Keith Prentice--BOYS IN THE BAND

[Gothick]

Fans,

As many of us are aware, before Keith Prentice began on Dark Shadows , he did the play and film Boys in the Band, a glimpse of a group of gay friends spending an evening together in the late Sixties.  In this documentary about the making of the film, Keith is mentioned roughly at the fifteen minute mark.  Not much is said apart from how much everyone liked him, but a surprising fact is revealed.  Keith originally played Harold, the flamboyant zinger-spouting character portrayed in the film by Leonard Frey.

The documentary is here, and it lasts around 25 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzCIsWv0aP4

G.

[Patti Feinberg]

This was great.

I don't think I've seen BitB in about a million years; I don't think I would've 'gotten' most of it.

And...I certainly DIDN'T know 'Motel' (from "Fiddler on the Roof") was on it!!!

I had forgotten L.L. was Spock's 1/2 bro.

Patti

[michael c]

i always thought it was interesting they cast an actor so strongly associated with gay subject matter on a daytime soap at a time when "such things" were not openly discussed. particularly one with a large audience of children/adolescents.

i guess the producers must have figured  'Boys' was such an obscure niche play/film at the time most viewers would never have seen or even heard of it.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Long before Prentice was cast on DS, Don Briscoe appeared in the play as the character Donald while he was on DS, so apparently for TPTB at DS doing BITB was no big thing...

[Uncle Roger]

It was an extremely different era. Dennis Parker, who was on Edge of Night with Joel Crothers, had quite a few credits in porn both gay and straight around this time. Most of his adult work was done under the name Wade Nichols. It wasn't common knowledge but it was not an issue.