VIDEO: Jim Parsons Talks the Importance of LGBT Representation on THE LATE SHOW

By: May. 08, 2018
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'The Boys in the Band' star Jim Parsons appeared on last night's Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert. Parsons openly rejects the idea that the latest crop of LGBTQ characters in lead roles arrived too late to make a difference. He talks about why it is never 'too late' for representation. Watch the clip below!

The Boys in the Band was adapted into a film in 1970 directed by William Friedkin. Crowley's sequel to The Boys in the Band was entitled The Men from the Boys. Crowley also wrote and produced Remote Asylum and the autobiographical A Breeze from the Gulf.

Directed by Joe Mantello and produced by Ryan Murphy and David Stone,The Boys in the Band will play a strictly limited 15-week Broadway engagement at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street), beginning previews Monday, April 30, 2018 and officially opening on Thursday, May 31, 2018.

The Boys In The Band will star Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and Andrew Rannells, along with Charlie Carver, Robin De Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington and Tuc Watkins.

Tickets, priced $57.00 - $167.00, are available at www.BoysInTheBand.com or www.Telecharge.com (212.239.6200).

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to THE LATE SHOW with Stephen Colbert, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human, the show is broadcast from the historic and newly renovated Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on September 8, 2015.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.



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