The Boys in the Band

by  Crowley, Mart

Published: 1968

Acts: 2

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 2
Male Roles: 9
Female Roles: 0
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

This seminal work of the Off Broadway movement premiered in 1968 and was a long-running hit onstage, later filmed with the original cast. In 2010, the play made a triumphant return to New York City in an highly praised production produced by Drama Desk and Obie Award winning Transport Group. In his upper eastside Manhattan apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-awoved "32 year-old, pock-marked, Jew fairy", complete with surprise gift: "Cowboy" a street hustler. As the evening wears on, fueled by drugs and alcohol, bitter, unresolved resentments among the guests come to light when a game of "Truth" goes terribly wrong.