March-April 2010
Transport Group's production of this major New York revival of The Boys in the Band was groundbreaking in its staging - the performance space was a penthouse loft that was transformed into the 1960's apartmnet in which the play takes place. The audience was seated around the apartment, enabling them to experience the play in an intimate, three-dimensional envrionment. The audience was placed in a perspective of the play that had not yet been explored. Due to the success of this production, Transport Group was able to extend the original run, and The Boys in the Band was performed to sold-out houses.
The Boys in the Band represents a major milestone in American theatre as the first play to openly portray the pleasures, miseries and private lives of gay men. Set during Harold's 32nd birthday party, the evening begins as a hilarious and spirited celebration among friends until unexpected guests and games reveal tensions that unravel these men's souls.
CAST:
Jonathan Hammond as Michael (Ragtime)
Christopher Innvar as Larry (110 in the Shade, Floyd Collins)
Kevin Isola as Alan (Brooklyn Boy)
Jon Levenson as Harold (Irish Rep's The Hairy Ape)
Kevyn Morrow as Bernard (Olivier nomination for Coalhouse in Ragtime, First Wives Club)
Graham Rowat as Hank (Lovemusik, Guys and Dolls)
John Wellmann as Emory (TG's cul-de-sac)
Nick Westrate as Donald (A Moon for the Misbegotten)
Aaron Sharff as Cowboy (Shakespeare and Co.'s Measure for Measure)
PRODUCTION STAFF:
Playwright: Mart Crowley
Director: Jack Cummings III
Associate Director: Gregg Wiggans
Production Stage Manager: Wendy Patten
Stage Manager: Donald Butchko
Production Assistants: Michelle Beige, Karen Stern
General Manager: Michael Coglan
Dramaturg: Kristina Corcoran Williams
Technical Director: Joe Cairo
Set Designer: Sandra Goldmark
Asst. Set Designer: Peiyi Wong
Props Designer: Tessa Dunning
Lighting Designer: Dane Laffrey
Costume Designer: Kathryn Rohe
Costume Design Assistant: Ricardo Fernandez
Costume Assistant: Steve Cozzi
Hair: Thom Gonzalez
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jillian Tulley
Casting Director: Alan Filderman
Fight Choreographer: Monica Blaze Leavitt
Videos
Click Here to watch a video of The Boys in the Band on NY1
Click Here to watch a feature of The Boys in the Band on Broadway Beat
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