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The Boys in the Band at the Deacon John Grave House
July 25, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
7/22 – 8/1
Join Madison Lyric Stage for the party of the summer! Before Stonewall, before AIDS, before Marriage Equality – there was Mart Crowley’s landmark play The Boys in the Band. It premiered Off-Broadway in 1968 and was turned into a film the next year by the director William Friedkin. In 2018, it premiered on Broadway for its 50th anniversary and was a celebrated Netflix film in 2020. The Tony Award-winning play revolves around a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City, and was groundbreaking for its hilarious and poignant portrayal of gay life. The play has been called “a true theatrical game-changer, helping spark a revolution by putting gay men’s lives onstage — unapologetically and without judgment — in a world that was not yet willing to fully accept them.” On the grounds of the Deacon John Grave House in Madison.
Tickets are $50. For more info, check out their website.