{"product_id":"9780573640049","title":"Boys In The Band","description":"Drama\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 9 male \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterior Set \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis seminal work of the Off-Broadway movement premiered in 1968 and was a long-running hit onstage, later filmed with the original cast. In 2010, the play made a triumphant return to New York City in an highly praised production produced by Drama Desk and Obie Award winning Transport Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his upper eastside Manhattan apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-awoved \"32 year-old, pock-marked, Jew fairy\", complete with surprise gift: \"Cowboy\" a street hustler. As the evening wears on, fueled by drugs and alcohol, bitter, unresolved resentments among the guests come to light when a game of \"Truth\" goes terribly wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A play of real substance, one that deserves to be performed not occasionally but regularly.\"-\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...terrifically thoughtful...\u003cem\u003eThe Boys in the Band\u003c\/em\u003e emerges remarkably universal.\"-NY1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...deliriously delicious...\"-\u003cem\u003eGay City News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Boys in the Band... goes from wittily bitchy to heartbreakingly brutal...\"-\u003cem\u003eOut Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Witty, bitchy, revelatory and dazzlingly entertaining...the excoriating wit is still there.\"-\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Humor is still on key in this poignant, sparkling revival of a landmark gay play...the star of the evening is the play itself solidly built, still moving and enormously entertaining.\"-\u003cem\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a play that takes the homosexual way of life totally for granted and uses this as a valid basis for human experience...the power of the play is the way in which it remorselessly peels away the pretensions of its characters.\"-\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023771713776,"sku":"9780573640049","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573640049_p0.jpg?v=1763719962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573640049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}