Mart Crowley

CROWLEY, PARSONS, QUINTO

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 5/25/2021 at 21:21:31

Mart Crowley was the groundbreaking playwright whose 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” was one of the first to portray the lives of gay men on stage. The play is about a group of gay and bisexual friends at a birthday party in New York City. It was a hit which led to a 1970 movie adaptation directed by William Friedkin. Crowley had been an assistant and close friend to actress Natalie Wood. In 2002, he wrote a sequel “The Men From the Boys,” that looked at the original character’s lives 35 years later. In 2018, a revival of “The Boys in the Band” on Broadway featured out gay actors including Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, and Matt Bomer. A new movie version of the play is due out on Netflix in 2021.

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Died: Saturday, March 7, 2020 (Who else died on March 7?)