Sean Hayes, best known as the bitchily bright-eyed Jack McFarland in sitcom Will and Grace, transforms himself here into Oscar Levant, the depressive, drug-addicted pianist, actor and wit who was a ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The narrative takes us through Levant's tumultuous existence as a pianist, ...
There are probably, unfortunately, many younger people who don’t know who Oscar Levant was. But for the Asolo Rep audience, chances are a good number recall the musician, raconteur and pianist, as ...
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Good Night, Oscar review – Tony-winning Sean Hayes exudes awkward brilliance and pathos as a troubled pianist
Hot on the heels of hit Broadway play Stereophonic, there’s another evocative recording studio period piece in town. But where Stereophonic is an epic, following a Seventies-era band gradually ...
Magic touch: Oscar Levant in the 1940 film Rhythm on the River - Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo “There is a fine line between genius and insanity, I have erased that line,” said Oscar ...
His affairs are a mess: mentally ill, addicted to a slew of pills, on the outs with wife June and quickly acquiring a reputation for no-showing the promoters who book him. Can he hold it together for ...
American Scholar magazine gushed: “Among the pop culture stars of the mid-20th century, few were as diversely talented as the inimitable Oscar Levant. Urbane and self-lacerating, Levant cultivated a ...
It wasn’t so long ago that Oscar Levant was a household name to American audiences. The pianist and movie star was known for his sharp wit and unpredictability. In the drama “Good Night, Oscar,” ...
The Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the lineup for its 2024-2025 season. A world premiere play from Ken Ludwig, the regional premiere of Good Night, Oscar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's ...
THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC by Oscar Levant. 320 pages. Putnam. $5.95. Oscar Levant’s public image, if he still has one, is a blend of an exhibitionistic hypochondriac, an acerb wit, and a concert ...
Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in ...
His hands noodle out a few bars from Gershwin’s Concerto in F; then the man in the crumpled suit says: “This is Oscar Levant speaking. It’s an identification that I have to make because I suffer from ...
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