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Nathan Lane in new play THE NANCE
Nathan Lane in new play THE NANCE
#1Nathan Lane in new play THE NANCE
Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:06pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/OFFICIAL-Nathan-Lane-Led-THE-NANCE-to-Open-415-at-Lyceum-Theatre-Jack-OBrien-to-Direct-20121024
I can not wait to see him back on Broadway!!! It should be in THE ICEMAN COMETH, but this will do 
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Updated On: 10/24/12 at 12:06 PM
#2Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 12:21pmYay. I've been waiting to see Nathan Lane play Nathan Lane in a new Nathan Lane play.
#2Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 2:31pmZzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Haven't people tired of him, yet?
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flahooley2
Understudy Joined: 6/1/08
#3Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 2:50pmIt's actually Douglas Carter Beane's new play, and a more serious one as well. As for audiences being tired of Lane, I don't think so. He kept The Addams Family alive for a year after devastating reviews, starred in a hugely successful revival of Iceman, and has been very well received in an understated performance on The Good Wife. He's also been away from Bway for 2 years, so it's not like we've just seen him. Just go see The Performers instead.
#4Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 3:17pmNathan Lane's a gem-no getting tired of a gem. A one of a kind gem.
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#5Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 3:29pmCount me in...another drab Nathan Lane portrayal! Can't wait...I enjoyed him more in Love, Valour than Producers or Merlin or Addams Family but I need my Nathan fix.
#6Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 4:30pm
Nathan has taken a definite serious path in his most recent work. There is nothing funny about THE ICEMAN COMETH or THE GOOD WIFE. From what I understand, this new play is pretty dark and serious as well. He wants to show his range and break the mold the haters have him in before the end of his career. He certainly has the acting chops, work ethic and drive to do drama well.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Updated On: 10/25/12 at 04:30 PM
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#7Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/24/12 at 7:19pmNathan said during Addams Family that it was probably his last musical. The recent serious roles show that great side of Nathan that has been overshadowed by the enormity of the musical roles he has played. He is a wonderfully talented actor. I am thrilled about this role and the subject matter. I think he will be perfect.
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#8Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/25/12 at 2:33am
Here's how his role is described in a casting notice:
"Male. Late 40s – Early 50s. A performer. Off stage he is refined and elegant. Even if his shirts are frayed, there is a sophistication about him. He speaks with a standard American accent so flawless he almost sounds British. A quick temper. Overly proud and vain, a mischievous sense of humor. Self-loathing but still charming. On stage, all bets are off. Wild, effeminate, think Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly at their swishiest. Must have an ability to hold a stage with personality. Some singing involved."
...sounds like Nathan Lane.
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aaronb
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/12
#10Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/25/12 at 8:14amThank you for sharing that, Kad. From reading that, it does sound like a character Nathan will be able to do very well.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/25/12 at 10:26amThe question is, will he get bored in the role and start breaking character and talking to the audience?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/25/12 at 5:14pmI love Nathan Lane... i mean i was so turned on to him when i first saw him in the Los Angeles production of the "Lisbon Traviata" so many years ago, and still to this day am a huge fan...he is MR. BROADWAY!...
#13Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/25/12 at 5:28pm
In my experience Joey (as Lane used to be called) was also a really nice guy, if a little shy, and as funny off stage as on.
I don't get the hatred...
#14Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 8:47am
^^^ Thank you for the input, GavestonPS 
That's good to hear.
And I don't get it, either. But... I don't know that it's really "hatred"/"haters", I think it's more a mentality of "one trick pony."
"I've seen him do that before."
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#15Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 8:47am
Sorry... Double post.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Updated On: 10/26/12 at 08:47 AM
AThousandSweetKisses
Swing Joined: 10/26/12
#16Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 10:39amI will never tire of seeing Nathan Lane perform! ;D
#17Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 11:47am
^^^ Neither will I, AThousandSweetKisses
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Updated On: 10/26/12 at 11:47 AM
#18Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 12:38pm
I'm a huge Nathan Lane fan, but-- "In my experience Joey (as Lane used to be called) was also a really nice guy"
I'm glad you had that experience, but no.
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#19Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 1:03pm
The question is, will he get bored in the role and start breaking character and talking to the audience?
I've never seen him break when he was doing a straight play. He's only done it in FORUM, THE PRODUCERS, and THE FROGS (to my experience), and each time he did it there it was expected and encouraged. He definitely didn't do it in BUTLEY or GODOT or ICEMAN COMETH. (Although considering his character is a vaudevillian I wouldn't be surprised if there was vamping written into the script)
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 10/26/12 at 01:03 PM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#20Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 2:15pmHe couldn't have been sweeter every time I've had the pleasure of meeting him. Kind and gracious. Always love seeing him on stage.
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#21Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 2:47pm
^^^ That's been my expierience, too, iluvtheatertrash. And I do, too.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Updated On: 10/26/12 at 02:47 PM
#22Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 3:54pm
Oh, dear Nathan is a curmudgeon and is the first one to admit it! Not saying anything new here.
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#23Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 4:34pmNo one is saying he's a saint, Jane2. No one is saying we eat dinner with him all the time and know him as a "friend." I expect we are all meaning stage door expieriences, charity events, ect.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#24Nathan Lane's new play!
Posted: 10/26/12 at 5:10pm
Yes, Eponine Amneris. Of course he's a nice guy at stage door experiences, charity events, ETC. What celebrity isn't? It's their job, you know.
Just forget it, ok? ok!
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