Tuc Watkins, Robin de Jesus and Matt Bomer all hit a new level of street cred with the 2018 revival of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band.The historic play follows a group of gay men over the course of a party in a single evening in 1968.
In those days, of course, homosexuality was still kept behind closed doors. The alcoholic Michael (Jim Parsons) hosts the party, a birthday celebration for his close friend Harold (Zachary Quinto).
As the evening drags on, tempers explode, threatening to shatter the longtime circle of friends.Now he three actors reach a culmination of that work: the new film version of The Boys in the Band lands on Netflix September 30.We chatted up Watkins, de Jesus and Bomer about their characters, the issues the play.