Watch Video: Jim Parsons Spoils a Birthday Party With a Heartbreaking Game in Ryan Murphy's 'The Boys in the Band' Trailer“The Boys in the Band,” paradigm-shifter though it was in its frank portrayal of a certain segment of gay life, is rather traditional in structure; it’s one of those Broadway plays where various character types gather together in a room and very quickly begin hurling long-buried truths and accusations at each other.