The Boys in the Band

Playwright: Mart Crowley

Rights: Samuel French

Synopsis: In his Upper East Side apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-avowed “thirty-two-year-old, pockmarked, 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.

Rating:

Language: 16+

Adult Content: 16+

Violence: 13+

Pay attention to: There’s a fight on p57.

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