Boys to Men. (Front and Center). (theater review)
American Theatre, October, 2002 by Baldaro, Frank J.
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WHEN MART CROWLEY'S THE BOYS in the Band premiered its shrill symphony in 1968, the play gave mainstream audiences their first voyeuristic glance into the sordid private lives of gay men. Attending a birthday party atop the roof of a posh Manhattan apartment, the characters let the vodka and vitriol flow, ripping each other to shreds through the course of the evening. Rather than ease the minority group into commercial consciousness in an innocuous, palatable fashion, Crowley shoved his dialogue down the audience's throat with the acrid subtlety of wasabi sauce.
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