9 must-read plays books like The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley

Cover of The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley

The Boys in the Band

By: Mart Crowley

4.01

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

"Boys can still hold its own . . . [Mart] Crowley's point is about how the humor is shaped and defi…

If you liked the plays plot in The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Falsettos by William Finn, James Lapine, Frank Rich

1. Falsettos

By: William Finn , James Lapine , Frank Rich

4.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in William Finn's Falsettos book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • drama
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • queer
Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

2. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

Similar categories in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Cover of The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley

3. The Boys in the Band

By: Mart Crowley

4.01

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

"Boys can still hold its own . . . [Mart] Crowley's point is about how the humor is shaped and defi… read more

Similar categories in Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • classics
  • drama
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer
Cover of Top Girls by Caryl Churchill

4. Top Girls

By: Caryl Churchill

3.58

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a seminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a wor… read more

Similar categories in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • classics
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh

5. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

Similar categories in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

Cover of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project

6. The Laramie Project

By: Moisés Kaufman , Tectonic Theater Project

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For a year and a half following the murder of Matthew Shepard, Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Thea… read more

Similar categories in Moisés Kaufman's The Laramie Project book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • queer
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee

7. The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

By: Edward Albee

3.92

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee’s most provocative, daring, and controversial play si… read more

Similar categories in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • classics
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough part."

-Edward Albee, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Cover of Bent by Martin Sherman

8. Bent

By: Martin Sherman

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Applause Books). Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was… read more

Similar categories in Martin Sherman's Bent book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer
Cover of Angels in America by Tony Kushner

9. Angels in America

By: Tony Kushner

3.79

Format: 248 pages,

In two full-length plays--Millennium Approaches and Perestroika--Kushner tells the story of a handf… read more

Similar categories in Tony Kushner's Angels in America book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

  • classics
  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer

10. M. Butterfly

By: David Henry Hwang

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterflyopens in the cramped prison cell where di… read more

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11. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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12. The Children's Hour

By: Lillian Hellman

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

This is a serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youn… read more

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13. Dancer from the Dance

By: Andrew Holleran

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more

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14. Midnight Cowboy

By: James Leo Herlihy

3.91

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Joe Buck, naively charming Texan cowboy, seeks his fortune in the Big Apple, but encounters Ratso R… read more

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15. Cock

By: Mike Bartlett

3.16

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled wi… read more

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16. Choir Boy

By: Tarell Alvin McCraney

3.50

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Those melodies, the pitch harmonies and Rhythms, those are the maps and guides to the Promised Land… read more

Similar categories in Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

17. Doubt

By: John Patrick Shanley

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty w… read more

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18. Machinal

By: Sophie Treadwell

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

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19. Torch Song Trilogy

By: Harvey Fierstein

3.69

Format: 355 pages,

Drama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Plays Torch Song Trilogy is a collection of th… read more

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20. The Normal Heart

By: Andrew Holleran , Larry Kramer , Joseph Papp

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

THE NORMAL HEARTis the explosive drama about our most terrifying and troubling medical crisis today… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Holleran's The Normal Heart book and Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band

21. The American Dream & The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Albee is one of our most important American playwrights. And n… read more

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