Natalie Wood Mart Crowley New York New York state Mississippi Washington Music Gay Natalie Wood Mart Crowley New York New York state Mississippi Washington

Mart Crowley, ‘The Boys in the Band’ Playwright, Dies at 84

Reading now: 652
variety.com

Mart Crowley, the trailblazing playwright behind “The Boys in the Band,” died from complications after suffering a heart attack, according to the New York Times.

He was 84. “The Boys in the Band,” a play about a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York, was heralded for revolutionizing how gay men were seen on stage and in popular culture when it debuted off-Broadway in April of 1968.

Crowley was born Aug. 21, 1935 in Vicksburg, Miss. After graduating from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.

in 1957, he moved to Hollywood before eventually becoming the assistant to actress Natalie Wood. His other theater credits include “Remote Asylum” and the 2002 autobiographical show “The Men From the Boys,” a sequel

Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA