Party Boys

WATCH: Zachary Quinto and Charlie Carver dish on wild, boozy gay parties in ‘The Boys in the Band’

THE BOYS IN THE BAND (2020)
Zachary Quinto as Harold.
Cr. Scott Everett White/NETFLIX ©2020

We interrupt Charlie Carver and Zachary Quinto in the midst of a private conversation.

Such is the way of junket interviews in the socially-distanced era. Carver and Quinto have a marvelous rapport one another, courtesy of appearing in The Boys in the Band during the play’s 50th-anniversary revival in 2018. Now the pair get to reprise their roles in the new Netflix film version.

The Boys in the Band takes place in a single evening in 1968. The effete Michael (Jim Parsons) throws a party in his apartment celebrating the birthday of Harold (Quinto), his longtime friend and sometime rival. A group of their close gay friends attends, including Cowboy (Carver), a male prostitute rented for Harold as a “gift.” Over the course of the evening, tempers flare and secrets surface as the alcohol-fueled party rages out of control.

The Boys in the Band–the first ever movie with an all-gay male cast–lands on Netflix September 30. We chatted with Carver & Quinto about their characters and the transition from stage to screen.

 

Video Editor: David Beerman

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