Brian Hutchison's gay noir d tale :: Bay Area Reporter

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• WH AN ENTIRE ST OF OPENLY GAY ACTORS, THE BOYS THE BAND ARE BACK — AND ON NETFLIX
• BRIAN HUTCHISON'S GAY NOIR D TALE
• GET TO KNOW THE GAY CAST OF ‘THE BOYS THE BAND’ WH TWO NEW REVEALG FEATURETT: WATCH
• “BOYS THE BAND” ACTOR BRIAN HUTCHISON SAYS ALL-GAY ST MEANS “THERE’S JT THIS REAL EASE”

WH AN ENTIRE ST OF OPENLY GAY ACTORS, THE BOYS THE BAND ARE BACK — AND ON NETFLIX

His all-Amerin masculy ma him perfect for the is-he-or-isn't-he-gay character of Alan the new, all-gay revival of The Boys the Band.

BRIAN HUTCHISON'S GAY NOIR D TALE

But I didn't really look at aga until I was talkg to (director) Joe Mantello about this productn, and that was wh h ey and ears, unrstandg that this was the 50th anniversary productn, that was gog to be cut down a b, was gog to be one act stead of two, and I knew some of the actors do you thk about your character, Alan, who may or may not be gay? So there is that sense of needg to honor but also unrstandg that we are playg wh this perd -- needs to feel a ltle b out of time and timels and accsible to people seeg the play there been a proment change how gay men speak and teract wh each other the s sce the origal productn? Y, and that out of the fact that Alan is so nflicted and so nial and there's really no answer to the qutn of, Is he gay or is he not gay?

It's jt we know he shows up at this party and he needs to talk to Michael and he's been very emotnal on the phone and shows up at this party and 's really the first time he's seeg Michael wh his gays iends, livg as a gay man; Michael's not out to Alan. I'm not exactly sure what is about gay men and the trib they seek out, but often that judgement do seem to persist. I don't experience too much myself, but is somethg I'm aware of and I'm not exactly sure why that is still an do havg an all-gay st brg to the productn?

GET TO KNOW THE GAY CAST OF ‘THE BOYS THE BAND’ WH TWO NEW REVEALG FEATURETT: WATCH

Arts·QueeriThe film's director Joe Mantello on his starry adaptatn of the inic gay film's director Joe Mantello on his starry adaptatn of the inic gay textBack Row: Rob De J, Michael Benjam Washgton, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quto, Charlie Carver, Tuc Watks, Andrew Rannells, Brian Hutchison Front: Joe Mantello, Mart Crowley.

“BOYS THE BAND” ACTOR BRIAN HUTCHISON SAYS ALL-GAY ST MEANS “THERE’S JT THIS REAL EASE”

In both s rnatns as a 1968 off-Broadway play and 1970 film, Mart Crowley's The Boys the Band is an exceptnally pneerg gay text. Featurg ne gay characters who meet (and unravel) at an apartment to celebrate one of their birthdays, was one of the first reprentatns of gay life to get any sort of mastream attentn. As part of Netflix's al wh the gay reprentatn mache that is Ryan Murphy, and followg s 2018 revival on Broadway, The Boys the Band buts on the streamer September 30th.

And  somethg that shouldn't seem novel or remarkable, all of the men I jt mentned are openly gay themselv.