Mart Crowley began writing The Boys in the Band during his time as film star Natalie Wood’s personal assistant. During his time in Hollywood, both working for Wood and housesitting for friends, Crowley felt himself growing more and more angry at the injustices faced by himself and his other homosexual friends at the time. In writing the play, he depicted these injustices simply and directly, as experienced by the group of friends gathering to celebrate a birthday. Crowley saw the character Michael as a mirror of himself, and created Donald to serve as a foil to him. The title of the play
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