#boys in the band

[alebanana]

this picture is so funny actually

just look at him in the mirror omigod 😭😭😭

[drawingwithlight]

Robert La Tourneaux who played Cowboy in The Boys in the Band (1969)

photographed by Jack Mitchell

[shamelessly-obsessed]

I FINALLY have the Andrew Runnels version for y’all

At first I had Blair instead of Kevin and so to make up for the swap here’s some Blair fanart (I’m like obsessed with the portrait of him Sksksksksk)

[queer-media-tourney]

[numnum-num]

Scene from "Boys in the Band" (1970), directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by Mart Crowley

[queerasfact]

In 1968 the play The Boys in the Band was one of the first prominent pieces of American media to not just feature, but centre the stories of queer men.

It was initially difficult for write Mart Crowley to find a cast for the play, with Laurence Luckinbill (who would play Hank) warned that taking the role would end his career. But the production was such a success that it was adapted into a film in 1970. Now post-Stonewall, however, the lack of political angle to the film fell flat, and it wasn't a bit success.

The play was revived eventually for a Broadway production in 2018, with a cast of openly gay actors including Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto and Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons. The success of the revival led to a Netflix film adaptation with the same cast.

The Netflix version brought the story back into the public eye in an time when there are perhaps enough queer stories that there is perhaps more room for a small-scale, deeply personal story that offers a snapshot of another time, and drew from Crowley’s own life.

Learn more

[Images: 1970 and 2020 Boys in the Band posters]

[artistic-scribbles]

patrick stump should get a cat and name it catrick stump

[rantingaboutmusicals]

Andrew rannells is the definition of perfection,

Find me a photo where he isn't hot or slaying

Go ahead, I'll wait

[punk-chicken-radio]

ax trax of the week

lambrini girls - boys in the band

-ax

[mrmousetolliver]

"What I am, Michael, is a 32 year-old, ugly, pock marked Jew fairy, and if it takes me a little while to pull myself together, and if I smoke a little grass before I get up the nerve to show my face to the world, it's nobody's god-damned business but my own. And how are you this evening?"

Harold in The Boys In the Band

[youtastelikecofy]

Hello, I’m Charity!

I’m new to Tumblr but looking forward to finding new interests and sharing current ones.

Some of my current interests: Wicked, Arcane, and Steven Universe!

Music and musical theatre are my passions in life. I enjoy Sammy Rae & the Friends and Hozier most. Falsettos and Waitress are my all-time favorite musicals. I recently started taking voice lessons again to get in touch with my instrument… hoping to begin dance lessons too :)

I would like to watch more anime, but struggle with some of the depictions of women… and of gore… so very little left to explore after this hahah (please send recommendations if they don’t have these things i beg of you)

I enjoy gaming, but I’m not very skilled. I stick to things like Sims 4, Minecraft, etc. but I want to diversify this more. I recently started Lake on PC and it has been a lot of fun. I like playing Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but I’m terrible with fighting games and lose motivation when I struggle… so little progress has been made.

I enjoy some physical games like Here to Slay and Carcassone! I would like to play Dungeons and Dragons but I am still learning/trying to understand and lack people to start a campaign with.

I’m neurodivergent (OCD) and going through a healing journey in my life right now (even as much as I don’t want to admit I am) and extremely resonate with the phrase “knew everything at 18 and nothing at 22” lol

Every day hobbies include digital art, junk journaling, collecting DVD’s & CD’s, reading, and writing. Recently purchased air dry clay and coloring books and markers.

It’s been nice to have fun things to do. I stopped allowing myself to have interests or hobbies for quite a few years. So I’m kind of trying to teach myself how to even enjoy shows and games and media again. Thanks for reading a little about me. I’d love to hear about the shows and movies and games and more you love and why you love them! xx

[alebanana]

GIRL WAKE UP NEW ANDREW RANNELLS PICTURES JUST DROPPED 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[sp4c3-c0wb0y]

I think Michael’s and Harold’s relationship to each other is very interesting in the way that they hate each other due to the fact that they are just so similar. Both having issues with their physical appearance constantly picking and fixing, trying to control their issues with themselves, for Michael it’s his hair and for Harold his face. Their relationship to me, is one that is the way it is due to their similarities. Michael and Harold mirror each other in many ways (I think this is shown in Michaels birthday gift to Harold, as well as the dialogue they have) and I think that fact is what causes Michael to loathe Harold so much. It just makes sense to me that Michael, a person who to some degree hates himself, hates the traits he mirrors with Harold. (Also it’s not just their insecurities on looks that they have in common. Michael and Harold both have careers in entertainment in common as well)But anyway that’s just what I think I might be totally wrong, I’m just a girl online with opinions on gay media.

[shamelessly-obsessed]

Quick Hank and Larry pen drawing I did and finished up digitally

[collinsportmaine]

Three actors from Dark Shadow also performed in ground breaking theater productions for their portrayal of gay life.

Joel Crothers - January 28, 1941 – November 6, 1985

Dark Shadows - 166 episodes as Joe Haskell & Nathan Forbes

In 1982, Crothers originated the role of Ed Reiss, the lover of Harvey Fierstein’s character Arnold. At the time, brothers was the best known actor in the cast due to his work in Dark Shadows and other soap opera, so he got top billing.

Keith Prentice - February 21, 1940 –September 27, 1992

Dark Shadows - 40 episodes as Morgan Collins

In 1968, Prentice was in the original cast of The Boys in the Band, as Larry, "extremely handsome" commercial artist who prefers multiple sex partners. He also appeared in the 1970 film directed by William Friedkin.

Christopher Bernau - June 2, 1940 – June 14, 1989

Dark Shadows - 23 episodes as Phillip Todd

When Prentice left the office-Broadway production of The Boys in the Band, Bernau replaced in in the role of Larry. He continued in the role until the show closed in 1970.

Sadly, all three actors died before their time due to AIDS.