Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto on the significance of new Netflix film The Boys in the Band 

Given that many of the original cast never came out, and died later of Aids, the modern stars are well aware of the legacy of a piece  that was among the first to portray the lives of gay men 

The Boys In The Band on Netflix: Robin de Jesus, Jim Parsons and Andrew Rannells. 

It was the show that made history in US theatre, the 1968 play that was groundbreaking in its portrayal of a group of gay men.

Regarded as a cultural game changer, The Boys in the Band helped inspire the Stonewall protests and the rising of the gay rights movement in America just a year later.