“How ... and why?” (Video still via CNN)

Jim Parsons comments on comedy in the age of Trump ...

Playwright Mart Crowley appeared for the final bows
Take a bow — the boys of The Boys in the Band (Images from audience member in mezzanine)

It took The Boys in the Band 50 years to get to Broadway, and it took me nearly as long to get into the pre-opening after-party ... but I did.

Huge Recap of the Original The Boys in the Band — HERE!

I impulsively bought one of the last tickets for Wednesday's 7 p.m. performance (I had already seen the first preview April 30), scoring one with an empty seat on one side of me and two empty seats on the other. (There were only seven empty seats in the house; not surprising since the show's official opening night is tonight, which is probably the night fans targeted, thinking it would be the star-studded choice.)

How did this not happen on the night I was there?! (Video still via NBC)

Matt Bomer confessed to Jimmy Fallon that he forgot a towel he needed in a shower scene, leaving him 100% nude onstage in The Boys in the Band ...

They go there. (Video still via CBS)

Boys in the Band-er Zachary Quinto confirmed a fourth and a fifth Star Trek feature, said he believes we are not alone in the universe, talks about narrating In Search Of ..., and talks about a unique Tennessee Williams keepsake he owns ...

Above: A pec-tacular view.

Discounted Tix for The Boys in the Band — HERE!

Below: Keep reading for Josh Brolin naked, Rafael Alencar's A-list clients, the return of Murphy Brown, Christina Aguilera's greatest lewks, Janet Jackson thanking her fans for the birthday wishes, and Trump's latest slur against immigrants ...

Oh, Mary — DO ask! (Image via Andrew Rannells)

Dick Leitsch, president of the '60s gay rights group The Mattachine Society, and the man who cooked up the earliest gay civil disobedience actions via the sip-in at Julius'in NYC, showed up at a preview performance of The Boys in the Band this week. He was welcomed with open arms by the cast.

Above: Getting ready for the thirsty days of summer.

 

Below: Keep reading for Matt Bomer's tormentor, he's the (gay, Asian) sheriff, Zachary Quinto's love nest, Colton Haynes files for divorce, and much more ...

(Video still via CBS)

Jim Parsons has no patience for gay grumps who think we don't need movies like Love, Simon anymore ...