Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and dormant and unspoken emotions are unleashed.

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Cast

Kenneth Nelson

Michael

Leonard Frey

Harold

Peter White

Alan McCarthy

Cliff Gorman

Emory

Frederick Combs

Donald

Reuben Greene

Bernard

Laurence Luckinbill

Hank

Keith Prentice

Larry

Robert La Tourneaux

Cowboy Tex

Maud Adams

Photo Model (uncredited)

Kenneth Nelson — Michael

Nelson was the original Boy in the popular Off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks but he made his mark as Michael, the self-hating homosexual in play The Boys in the Band.

Leonard Frey — Harold

Leonard Frey (September 4, 1938 – August 24, 1988) was an American actor. Frey received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1971 musical film Fiddler on the Roof. He made his stage debut in an Off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for The National Health.

Peter White — Alan McCarthy

Peter White (October 10, 1937 – November 1, 2023) was an American actor. He starred as Alan in The Boys in the Band, the lawyer who stumbles into the gay men's birthday party. White had the distinction of playing the only straight character in The Boys in the Band. He later joined the cast of All My Children. In the 1980s, he had recurring roles on The Colbys and Dallas.