed by William Friedkin and starring the original 1968 Off-Broadway cast.
