The Complete Plays of Mart Crowley
"The play is by the frankest treatment of homosexuality I have ever seen on the stage…The power of the play is the way in which it remorselessly peels away the pretensions of its characters and reveals a pessimism so uncompromising in its honesty that it becomes in itself and affirmation of life."—Clive Barnes, New York Times
The Boys in the Band
"The play is by the frankest treatment of homosexuality I have ever seen on the stage…The power of the play is the way in which it remorselessly peels away the pretensions of its characters and reveals a pessimism so uncompromising in its honesty that it becomes in itself and affirmation of life."—Clive Barnes, New York Times
A Breeze from the Gulf
"So honestly written that you cling to it for dear life. Mr. Crowley is a writer, as Boys in the Band made clear—his ear for speech is sharp as before, his economy and candor with a line as cutting."—Walter Kerr, New York Times
For Reasons That Remain Unclear
"Most gay theater in this more activist age is about its presumably straight audience, which must be converted or insulted or explained to. Like Boys, Reasons isn't focused on the reactions of straights…The play has its hard nugget of truth. Crowley is more honest and wiser about human nature than many playwrights."—Lloyd Rose, Washington Post
The Men from the Boys
"Funny, acerbic, tender sequel to a landmark gay play."—San Francisco Chronicle
Mart Crowley is an acclaimed playwright, television producer, and children's book author who lives in New York.
The Boys in the Band
"The play is by the frankest treatment of homosexuality I have ever seen on the stage…The power of the play is the way in which it remorselessly peels away the pretensions of its characters and reveals a pessimism so uncompromising in its honesty that it becomes in itself and affirmation of life."—Clive Barnes, New York Times
A Breeze from the Gulf
"So honestly written that you cling to it for dear life. Mr. Crowley is a writer, as Boys in the Band made clear—his ear for speech is sharp as before, his economy and candor with a line as cutting."—Walter Kerr, New York Times
For Reasons That Remain Unclear
"Most gay theater in this more activist age is about its presumably straight audience, which must be converted or insulted or explained to. Like Boys, Reasons isn't focused on the reactions of straights…The play has its hard nugget of truth. Crowley is more honest and wiser about human nature than many playwrights."—Lloyd Rose, Washington Post
The Men from the Boys
"Funny, acerbic, tender sequel to a landmark gay play."—San Francisco Chronicle
Mart Crowley is an acclaimed playwright, television producer, and children's book author who lives in New York.