2: Playwright MART CROWLEY. His works were recently re-published in a book, "3 Plays by Mart Crowley" (Alyson Publications). "The Boys in the Band" (1968), is the classic portrait of a gay artist living in New York and was one of the first plays to break the taboo on the portrayal of homosexuality. A revival of "The Boys in the Band" opened in June and the film version is being featured at the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival this summer. CROWELY's other works in the book are "A Breeze from the Gulf" (1974) and "For Reasons that Remain Uncertain" (1994).
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