Netflix’s The Boys in the Band

I think I’ve posted about this before. The Boys in the Band is a classic gay play that dates back to the pre HIV/AIDS days. It’s the kind of gay history we don’t see often, especially nowadays with straight people straight washing our culture as much as they can. Like most people around now, I never knew what gay life was like without AIDS and I find just that part of the cultural aspect alone fascinating. 

This isn’t the first time the play has been made into a film. There’s another film version that dates back to 1970 that I’ve seen several times. One of the actors is Laurence Luckinbill, husband of Lucie Arnaz. He’s still alive. 

So I’m curious to see what Netflix does with the story. Frankly, I’m not too thrilled with anything about Netflix lately. 

Netflix’s version stars Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, and Andrew Rannells, and is produced by Ryan Murphy and directed by Joe Mantello.

If he sticks to the storyline, I don’t see how Ryan Murphy can ruin this. As much as I want to see more gay storylines with happy endings and upbeat characters, I don’t want this play turned into six more months of Glee. That would be a shame.

We’ll see. The play is more like a serious, dark character study.  

Here’s the link to more. 

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