Partying with the stars of 'The Boys in the Band' on their opening night

[Wayman_Wong]

In today's column of BoyCulture.com, Matthew Rettenmund recalls his delightful celebrity encounters with the ''Boys'' at their opening-night party. Besides chitchatting with Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Tuc Watkins & Co., he got to dish with Laurence Luckinbill, the original Hank from 1968's ''Boys in the Band.''

Others he saw (and sometimes snapped selfies with) included Tina Fey, Zachary Levi, Sarah Paulson, Billy Eichner, Stephen Schwartz, Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Lena Dunham, Robert Wagner, Billy Porter, Andy Cohen, Larry Kramer, Adam Rodriguez & more.

http://www.boyculture.com/boy_culture/2018/05/boys-band-gay-quinto-rannells-bomer-parsons.html 

  

[Andy51]

Looking at this just made me feel sorry for the actors and others who had to tolerate this guy.

[geoffreyC]

At least he's tasteful and not a name-dropping pest.  

[haterobics]

Andy51 said: "Looking at this just made me feel sorry for the actors and others who had to tolerate this guy."

The only thing that made wading to the end of the parade of selfies worthwhile was the line from Eichner.

[BrodyFosse123]

This was creepy. I feel this guy’s Instagram must solely be stagedoor selfies and these commentaries.

”Partying with the stars”?   More like roaming the entire event hounding these polite actors for selfies with him.   If only we could get THEIR commentaries about this phreak.  

WTF?

[SweetLips]

He wasn't even invited, just there because of a spare ticket.

 

[quizking101]

This actually makes me feel less bad about going to stage doors and being polite and restrained. 

I literally tripped all over the names he dropped in this self-indulgent starfu*king tour...

[Nycat63]

Is it just me or does Tina Fey literally look the opposite of “totally, totally happy to do it”?

At least he was somewhat self aware enough to notice Quinto not feeling it, but he goes for it anyway.

smh.

[Wayman_Wong]

Matthew Rettenmund is the editor of the popular gay website BoyCulture.com, which covers showbiz, pop culture and politics. He's written novels, like ''Boy Culture,'' which was turned into a 2006 award-winning movie by Q. Allan Brocka, and is becoming a new web series, starring Matthew Wilkas, Darryl Stephens, Matt Crawford and Steve Grand. And he's penned non-fiction books about Madonna and Hilary Duff. As the creator of Popstar! magazine, he also was among the first to devote cover stories and features to rising stars, like Zac Efron, Nick Jonas and Miley Cyrus.

So Rettenmund has done more than his fair share of interviewing and dealing with celebrities and actors. I thought his first-person account of the ''Boys'' opening-night party had a fun feel as if you were there. As a blogger who covers celebrities, he listed who was there to show how star-studded the event was. Finally, many folks take selfies at opening-night parties; it's part of the celebration. 

[Andy51]

Wayman, I'm glad you found it fun.  However, I think your recitation of the details of Rettenmund's CV is largely a non-sequitur, and does little to mitigate how cringeworthy many of us find his post.

[fredric47]

I was wondering whether anyone else noticed that on the red carpet Lawrence Luckinbill outed his "Boys in the Band" co-star Peter White when he claimed that he and the late Cliff Gorman were the only straight members of the original cast. Up until then, I never considered Peter White to have been gay. Is this true, or do you think in the euphoria of attending the 50th anniversary performance of "The Boys in the Band," Lawrence pulled the ultimate blooper?

[BrodyFosse123]

Wayman, I'm glad you found it fun.  However, I think your recitation of the details of Rettenmund's CV is largely a non-sequitur, and does little to mitigate how cringeworthy many of us find his post.

Plus, the uncomfortable look on many of the actors faces (notably Tina Fey) clearly shows how intrusive he was at that event.  I'm surprised no one pointed him out to security and had him removed from the private event.  

Yes, celebrities take selfies with other celebrities.  Many who already have established friendships.  Being at ease at a private event and having some weirdo asking for a selfie is off-putting.  Out in a public setting is one thing, at a private event is another. 

[uncageg]

Looked at these again. They really don't look that uncomfortable. Everyone is smiling or close to it. I have seen the same expressions on faces from other opening night pics.

I have attended and covered a number of opening nights. I am in agreement that these look like him doing selfies and not "covering" the event. I have taken pictures with performers on opening night but in articles that I did, I used the pictures of just the performers. Nobody needed to see my face in every shot! JMO

[adamgreer]

That whole article is so cringey. I feel bad for all the celebrities that had to deal with this name-dropping annoyance all night.

I'm not, nor have I ever been, a fan of grown ass adults calling themselves "boys" and I don't subscribe to the "let's reclaim the word f*ggot!" movement.

[uncageg]

Looked at these again. They really don't look that uncomfortable. Everyone is smiling or close to it. I have seen the same expressions on faces from other opening night pics.

I have attended and covered a number of opening nights. I am in agreement that these look like him doing selfies and not "covering" the event. I have taken pictures with performers on opening night but in articles that I did, I used the pictures of just the performers. Nobody needed to see my face in every shot! JMO

[ArtMan]

I don't think they look uncomfortable, either.  Only, Quinto.  I didn't think his narrative was as bad as I thought.  He is probably more annoying in person.  One, who thinks "I'm grand".