In 1968 New York City - when being gay was still considered to be best kept behind closed doors - a group of friends gather for a raucous birthday party hosted by Michael (Jim Parsons), a ...

Producer Ryan Murphy has assembled an all-star cast for Broadway's The Boys in the Band, and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look of its stars in action Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE.

In 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 ...

At the time The Boys in the Band premiered, of course ... That certainly won’t be the case with this cast, but it’s hard not to sense that can all easily access the fear and pain that comes ...