The Heights Players, the Brooklyn Heights theater company now in its 71st season, opens Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band on Friday, Nov. 6. The production runs two weekends, through Sunday, Nov. 15, at the company's John Bourne Theater on Willow Place.

The play

The Boys in the Band premiered Off-Broadway in 1968 and is set in a New York City apartment, where Michael throws a birthday party for his friend Harold. Over the course of one evening, a group of gay friends reveal the desires and conflicts they have been keeping to themselves. A revival of the play won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

Who is in it

Kerry Wolf directs, with David Thomas Cronin as assistant director. The cast:

  • Jordan Westfall as Michael
  • Shane Zimmerman as Donald
  • Tyler White as Larry
  • Ever Antonio Chavez as Emory
  • Austin J Bowen as Bernard
  • Johnny Estling as Hank
  • Michael Reid as Harold
  • Eric Minhao as Alan
  • Kelly Fuller as Cowboy

The design team includes Gary Vanderputten on sets, Jeremy Beck on lighting, German Bosquez on sound and LaRena Iocco on costumes, with Kat Sinclair as intimacy coordinator.

Show times

The Heights Players' regular schedule is Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., and nonmusical productions add a 2 p.m. matinee on the second Saturday of the run. Under that schedule, this run's performances fall on Nov. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15, plus a Saturday afternoon show on Nov. 14. Tickets are sold online through the company's site, and the box office can be reached at 718-237-2752.

Getting there

The John Bourne Theater is on the lower level of 26 Willow Place. The wheelchair entrance is around the block at 25 Columbia Place. The 2 and 3 trains stop at Clark Street, and the 2, 3, 4 and 5 stop at Borough Hall.

The run is Nov. 6 through Nov. 15. Buy tickets through heightsplayers.org.

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