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 ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Oscar Levant was a musical virtuoso, more famous for playing his friend ...
The playwright S.N. Behrman once famously described Oscar Levant as “a character who, if he did not exist, could not be imagined.” Perhaps the aspect of Levant that was most difficult to imagine was ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
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