"The Boys in the Band" - Review by Jeffrey Leibham
****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED**** It has been 20 years since the boys of "The Boys in the Band" have sashayed across a stage in Chicago. Following a highly publicized production on Broadway starring a cast of big-name actors who are all openly gay men (and the subsequent 2019 Tony Award that it won for Best Revival of a Play), Chicago audiences once again get a chance to see what all the fuss is about for themselves. Mart Crowley's landmark play opened off-Broadway in 1968 in what was originally supposed to be a five day run. A year and a half later, the boys finally disbanded. Thanks to the savvy producers at Windy City Playhouse, who have made a name for themselves by staging immersive theatrical events, they scored the rights to this in-demand show and place you, the audience member, right on the set itself -- directly in the line of fire as these castmates hurl endless verbal hand grenades at one another. 4 SPOTLIGHTS
