Valour! I think Mel [Brooks] has always seen homosexuals as extraterrestrials with a great fashion sense, and when we did it, it was more like commedia dell’arte, but there are a lot of people who are offended by it. The stage and screen icon opens up to Marlow Stern about his new stint on “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” and the “catastrophe” that is Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The producers had set May 1 as the date for critics to attend the post-Lane show and, in accordance with Broadway … By Adam Hetrick. It’s about having some patience and being smart about this. From 2005 to 2006 he appeared in a remake of Simon’s The Odd Couple, and in 2008 he starred in David Mamet’s November, portraying a president on the eve of an election. The unknown that is hanging over our heads is overwhelming, and at a time like this, one hopes that everyone will take it seriously, protect themselves, and look out for each other. These are challenging times, and one can only hope that we come out of it for the better. It creates a pandemic candor, these end-of-the-world fumes, where you say things you probably normally wouldn’t say in polite society! Going out to a great restaurant again would be nice—while wearing my very best hazmat suit. Send it to The Daily Beast here. Lane describes the show as “Raymond Chandler-meets-Rod Serling” and Michener as “the moral conscience of the show,” a cynical fella who, alongside the force’s first Mexican-American detective, Santiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), is investigating a series of brutal, otherworldly murders. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nathan-Lane, Nathan Lane - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The People v. O.J. Birth Name: Joseph Lane. Broadway News Angels in America, Starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, Closes on Broadway July 15. Learn more about Lane’s life and career. [Creator] John Logan sent me an email and said, “I wrote this part for you, and I hope you’ll do it.” I was thrilled, delighted, and grateful. Terrence McNally used to say, “Theater isn’t a stepping stone” to film and television, it is a great ambition and goal all on its own, and I always felt I would learn more working in the theater as an actor, and it’s the place I’ve always felt the most at home and comfortable, as well as the place that’s afforded me a wide variety of roles. He then was cast as controversial lawyer Roy Cohn in Angels in America, a revival of Tony Kushner’s drama that centres on the AIDS epidemic. Nathan Lane was most recently seen on Broadway in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. Richard Termine In a 2018 revival of the AIDS play, "Angels in America," Lane was lawyer-to-the powerful Roy … I certainly understand the issues with the economy, and people needing to work and make a living—it’s a nightmare—but we don’t want people going back too soon, re-infect, and a second wave of this thing could happen in the fall. If we hadn’t all settled on Grandpa Joe, maybe Cuomo might have a groundswell of support for running [for president], but I liked it particularly today when he just let it go and went off for 11 minutes and ranted about the nightmare that is Donald Trump. The theater, to me, is the ultimate. Find the perfect Its Only A Play On Broadway Welcomes Nathan Lane Tr Knight stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Select from premium Its Only A Play On Broadway Welcomes Nathan Lane Tr Knight of the highest quality. Nathan Lane shines in Broadway comedy 'It's Only a Play' Read full article. When he was about to join Actors’ Equity and learned that there was already a Joe Lane in the membership, he took that character’s first name. He chose the name "Nathan" after the character of Nathan Detroit from the Broadway musical, Guys and Dolls.He later moved to New York City during the 1970's to begin his stage career. And we’re not going back to normal. This is really the culmination of all the work I’ve been doing in the theater in the last 10 years. Not really. He has been married to Devlin Elliott since November 17, 2015. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). I saw a scary thing today in New York magazine that said with coronavirus, one of the side effects is it may be attacking T cells, not unlike HIV. On a lighter note, what attracted you to Penny Dreadful: City of Angels? An Off-Broadway role in Terrence McNally’s The Lisbon Traviata (1989) attracted critical praise, as did his performances in McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991) and the film Frankie and Johnny (1991). That’s the difficult part, and you hope there will be government assistance for them, since the arts tend to be forgotten or dismissed. Lane starred in the play’s London staging (2017) before reprising the role on Broadway (2018). So, Eugene O’Neill finally paid off! Lane discovered his flair for musical comedy when he appeared in a high-school production of No, No, Nanette, and after graduation he embarked on a career in theatre. John [Logan] had said, when we started, that this was written as a response to what was happening at the country at the moment—and it’s also about the creation of Los Angeles, and the notion that these neighborhoods would melt into one another but then they built these highways that gave greater access and also separated people into the Mexican neighborhood, the black neighborhood, the Jewish neighborhood. "I remember him saying to me, 'College is for people who don't know what they want to do,'" his brother said. His other credits included the films The Lion King and The Birdcage and the TV series The Good Wife and Modern Family. Before he burst to mainstream fame in Guys and Dolls, A … Nathan Lane was born Joseph Lane on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey. That’s what makes the writing so rich. Got a tip? What’s the first thing you’re planning to do when New York City opens back up? Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. He moved to New York City in the late 1970s, appeared in some Off-Broadway productions, and—in addition to taking odd jobs to help support himself—put together a comedy act with another actor, Patrick Stark. Nathan Lane. ‘He Missed Nothing’: Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera and Others on Joe Allen The man was taciturn, but his Theater District restaurants were like Broadway clubhouses. A reserved man amid all the bright lights and look-at-me. Nathan Lane is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his performances in film, television and theatre.. Lane further charmed audiences with his voicing of the meerkat Timon in the animated film The Lion King (1994), his performance in McNally’s play Love! It’s about all of us working together to help each other. Gary is a raunchy exploration of what happens after the events of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors. Simpson; then again, the 64-year-old star of stage and screen has never played anyone like Lewis Michener before. I saw you in The Producers on Broadway back in 2001. Lane next starred as a pugnacious newspaper editor in a revival (2016–17) of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s The Front Page. Such plays as Love and She Stoops to Conquer (both in 1984) followed, and in 1987 Lane made his motion picture debut in Ironweed. The whole point of The Producers, why it’s such a brilliant plot, is they’re thinking, What’s the worst thing we can put onstage? Whatever the new normal is, no one should be rushing back to gather in large groups, and no one should want to do it until we have a vaccine. Nathan Lane, American stage, film, and television actor best known for his work in musical comedies, notably the Broadway production of The Producers. (1994), and his role as the drag queen Albert in the movie The Birdcage (1996). For more than 50 years, until his death on Sunday at 87, Joe Allen was Broadway’s perfect foil. In Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a spin-off of the macabre Showtime series, Lane’s Michener is a gruff, hard-nosed LAPD detective navigating the treacherous terrain of 1938 Los Angeles, a time filled with racial tension, neo-Nazis, and… shape-shifting demons. When the time comes, I think he’s going to be in big trouble—and nothing could make me happier. Only one of them gives us a good time. It does seem like Cuomo’s doing a pretty good job of handling it, at least since it’s really started spreading. I’m hovering between suicidal and homicidal. I’m not sure how much homophobia plays in all this, although I’m sure it’s played a part over the years in terms of film work. You see these press conferences with Trump and one would think that is evidence of what a conman and how emotionally bankrupt he is; a man of no empathy, and a narcissist who really doesn’t care about anybody but himself. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Although a pair of sitcoms in which he starred (1998–99, 2003) were short-lived, he enjoyed recurring roles on the television series The Good Wife and Modern Family in the 2010s. Man Who Came to Dinner. Lane returned to Broadway in The Nance (2013) as a closeted gay man in the 1930s who performs a caricature of homosexuality as a burlesque routine. He played defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey in the television serial drama The People v. O.J. He is an actor, known for The Producers (2005), The Birdcage (1996) and The Lion King (1994). He is a three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran, who has also enjoyed a prolific career in film and television, with two Golden Globe and six Emmy Award nominations under his belt. For his work in the latter production, Lane won his third Tony Award. In 1992 he reprised his role in Guys and Dolls, this time on Broadway. and it turns out it’s a musical about Hitler, so it’s deliberately meant to be offensive. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend in 1994. Best Known For: The Producers, Guys & Dolls Awards:. [Laughs] Well! After an injury that led Broadway vet Andrea Martin (Pippin, My Favorite Year) to leave the production and an opening date that has been pushed back several times, Taylor Mac’s new comedy, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, opened on Broadway on Sunday, April 21. We’re getting new updates on the nature of the virus seemingly every day. In 2014–15 Lane and Broderick appeared in an updated production of Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play, which explored the dynamics of Broadway theatre production. Oh God! The new production, moreover, has attracted the most star-studded cast of the Broadway season, headed by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, together again for the third time … Nathan Lane and Adam Driver are both starring on Broadway. The stage and screen icon opens up to Marlow Stern about his new stint on “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” and the “catastrophe” that is Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of all people, that he should be in charge at a time like this, is just a catastrophe. Lane had a part in a short-lived 1982 television sitcom, One of the Boys, and shortly thereafter he was cast in a Broadway production of the Noël Coward play Present Laughter. But I’m lucky, and I’ve had the career that I wanted. Omissions? Nathan Lane looking fun. You see? There’s been some articles about that—the similarities, in terms of a plague like this. The government didn’t want to deal with it at all because they thought it only affected gay people, which didn’t matter to them. The next year Lane played Theodore Hickman in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago; the show traveled to New York in 2015. Nathan Lane, Actor: The Producers. Discovering that the scholarship would not cover enough of his expenses, he decided to leave, and work for a year to earn some money. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Accepted to Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia on a drama scholarship, he was accompanied on what was supposed to be his first day there by his older brother Dan. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Nathan Lane, original name Joseph Lane, (born February 3, 1956, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.), American stage, film, and television actor, best known for his work in musical comedies, notably the Broadway production of The Producers. Corrections? And this is a time when, in this country, no one can talk to one another politically, no one can listen to one another—it’s tribes—but we all need to work together, no matter what our political affiliations are, to get through this. Also, I didn’t pursue it in the same way I did the theater. I think eventually we will come out of this and it will thrive again, it’s just going to take a long time. The Producers: Broadway's smash hit starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Once there’s a vaccine, and people feel safe and confident, it will come back, and there will be a lot of plays about quarantine, plagues…but it’s going to take a while. Compassion! In many ways, Nathan Lane's star turn in the Broadway revival of Simon Gray's Butley represents a return to his theatrical roots. He cited having seen me in The Iceman Cometh, and that’s what led to his thinking that Nathan Lane was the person to play this character. Although, when we first heard about AIDS in 1981 in that famous New York Times article, it took years—and Reagan didn’t even use the word “AIDS”—so it was up to the gay community, really, to fight for the drugs, fight to get help, and fight for their own, which spawned groups like ACT UP and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, as well as activists like Larry Kramer, who really fought to bring attention to it, and bring that attention to the world. Yes, he is. Nathan Lane appeared most recently in the Broadway and West End productions of Angels in America as Roy M. Cohn. By Patricia Reaney. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. We still don’t know. He is an actor, known for The Producers (2005), The Birdcage (1996) and The Lion King (1994). October 10, 2014, 8:29 AM. Lane received new praise in 2001 for his masterfully hilarious turn as con man Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks’s blockbuster Broadway musical comedy The Producers. The team, known as Stark and Lane, spent more than two years performing in nightclubs and as the opening act at concerts in Los Angeles, before Lane returned to New York. After a year, Lane left the Broadway production but later returned (with Broderick) in 2003–04. The following year Lane played Estragon in a well-received Broadway revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and in 2010–11 he starred in the musical The Addams Family. I don’t think we’d take kindly to him coming back, especially when the New York State prosecutors go after him for the many things that have gone on that they can’t prosecute while he’s president. Although he has stumbled recently, Nathan Lane's track record for profitability on Broadway is excellent. There may be similarities in trying to stay safe and healthy and avoid it, but it’s its own monster, and they’re still trying to figure it out. The difficulty is, we don’t know what the ending to this movie is, so the unknown—let alone the unknown to the virus itself. Simpson: American Crime Story. After 33 previews, the original Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 19, 2001, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and ran for 2,502 performances, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards.It spawned a successful West End production running for just over two years, national tours in the US and UK, many productions worldwide and a 2005 film version Former Copy Supervisor, Encyclopædia Britannica. You would have to have the right director and cast to pull it off again. CBS 2's Dana Tyler interviews the stars of the new Broadway comedy "It's Only a Play. The Birdcage. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. I don’t think the theater is going to die. I’m trying to be realistic but remain positive. I don’t know. It’s an interesting history, and much of it is based on historical fact. His subsequent theatre work included Trumbo (2003), Butley (2003, 2006–07), and Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams (2005). Robert Morse Is Back on Broadway — Thanks to His Pal Nathan Lane The original Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying stars opposite Lane in The Front Page. His commercial productions after The Producers were The Odd Couple, Butley, November, The Addams Family, It's Only a Play, The Front Page, the Angels in America revival and Gary, and I think The Addams Family and the last two were the only ones not to recoup. Lane’s additional film credits in the 21st century included The Nutcracker in 3D (2010), based on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s popular ballet, and Mirror Mirror (2012), a comedic version of the Snow White tale. Nathan Lane as "Hickey" in "The Iceman Cometh." Born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, he tweaked his name to mirror Nathan Detroit from the musical “Guys and Dolls,” a character he fantasized about playing on Broadway (and later did). Get Bruce! IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. That’s quite a statement from a man who’s appeared in everything from The Birdcage and The Lion King to The Producers and The People v. O.J. With this season, which explores racism against the Mexican-American community as well as the rise of white nationalism with the German American Bund, it seems to certainly be a commentary on things that are going on right now in America. Lane then went on to play the lead character Pseudolus in a Broadway revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), a performance that garnered him his first Tony Award. In 2019 he starred in the Broadway production of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, a dark comedy set in the aftermath of William Shakespeare’s first tragedy. The concern is for people who have to make a living—not just the actors, but the crews, the theater staff, everyone who depends on those paychecks. Timely… Well, I don’t even know if you could revive it in these ultra-politically-correct days! Nathan Lane is credited as Performer and Writer. My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs. No, we’re out in the Hamptons battling the overprivileged for toilet paper—and making the best of it. A reserved man amid all the bright lights and look-at-me . Home; By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. And at this point, I’m at a certain age where I would like to think people are familiar enough with my work to think I could do something like this—especially if they follow my work in the theater. I was a child during the AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and ‘90s, but we had family friends who were impacted by it—including one who tragically lost his life. “You know, I just feel a tremendous amount of gratitude,” Lane says of the role. But eventually, we will. He has been married to Devlin Elliott since November 17, 2015. Lane later appeared as a detective investigating the murder of a family in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020– ), a noirish horror series set in Los Angeles in 1938. I don’t think of him as a “real” New Yorker, and I think he’ll have a very hard time when he’s hopefully not re-elected, and if he tries to come back here. For more than 50 years, until his death on Sunday at 87, Joe Allen was Broadway’s perfect foil. Among his early productions was a dinner-theatre staging of Guys and Dolls, in which he played Nathan Detroit. He Said, She Said. Biography. Nathan Lane's Successor in 'The Producers' Is Fired. Adam Driver plays the impulsive, impossible … Nathan Lane was born on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA as Joseph Lane. He’s squeezed his way in. In a wide-ranging conversation, the legendary actor and longtime New Yorker opened up about the COVID-19 pandemic, the future of Broadway, the “nightmare” that is Donald Trump’s presidency, and much more. The production, which also starred Matthew Broderick, broke sales records, and Lane received a Tony for his performance; he also starred in the 2005 film adaptation. Angels in America: Perestroika (2018) Opened Mar 25, 2018: as Roy M. Cohn (Original) as The Angel Antarctica (Original) The Front Page (2016) Opened Oct 20, 2016 He also appeared in the revival of Angels in America , for which he won a 2018 Tony Award. Speaking of Broadway, it’s dark right now. Most known for his theatre roles on and off Broadway including his Tony Award winning performances as Pseudolus in Stephen Sondheim's revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), as Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' original production of The Producers … Updates? Surreal, and scary. The “nightmare that is Donald Trump.” I’m a New Yorker and of course Trump is too, and it’s strange how he’s been stiffing his own city on necessary supplies, like ventilators. Right. You mentioned how John Logan is the only one who would have thought of you for this, and as far as the opportunities for openly gay actors in Hollywood—like to play, say, a grizzled detective—do you feel it’s improved? Originally named Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 3, 1956, he changed his name because he heard of another actor named Joseph Lane. Because there already was a Joseph Lane registered with Actors' Equity, he changed his name to Natha… 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Present Laughter, nominee)1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (The Lisbon Traviata, winner)1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls, winner) There have been some parallels drawn between then and now. Is it strange to you how it’s timelier than ever today with this outpouring of white nationalism in the wake of Trump? He previously appeared on Broadway in the hit revival of The Front Page , which earned him Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Jul 15, 2018 . Birth: February 2, 1956 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA . You play a grizzled detective, which is pretty unique compared to your other film and television roles. When it was done in 1967 it was not that far away from World War II, so obviously it was even more shocking. “It’s without question the most interesting and emotionally complex character I’ve been asked to play in film or television,” offers Nathan Lane. I think he’ll have to stay in Florida, which is a fate that he deserves. We know each other from the theater, and he’s seen a lot of my work in the theater, and I don’t think anyone else in Hollywood would have thought of me for this. Nathan Lane was born on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA as Joseph Lane. Are you worried about its future given the current shutdown? In 1999–2000 he provided a voice for the animated television series George and Martha, and in 2000 he appeared onstage in The Man Who Came to Dinner as well as in television productions of that play and of Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Look, the coronavirus is something that we’ve never really experienced before. The following year Lane’s stage performance in the Neil Simon comedy Laughter on the 23rd Floor received rave reviews. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), about the titular trial of former professional gridiron football player O.J. But when we did the show, it was following a lot of somber British musicals that had come over, and this was a sort of zeitgeist-hit; a return to musical comedy, with an emphasis on the “comedy.” So, I don’t know if you could get away with some of this today!
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