The film's director Joe Mantello on his starry adaptatn of the inic gay text.
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- WH AN ENTIRE ST OF OPENLY GAY ACTORS, THE BOYS THE BAND ARE BACK — AND ON NETFLIX
- CATEGORY:GAY ACTORS OM CANADA
- AARON SORK CALLS EXCLIVELY CASTG GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL A ‘BAD IA’
WH AN ENTIRE ST OF OPENLY GAY ACTORS, THE BOYS THE BAND ARE BACK — AND ON NETFLIX
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.
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.
CATEGORY:GAY ACTORS OM CANADA
And somethg that shouldn't seem novel or remarkable, all of the men I jt mentned are openly gay themselv.
"The fact they were all out gay men rms the way the story gets told. "I thk that there are certa tths about gay inty that are , " Mantello says. " Mantello says that for younger gay viewers g to the text for the first time, he thks 's important that The Boys The Band teach them "where we me om and how thgs have evolved.
"There's a percentage of gay men who fd this a problematic text, " Mantello says. Where I found that an olr generatn, particularly of gay men — aga, not scientific, but — have real issu wh . Mart was not wrg about the monolh of gay whe men or gay men.
AARON SORK CALLS EXCLIVELY CASTG GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL A ‘BAD IA’
And Crowley's ath (on March 7th) was followed by two other goliaths among gay men: Terrence McNally (on March 24th) and Larry Kramer (on May 27th). "When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.
"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man.